Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Diving (Start Time: 2022-05-07 18:00:00)
Premier Users' Club
Kevin Andrews
Description
Diving technique for young goalkeepers who have never been taught to dive safely or lack confidence
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Learning Objectives
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Technical To land safely to prevent injury when diving and also to be able to maintain control of the ball upon impact with the ground. |
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10 mins
Level up form knees to standing, low balls along the floor 3 to left then 3 to right. ensuring the elbows are from under the body on landing, hands in "W" position.
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10 mins
Into full diving recommended on first few seesions keep ball at ground level.
Goalkeeper starts at cone 1 moves to cone 2 and gets into set position then dives low to be repeated 3 times on each side.
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10 mins
Starting with the goalkeeper on their knees roll the ball away from them so they fall to one side to stop the ball. Do 3 on both sides then repeat until the are landing correctly.
Ensure that:
Elbows are not under their side on landing.
They land on top of legs/hips
"W" position of hands