-In this drill the player with balls is in control -He names colors of the cone and the goalie must rush to the cone like the shot is coming from that angle -The goalie must return to his goal line after reaching the cone, unless more than one color is named where he then has to go from cone to cone -The coach will say "SHOT" when he is about to shoot ( shots are varied in curves, straight, chips with intent to warm-up goalie and not gett as many bar-downs as possible) -When the signal is called the goalie depending on his position must adjust back to his line or attempte save from where he stands -after somme time the coach can introduce the rush factor where he moves fowards and the GK must rush the player to reduce the shot angle
-GK mouvement -GK positioning -GK decisions -This drill can also be a teachable moment where u can let the goalie realise how his initial save can create a rebound for the opposition
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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