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Numbers

Games, 1v1, Shot stopping. About 9 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
The K block
  1. Close the gap while the ball is out of their feet.
  2. Stop about a yard away, still on your feet.
  3. One knee drops in. The other leg goes out long.
  4. Hands low and wide, chest up. Be a wall.
How it is set up

Setup. Two goals 25 metres apart. Two teams, one behind each goal line. Give every player on a team a number, so each number has an opposite on the other team. Coach on the side with the balls.

How it runs. The coach calls a number and throws a ball into the middle. Those two players sprint out and play 1v1, trying to score in the other team's goal. One team-mate from each side goes in goal. Play stops when the ball is dead or after ten seconds. A goal is a point. First team to five.

Coaching points

  1. Outfield player: go at the keeper. You know what keepers hate, so use it.
  2. Keeper: close while the ball is loose, slow down as they get it under control, then block or smother.
  3. Go in goal quickly when your number is not called. In a match you never get told to be ready.
  4. Ten seconds is short. Decide and go.

Make it harder. Call two numbers for a 2v2. Then the ball is thrown high, so the first job is to win it in the air.

With 4 keepers. Two teams of two: one plays out and one keeps goal each time.