Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): FC Nova - GK Academy

Boise Timbers Thorns

Eric Simmonsen

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Name:	Eric Simmonsen
City:	Meridian
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): NOVA GK Triangle

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NOVA GK Triangle (15 mins)

Organization of Session

3 GK per groups set up in triangle

Starting cone is where serving GK strikes ball from with flag/stick goals 4yd wide as goal (as much as we can use goal they must defend)

Place xtra balls beside goals so they can keep warm-up going

Key Points

1 - Blue GK serves to Yellow GK

2 - Yellow GK catches, secures, turns and

2a - Red GK steps off mark on angle as Yellow GK is turning, get set

3 - serves to Red

(repeat with rotation of colors/servers/workers for 1 minute counter clockwise, then switch directions for second round)

Sequence (after each round rotate direction -1 min rounds):

Service with "bowl" roll to opposing GK - Stretch

Service with pass from feet on ground - Stretch

Service with laces/driven (shins to waist) - Stretch

Service with volley to chest - Stretch

Service underhand above head height into space for overhead catch - Stretch

Coaching Points

GK step off line on angle, get set, rocking fwrd on toes

Waist and lower - "M" hand positioning behind the ball

Belly button and higher - "W" hand positioning behind the ball

Overhead collect at "their" highest point - "W"

Focus on slowing every action down, deliberately (catch count 1/1000. secure to chest count 1/1000, then distribute/serve = 3 actions

Should discuss angles and cutting angle (show)

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): English Triangle

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English Triangle (10 mins)

Organization of Session

Groups of 3, one can be the coach/trainer

This is a mobility/diving activity

Focusing on collapse dive save, pegging the ball to the floor, core toss and continue

Key Points

1 - Initial service is from yellow to blue, with toss played to outside hip/shoulder,

1a - Non-workers side shuffle in arc to rotate with worker

2 - blue steps and collapses, secures to ground then

3 - intiates to red GK from floor with "core toss" from the floor,

4 - gets up and moves to the right.

Continuous movement in pattern above for 45 secs to 1 minute, REST, rotate direction.

Coaching Points

Quality services and hard work, commitment to collapsing

Step, attack ball with hands ("W" position) and let body follows, collapsing from feet to shin, to outer thigh, to side, pegging ball to floor with entire side touching the ground

Keep eye on the ball, let body hit all together

No landing on elbow/elbows where I can see them and the ball

Core Toss - From pegged/side on position bring ball back two handed "W', snap with core and arms to throw/serve

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Spanish Triangle

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Spanish Triangle (15 mins)

Organization of Session

3 Flags, Sticks, Dummies set up in triangle, distance TBD by trainer based on GK range/age

3 servers 10-15 yrds off each target/dummy.

GK working starts on shoulder of dummy the direction they are working

Key Points

1 - Closest shooter (blue in this case) hit ball on floor hard to dummy, forcing reaction save

2 - GK low power dives, and parries ball out of circle with nearest hand, immediately reloads/gets set/attacks next dummy as next shooter hits next ball/target once parry is made

3 - Repeat all action above in 1 for 2, 2 to 3...

Then switch direction, 3rd shooter shooting 1st and so on to the left.

***Each GK goes right then left consectutively, then rotate to server, server becomes worker.

Coaching Points

Do not have to catch everything work - unrealistic in unrealistic situations

Mobility and footwork

Just react and commit, no guessing

Shoot nearest hand to palm "push" the ball wide of target

Immediate recover/ready position

Make 2 outta 3 saves as goal

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Working along the goal - 3 shot series

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Working along the goal - 3 shot series (20 mins)

Organization

Dummy 3 yards off inside near post endline

Training Stick 6-7 yards central off endline

3 servers lins up outside the 18/14 (U12 an under) with balls

GK starts behind dummy

Key Points

Green GK starts behind the blue mannequin/2 poles a yard apart.

1 - Server 1 shouts "Yes" in which the goalkeeper steps around the mannequin and takes a volley from Server 1 (catch/secure).

2 - The gk then side steps around the stick and makes a low save (collect or parry) to the right from Server

3 - The Gk gets up nice and quick and defends the goal from the flexi pole to the left post and makes the save (catch/secure) from server who strikes from floor.

Coaching Points

Catch and Secure - Proper hand and body poositioning behind the ball

Reaction save/low power dive

Show power

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