Hockey | Goal keeping Drills

The ball is fed into the goalkeeper in the middle of the goal. The goalkeeper has to kick the ball back to either player A or B.

Place 5 cones on the top of the circle as shown about 5 meters between each cone. Goalkeeper stands between the 1st 2 cones and the coaches hits the goal at the keeper. Keeper  has to try and save clear the ball into the goal. Then move up to the next cones. Coach plays the ball to the keeper and the exercise keeps repeating it self until the keeper reaches the end and back.

Setup the practice as shown. This practice can be carried out with the goalkeeper starting the other side of the goal as well. The feeder stands in the goal with the goalkeeper on the edge of the circle. The feeder hits a ball for the goalkeeper to come and meet before moving side / side to the next cone.

Setup as shown. Place 4-6 balls per station. The goalkeeper starts on the cone nearest the goal and moves sideways to the cone on the penalty spot. When the keeper reaches the cone the feeder rolls a ball under arm for the goalkeeper to kick the ball left-footed into the goal. The coach feeds the balls from each station before moving onto the next one. The goalkeeper moves on the command from each coach.

Setup as shown. Rebounders start 3m away and then move in once the ball is fed in. The coach feeds the ball into the goalkeeper who attempts to save / clear the ball avoiding the rebounders and the coach. Increase intensity of the practice by moving players closer to goalkeeper.

Place some cones at random 5 meters away from the goal. Coach hits the balls from the top of the circle. Goal keeper has to save the shots and react to the balls that get deflected by the cones.

Keeper starts between 2 cones approx 5m away from the centre of the goal two players stand either side with 3 balls each. The first player roles the ball towards the goal. GK has to try and save the ball get up and back to between the 2 cones on reaching them the second player rolls the ball to the other side of the goal GK has to try and save again and get back to the cones.

Player is positioned outside the D with 18 balls Keeper starts on the furthest cone away from this player. Player hits the ball between the line of cones and the back line. Goalkeeper has to save the ball into the goal each time. After 6 saves on one cone move the next cone to repeat .

Set up as shown. Rebounders can be either players or goalkeepers. The feeder starts with the ball in the middle of the goal and half-hits a shot at goal for the goalkeeper to clear. The rebounders attempt to intercept the ball and then play on until either a goal is scored or the ball leaves the circle.

This is the final progression in the diving technique. The goalkeeper starts on their line and runs out 3 / 4 paces before stopping. You then start diving across to save the ball that the coach has thrown with an underarm throw. This technique can be used to develop the necessary skills for diving at short corners or 1 v 1 skills with attackers.

Goal keeper starts on the goal line. Coach places a ball inside the circle. GK has to run towards the ball and try to slide the ball with pads or body out of the circle.

Setup as shown. Coach and goalkeeper about 1m apart. Coach starts with some balls about 8m out. The coach feeds the ball to the goalkeeper who quickly kicks the ball into the goal. This can be done on either foot or a mixture of both feet. If the goalkeeper finds it to hard, then move further back to give them more reaction time.

Coach stands at the top of the circle and calls out a colour of a cone. Goal keeper has to touch the cone and recover back to the goal to try and save the shot. Coach should give the GK a Change. (how ever small)

Setup the practice as shown. The space between the penalty spot and the 1st cone should be 2m and the same distance between the penalty spot cone and the cone nearest the top of the circle. The goalkeeper starts on the penalty spot and on the command moves forwards to the first cone before moving diagonally backwards to cone 2 and then moves sideways back to the penalty spot to kick the ball into the goal.