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Middlesbrough stopper Victor Valdes is great at pulling off saves when he goes one-on-one with a striker - and if you run this session your goalkeepers could master the art too.
Middlesbrough stopper Victor Valdes is great at pulling off saves when he goes one-on-one with a striker - and if you run this session your goalkeepers could master the art too.
Why use it
This session is great fun to play and good practice for getting your goalkeeper to dive at the feet of strikers that have raced clear of your defenders. It is a good activity for taking the fear out of goalkeeping.
Set up
For this session we have used our penalty area and a normal sized goal. You can set these up at either ends of the pitch or if you take the net off your goal, you can have back-to-back goalkeepers.
How to play
Place seven balls around the edge of the penalty area D, and have your keeper in goal. Players take turns to go 1v1 with the keeper using the seven balls - once one ball goes dead, the striker runs to get the next ball and the goalkeeper has to run and touch the goal line in his goal before facing the next attack.
This is tiring work so rest the players after each turn of seven balls.
Technique
The goalkeeper needs to come off his line and try to smother the shots as the striker turns and tries to beat him. The session is also a physical workout, and as the striker tires it should be easier for the keeper to stop him.
Dave Clarke
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