Goalkeeper warm-up drills

The outfield player must pass to the goalkeeper then react to the pass thrown at right angles so the player has to run to it. The player passes back to the goalkeeper who picks up and again throws so the player has to run for it. DRILL TWO Don't whack your goalkeeper By Michael Beale There are various ways to warm up your goalkeeper. What you don't want to do is to get him diving or being whacked by a hard shot before the game kicks off. What I like to do with my goalkeeper is to set up a couple of different colored cones on the two corners of the six-yard area. Shout out a color for him to run to. He must touch the cone then run back to his goal line. After every two calls, you chip a shot just as he reaches the cone and he has to scramble back to clear it off the line. You can do this from the edge of your penalty area. Make sure it is just a chip or gentle shot so he has a decent chance to scramble back quickly to reach it. This exercise is taken from The Ultimate Soccer Warm-Ups Manual which features 126 warm-ups so you will never be short of a warm-up for any occasion.