Football/Soccer Session (Difficult): Goalkeeper 1v1

GK Drill 1

Warm Up (10min)

Set Up:

• 4x GK's
• 10- 15 Balls
• Cones

• Server plays the ball into the GK opposite end square to control and play back.
• The goalkeeper must take the ball outside of the square with his first touch and play back through the middle of the 2nd square to the server repeat for 5 times then rotate.

• Starting position 
• First touch
• Direction & accuracy of return pass.

• Introduce running with the ball on received pass to half point and deliver pass and return to original start.
• GK Drill 2

GK Drill 3

Game (25min)

Set Up:

• 8 players + 4 GK's
• 2x large goals
• Half of field area
• 10-15 balls
• Cones

• Game is to proceed normally within middle third of grid 4v4 possession game only.
• On coaches call breakout is to occur.
• Only one attacker and one defender is allowed out of the middle third of area, breaking out of the zoned area to create a 1v1 scenario.
• Allowing the goalkeeper to make the correct decision of how to react and to then counter attack once save is made delivering ball back to team mates.
• Rotate GK's on coaches call.

• GK to assess situation react
• Decision making
• Win, block or smother
• Utilise correct blocking technique