Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today I will discuss a series of drills
to work on saving a shots after the initial save was made but not held (rebounds).
First, I would like to follow up on the video question I asked in my last newsletter.
There have been some major problems with e-mail the past few days so many of the people
who sent emails recommending different videos did not get through. One of the
recommendations I have received are for Tony DiCicco's "The DiCicco Method"
which is a set of 3 videos. You can purchase
all three for $99.95 at http://internetsoccer.com and they also sell the three separately.
Another recommendation was a video by Peter Bonetti that was done back in the 80's. I
don't know where to find this video. Another video to consider if you can find it is
"Keepers" The Glory and the Tears, The Goalkeeper story of Italia '90. Lastly,
is the video of "Peter Schemeichel -The best goalkeeper in the World.". I do not
know where to find these last three videos or the cost but they do come highly
recommended. One of the neat things about doing this newsletter is knowing I can ask a
question about videos and receive responses from college keepers who want to help others.
I really do appreciate it.
An effective series of drills to work on rebounds requires a keeper and a server. The
keeper should start on the ground at the corner of the 6 yard box and the end line on the
right side of the field. She should be lying as if she just made a save. The server should
have 10 balls on the top of the 18. When the server says go, the keeper kicks up to get to
her feet and sprints toward the center of the goal as the server plays the ball. Most of
the serves should be played toward the left post to really force the keeper to get all of
the way across the goal to make the save. As soon as the save has been made, the keeper
sprints back
toward where she started and as soon as she is on the ground, she must get back up for the
next serve. Do 10 of these then switch sides (a break is necessary between each set).
After doing this from each side, the next step is to have the keeper start on the ground
right on the goal line. She gets up and this time has to do a forward dive. Once the save
is made, she must get up,
back to the line and do it again. The next step is to have the keeper start on the top of
the 6 yard box, and have a ball lofted toward the cross bar. The keeper must get back and
push the ball over the line and then follow this save up with a forward dive (the thought
here is to prepare for when this first save is made but the ball doesn't clear the cross
bar). As you can see, there are a lot of different options that can be done. These drills
are very tiring and must be watched carefully to make sure the saves are made properly.
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