Football: 1v1 Protect the Space Behind the Defenders

Develop your keepers mindset to stay on their feet for as long as possible and to stay big in 1v1?s and make the attacker make a decision.

• One goalkeeper working two lines of attackers outside the area and about the width of the 6yd box apart.
• One line of attacker has the balls and plays the ball into the attacker at the other side.
• Attacker receiving the ball attempts to take the ball round the goalkeeper.
• The first server then joins Server 2 line
• Server 2 who has just run through on goal joins Server 1 line.
• Depending on group size have two Goalkeepers taking it in turns

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• Goalkeeper steps away from cone comes through the gate receives a ball into hands
• Returns to server then gets a low shot into dive close to body
• Get into set position initially then step forward into low dive to save before cones in advance of initial gate

Notes:

• Get the step in if required
• If serve close too the body collapse legs and get hands to the ball in front of the body
• Dive forward this called 'Attacking the dive'

 

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• Goalkeeper starts with the ball and throws it to the attacker
• Attacker must take a touch and try and get into the end zone to score a goal

Players carry out the commands from the coach. The commands are as follows:

• Turn
• Dive left
• Dive right

They must react as quickly as possible.