Soccer-Laduma, June 25 2008 Celebrating 11 years of passion

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Coaching coaching drill every two weeks in conjunction with

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51 Goalkeeping - Shot Stopping how it works for you!

Shot stopping and

quick reflexes are one
of the goalkeepers
most basic skills.
Goalkeepers can
always improve on
these skills and this
week Ajax Cape Town
goalkeeper coach Brian
van der Heever shows
us a drill that practises
these basic skills in
A Gi B Gi C Gii
quick succession.
0 0 0
DIAGRAM KEY: 2m
1 1 1
2 2 2
Ball
3 3 3
Movement of ball 4 4
4
Movement of player
Gii Giii Giii Gi
G Goalkeepers Gii
Giii
Players

Organizing the drill goal and sidesteps to the left around cone After he saves the final ball, he recovers Coachs Note
Diagram A 0 and then sidesteps to the right around quickly and returns immediately to the Goalkeepers must be
Place one goalkeeper in goal. cone 1 where he will make a save from goal for one more round (not shown in able to recover quickly
Place five cones, starting from the six- goalkeeper ii. Diagram B). and move around the
yard box as shown in Diagram A (cones Immediately he recovers from the save cones to make the
must not be placed wider than the width and sidesteps towards and around cone Diagram C next save. This will
of the goal and number the cones from 0 2 to make his next save from goalkeeper Goalkeepers have now rotated positions increase their footwork
to 4). iii. in a clockwise direction and the drill speed too.
Place goalkeepers ii and iii ready to shoot Again, he immediately recovers and restarts at this time. Goalkeeper ii now Recovery is key in this
at goalkeeper i, as shown in Diagram A. moves to his right (sidestep) and makes a goes for two rounds of shots before the drill. Motivate your
Goalkeepers ii and iii must have two balls save at cone 3 from goalkeeper ii (not rotation continues again. goalkeepers to make
each to start off the drill. shown in Diagram B). a habit of recovering
He recovers again and moves to his left Variation of the drill and getting ready for
Practising the drill (sidestep) and makes his final save from Have the goalkeepers throw/shoot the the next shot as
Diagram B goalkeeper iii at cone 4 (not shown in ball into the air instead of the ground to quickly as they possi-
Goalkeeper i starts off in the centre of the Diagram B). change the angle of the shot. bly can.

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