Soccer: Low Dive Movement

Create goalkeepers with the confidence to save low shots, close to the body and to think of the next save with this technical session.

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• Volley into hands making goalkeeper dive catching ball
• Followed by low shot into corner

Notes:

• Try and get up to feet if you can
• If not go into low dive from crouch
• Do not turn back to get up

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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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• Two lines of servers
• Two goalkeepers working alternatively
• Goalkeeper Comes in from opposite side to the initial server
• Server shoots low across the goalkeeper

• Low shot down low from second server rotate keepers after every set

Notes:

• Get into line with ball and centre of goal for initial shot
• For second shot take fastest distance from A to B
• Don't gamble and dive to early

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• Goalkeeper Taps bouncing ball with furthest hand then makes a save from a shot with nearest hand
• Introduce cone as a target area to focus the server and a cone can be introduced to get the goalkeeper to dive forward

Notes:

• Make sure goalkeeper pats the ball away with the palm
• Transfer weight onto foot nearest the ball
• Get down low early and ball to the same height as the ball.
• Get full palm on the ball thumb pointing to the sky
• Bring trailing arm over to secure the ball
• Introduce safe parry zones if ball cannot be held