By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork for high balls.
Start with a keeper on the top of the 6 yard box and a server at the top of the 18 with some balls. Place a cone 3 yards from the goal line and 2 yards in from each post.
The purpose of this activity is to have the keeper get back and behind the ball before
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By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork, fitness and shot blocking.
Start with two goals 8 yards apart. A keeper starts in one goal. There is a server for each goal 15 yards out with balls.
The server starts with a shot at the keeper who makes
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By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork on crosses with opposition.
Start with 3 coaching sticks (or corner flags or mannequins) along the 6 yard line. A keeper is in goal and a server is just outside the 18 with some balls.
The server plays a ball into the box around the top of the 6 and the keeper must
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By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork and catching.
Start with 4 cones in a line 4 yards apart. Even with the last cone are 2 mini goals 4 yards apart. In front of the last cone are 2 more cones on angles. There are keepers at the first cone and a server 10 yards from each mini goal.
The first keeper starts by slaloming through the 4 cones and then
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By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on hands, footwork, fitness and shot blocking.
Start with a keeper in goal and a server 15 yards out on an angle. The server has a few balls.
The server starts by volleying a ball directly to the keeper. The keeper must
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By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on extension dives, confidence and range.
Start with two balls 8 yards apart. A keeper is 3 yards back from the middle of the balls.
With many keepers they struggle with the belief that they can extend and get to a ball in the corner. This activity is designed to
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By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on high balls played toward the crossbar.
It’s not unusual before a training session to see a few players lined up anywhere from 18 – 40 yards out with balls.
They are playing a game called “cross bar” where they take turns chipping the ball toward the goal with the objective of
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By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on good stance, quick reactions and holding the ball.
Start with a keeper and a server 3 yards apart. The server has a ball at his feet.
The key here is the closeness of the keeper to the server. The further away from each other they are, the easier
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Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on shot blocking, footwork and angles.
Start with a keeper in goal and a few field players on one corner of the 18 with balls.
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The first field player starts dribbling across the 18. With each step the keeper has to
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on seeing the whole field.
Start with half a field with a line down the middle. A keeper starts in goal and there are two teams of 2 in each half. There is a coach for each half just beyond midfield.
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The teams on the right side start by playing 2 v 2 to goal. The keeper has to focus on that game while
