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| Body Line (for Goalkeepers) |
From the January 31, 2007, issue of The Technical Area
This installment of the Coaching Corner comes from the new book Soccer Skills and Drills, published by Human Kinetics. It comes from Chapter 7: Goalkeeping. For information on how to order a copy of Soccer Skills and Drills, CLICK HERE.
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Purpose: To teach and reinforce the idea of getting the ball within the body line.
Procedure: Have a coach with a ball positioned about 10 yards away from the goalkeeper. The keeper places a cone 1 yard in front of himself or herself. The coach rolls a ball wide of the reference point, and the keeper moves to receive the ball within the body line and in front of the line of the reference point. The keeper must attack the ball to receive the ball in front of the line. The coach then allows the keeper to return behind the reference point before rolling the ball on the opposite side.
Coaching Points: Look for the goalkeeper to move wide so that the ball is received within the body line. A good indicator is having one foot outside the ball (if the ball is to the keeper's right, the right foot is wide of the ball). The wide foot should be higher (closer to the coach), so the keeper is turned slightly to face the direction in which the ball has traveled.
For drill animation, CLICK HERE.
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