Goalkeeping-bok

Goalkeeping | 4. The young goalkeeper
Individual training Group
The acquisition of manoeuvres
training
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
Mastery of the ball
Dives
Transition to more
and standing saves Duration: until manoeuvre complex exercises
Duration: 2-3 training
sessions
mastered
Duration: 1 training session
Typical session
• Warm-up:
Typical session
• Warm-up:
Typical session
• Warm-up:
– mastery of the ball, – mastery of the ball, – coordination,
• Core of the session: – standing saves,
– standing saves,
– standing saves.
• Core of the session:
– dives.
Playing the ball with feet and distribution
• Core of the session:
– coordination exercises
with dives (in slow
Interspersed in sessions
• juggling, range of different passes, etc.,
• distribution by throwing and kicking.
Improvement of manoeuvres
Session type
Warm-up:
• mastery of the ball,
• standing saves,
• preparation for the chosen theme
(e.g. improving dives – simple going to ground exercise),
Core of the session:
motion – explanation).
• drill (hoops) + different dives (ground, medium height, bounce),
• movement (forwards, backwards, etc.) + dive,
Cool-down:
• review of the session,
• start of work on suppleness (stretching).
to correct mistakes, explain and demonstrate if necessary.
Nearly all the exercises that the goalkeeper practises in
specifi c training sessions throughout his career are a
mixture of coordination, speed and a specifi c goalkeeping
manoeuvre.
A good level of coordination and mastery of movement
helps fulfi l the following two functions:
• the ease of completing the fi rst part of the exercise (drill
with hoops, hurdles, etc.),
• good positioning (adjusting or reducing steps taken) in
order to carry out a save (second part).
For exercises involving movement, the goalkeeper must be
swapped after each repetition. If diving is being practised,
no more than three dives in a row should be performed.
Acquisition of
manoeuvres
• goalkeeper (natural, not
organised),
• outfi eld players (passes,
juggling, games).
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Speed
• various playground games.
Coordination
• hoops,
• small hurdles,
• skipping rope, etc.
Endurance
• development with the
contents of the session.
Improving basic manoeuvres that have already
been acquired
Improving manoeuvres is a process that continues almost
until the end of a goalkeeper’s career. It is the diffi culty
of the exercises that changes over the years. If our young
goalkeeper is ready to cope with more complex exercises, his
development can continue. Obstacles (hoops, small hurdles,
marker discs, etc.) are used in these exercises to make the
situation more diffi cult for the goalkeeper before conducting
the specifi c manoeuvre to stop the ball. This improves
motor skills. If the goalkeeper has a good foundation,
we can invent thousands of exercises based on the basic
manoeuvres.