The Game Training the Goalkeeper
Focus:
We must connect the goalkeeper and the field players. Training groups of goalkeepers on an separate island, in
an isolated manner, does not fully develop the keeper to his/her maximum potential. In order to create a higher standard of goalkeeping performance, we, as coaches, must demand that the keeper play the game. The game is the best goalkeeper coach.
By establishing this environment, we can focus on the following: effective decisions by proper visual assessment, physical action resulting in correct solutions, distributing for possession, and organizing through body and verbal expressions.
Our objective is to also increase pressure and encourage decision making.
Challenges
- Keepers inside a grid the width of a goal. Field players are outside the grid in possession of the ball. Players call out the keepers name, and the keeper quickly moves to position themselves between the cones. Field players serve the ball and keeper makes the saves. Repeat.
- Two keepers in grid facing in opposite direction, with field players outside of the grid in possession of the ball. Keepers control who shoots. After the save, they quickly move to the other side to make another save. Low, medium or high shots may be taken. Increase demands by placing field players inside the grid to restrict the keepers.
- Two regulation goals, 30-40 yards apart. Split field players and place players in front of each goal. Keeper strikes goal kick to opposite goal. Receiving keeper executes high ball save with pressure from field players. Saving keeper distributes to target player. Inactive field players perform a designated exercise.
- Two field players, each with soccer ball, plus one goalkeeper. One player punts a high ball, while the other strikes a low ball. Keeper saves low ball first, then saves high ball while server chases.
- Five sets of two field players, one ball per set. One keeper in goal. Balance of keepers in goal box.
Groups of two play one touch. Two groups, each positioned on opposite sides, flank the groups, each positioned 20-25 yards away at an angle to the goal.
The last group is 35-40 yards away. Crossed balls from flanks, shots or solo runs from players 20-25 yards away and lofted ball from players 35-40 yards away. Opposite rotation. Keepers in box challenge. Offensive players serve, defensive player passively chases.
- Two regulation goals and a good number of soccer balls in a line. Two lines of shooters. One player touches the soccer ball in alternate fashion. Shooters have three options – shoot, go for the goal creating a breakaway opportunity, or touch ball to flank for a cross.
Courtesy Dan Gaspar - Star Goalkeeping Academy.
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