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The goalkeeper must start on their haunches (squat position) before the coach throws the ball under arm for the goalkeeper to dive across and make a save.

The goalkeeper should always finish in the barrier postion after completing the save.

COACHING POINTS

  • Make sure that the GKs hips are the first part of the body to touch the pitch.
  • Ensure that the hand / stick are close together.
  • Make sure that the GKs vision is not impaired by placing hands / stick in front of eyes.
  • When landing try to land on your elbow and stay balanced on it to allow for secondary saves.
  • Kick legs out so they are stacked one on top of the other to make a big barrier.

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    Diving technique:

    The goalkeeper starts 2 / 3 metres off their line on their knees. The coach then throws the ball under arm for the goalkeeper to dive across and make a save with their hand/stick.

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    Diving technique - Standing:

    The standing progression, is the next stage on from the haunches position. The goalkeeper stands in a stationary position, and the coach then throws the ball under arm. The goalkeeper then dives across the goal to save the ball. Ensure that the correct techniques are used.

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    Diving:

  • Setup the practice as shown.

    • The feeder rolls the ball for the goalkeeper to dive and save either side. If the ball falls to one of the rebounders then they are allowed to score.

    Once the goalkeeper builds up confidence increase the speed of the inital feed and get the rebounders to be more active.

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    Deflection / Angles Drill:

  • Setup the practice as shown.
  • The coach feeds the ball out to the right winger who receives the ball and takes the ball into the circle
  • The winger can either shoot or pass the ball to the back post.
  • The goalkeeper must cover the shot and then react if the attacker decides to pass the ball instead.
  • The player on the back post can be a goalkeeper in order to practice diving to get to the pass.

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