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Football: Footwork Hurdle Drill

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DESCRIPTION

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Set up evenly spaced line of cones in front of a goal with two hurdles (or set out hurdles with more cones) either end of the line of cones.
Server out in front.
GK jumps over the hurdle side on and back to the goal. Goalkeeper performs footwork through the cones.
As soon as the GK gets to the middle cone (make this cone a different colour to the others for ease) Server plays a ball for the GK to save.
Start with server playing the ball into the hands
Swap sides entering the line from.

COACHING POINTS

Hand position, elbows bent and away from the body, palms facing each other
Keep arms still going through the cones
Keep head still and up looking at the server
Fast footwork

PROGRESSION

Two feet jumping between cones
Hopping one leg
In and out slalom

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2 GK's working at the same time.
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Footwork Movement Drill:

Set up a square of cones in front of the goal.
Goalkeeper makes distinctive movements around the square towards any of the four cones with changes of direction.
Server then plays a shot at random intervals.

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Footwork Combination Drill:

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Goalkeeper comes in from side goes to furthest near post receives a shot or throw into hands, returns ball to server and moves backward.
Goalkeeper then works through cones set up in front of the goal with fast footwork and receives a shot from the front of the goal into hands and returns to Server 2.
Goalkeeper then moves to the far Server around a cone placed between Server 3 and the goal, and receives a shot down low into dive.

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