Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Goalkeeper Academy Week 5: Introduction to cross balls

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Michael Girard
Name: Michael Girard
City: PORT COQUITLAM
Country: Canada
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Foundations Warm Up

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Foundations Warm Up
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Foundations Warm Up (20 mins)

Organization:

  • Partners 

  • Triangle Set Up 

  • 4 yards apart 

Details:

  • Figure 8's

  • Volleys 

  • Scoops 

  • Collapse Dives ( Drops, Throws, Double Saves) 

Focuses:

  • Body Structure

  • Shoulders forward 

  • Athletic Stance 

  • " Being Ready "

  • Rocking Chair Method to get up 

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross Ball Intro

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Cross Ball Intro
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Cross Ball Intro (15 mins)

Organization 

  • Stay In Partners 

  • 1 Hurdle 3-5 yards behind gate 

  • Goalkeeper Starting 3-5 Yards behind Hurdle

Details 

 

W/out Ball : 

  • 8 Jumps over hurdle : driving Knee 

  • 8 Jumps Turning Mid Air 

W/Ball 

  • 1 Server: Underhand Service : Goalkeeper starts running and times their run to get a highball over hurdle 

  • Goalkeepers do 2-3 sets 

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Wide Crossing with Strike

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Wide Crossing with Strike (20 mins)

Organization 

 

  • 2 wide Servers ( throws for younger groups ) 

  • 2 top servers in between D and Corner of 18 

  • 3 Different colour cones so goalkeepers can identify zone of ball traveling too , They have to call colour as they go to collect cross 

 

 

Details 

 

  • Wide Cross to Collect and bowl to opposite top server who plays across 18 to server for a touch and strike 

  • Repeat Same on other side 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Collect/ Transition

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Collect/ Transition (20 mins)

Organization 

  • 2 wide servers ( throws for younger groups ) 

  • 2 top outlets for transition 

  • 2-4 players at top of the 6 moving / to jump with goalkeeper ( non contact jumping ) 

 

Details 

  • Players at 6 doing different movements around goalkeeper 

  • Server comes in and goalkeeper collects cross while players around goalkeeper jump with them 

  • Goalkeeper looks to bowl/overhand throw to opposite outside server who receives to play to wide server 


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Wide Crossing Attacking Game

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Wide Crossing Attacking Game (20 mins)

Organization 

  • Double 18 Box 

  • Goalkeeper in each goal 

  • 2 Attackers and 1 Defender in each zone with 1 server on each side 

Details

  • Goalkeeper starts with ball looking to play to outside server who Servers a cross into attackers 

  • ( Start With Throws and see if they can serve from ground in later rounds... *** consistent Service is important) 

  • Goalkeeper Collects Cross and plays out to server

  • Attackers finish anything they can 

  • Try to Minimize Contact 


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