FineSoccer Drill 87

Today's exercise works on conditioning, shooting and goalkeeping

This is best with one gate, three soccer balls and one goal for every 3 field players and 1 goalkeeper.  The gate is made up of two tall cones approximately 3 feet apart, with a pole keeping them together that is 2 feet high.  The gates are 15 yards from the goal (Coerver goals work well with this) and the three balls are 1 yard from the gate closer to the goal (see diagram below)

There are many options that can be done with this exercise and I am going to describe three of them.

First the player starts between the gate and the balls and jumps over the gate and back (three times) and then hits a quick shot one goal.  As soon as the shot is hit, she starts jumping again for the second shot.  Three shots are hit (which means 9 jumps over and back real quickly) and then the second player goes.  Do this set 2-3 times each.

Next the player starts on the other side of the gate (away from the goal) and jumps over and back 3 times and then quickly crawls through the gate and shoots.  Not only does this work on jumping  but it also is a way to encourage the players to stay low on the shot.  This is done for three balls and then rotate.

Next the balls starts on the side of the gate and the shooter starts 5 yards behind the goal.  A server plays the ball toward the goal and the shooter runs to the gate, hurdles over it and quickly shoots the ball.  She then turns, hurdles back over the gate turns and goes again.  If you have two or three groups going at the same time, this can be turned into a race (although the shots MUST be on goal).

Each of the activities can be done with or without a keeper in goal and you can add an extra ball or two to make it that much harder.

Give this a try and let me know what you think on the FineSoccer Forum.

Have a great day!

Lawrence