Edition 61

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today's issue will introduce a new drill.

First, I would like to tell people about an article whose link was sent to me by one of my players. He
knew that over the last couple of months, I have received a number of questions about weight training
and have been looking for a good resource. This link is to an article that has a soccer specific weight
training program in it and it looks quite useful. Check it out when you get a chance at http://musculardevelopment.com/june99/sportspecific.html. I have read through it and it looks good but judge for you.

Today's drill works on both lateral movement as well as attacking the ball. Get 12 cones and place them in two lines with each cone 3 yards from the next (see diagram)

X1 x1
K        S
X2 x2

X3 x3

X4 x4

X5 x5

X6 x6

The keeper (K) starts between big X1 and X2 and the server (S) is 5 yards to the right of x1 and x2. The keeper comes forward and must get to the served ball before it goes between the first two small x's. She catches it, and then runs backwards behind the small x's and then comes forward between x2 and x3 and catches it before the ball goes through them. She will continue down this line in the manner and when she catches the ball between x5 and x6 she reverses and then goes back toward her left to x4 and x5.

This drill should be done for 1-minute periods and different sets can be done ranging from low balls,
middle height balls and high balls to forward dives, running through balls and collapse dives.

It works on fast footwork, conditioning, technique, thought, communication and much, much more.

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Have a great day.

Lawrence