Tag Archives for " Diving "

0 Attacking the ball when Diving

By Scott Housden - Diving shape is a key component of making a successful diving save. Part of this is the ability to attack the ball when making the save. When a goalkeeper makes a simple save whilst standing with the ball shot straight at them at chest height, they are encouraged to catch the ball

2 How to Stop Diving and Cheating in Soccer INSTANTLY

1 Basic Diving Shape – Foot Knee Shoulder

By Scott Housden - The dive, it appears is the most attractive aspect of goalkeeping – particularly for junior goalkeepers, and is the skill which gives most satisfaction when performed correctly.  Every goalkeepers diving proficiency differs from side to side (with a preference to one side).  These drills below will help harmonise this diving technique and

0 Promoting Confidence in Young Goalkeepers

By Wayne Henderson - The aim of the following practices is to promote confidence, to teach younger goalkeepers how to have a good forward shape when diving and to enjoy making saves. The exercise begins with every goalkeeper having 1 football to the right side of them and 1 football to the left side –

0 Explosive Movement across the Goal to Save

By Scott Housden - As is the case for all other players, the goalkeeper moves considerably during games.  Nevertheless, only a few of these movements undertaken serve to fulfil the defensive duties of the goalkeeper.  Active movement (i.e. the goalkeeper’s movement on the pitch to ensure good positioning before attempting to make a save) across the

0 Restricted Space

By Wayne Henderson - At this time of year in the United Kingdom the adverse weather conditions can cause havoc when preparing and delivering your coaching sessions. Due to frost and snow, The Grass pitches we use were unplayable and we found ourselves and the rest of our team training on a smaller than usual

0 Goalkeeping Shape

By Wayne Henderson - Good shape for a goalkeeper is a “so called” lesser attribute that can make big differences to your Goalkeepers game. As shown in Diagram 1 there are 3 Diving techniques that show varying degrees of Diving shape, from Number 1 being the poorest (diving in a slightly backwards shape, to number

0 Quick Footwork and Diving

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on quick footwork, changes of directions and diving.

Start with the keeper in a proper stance between two cones. There are two more cones 3 yards in front of the keeper and 3 yards to the side and a server 10 yards away with a ball.

The server starts by pointing to one of the

0 Scrambling to Make the Save

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on scrambling to make the save.

This activity is designed to work on when the keeper has been caught out of position (possibly because of having made a save and then given up a rebound).

Start with two goals, three yards wide that are six yards apart. There is one keeper and two servers with balls 10 yards from the goals.

One server starts by

0 Diving with a Quick Change of Direction

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on diving with a quick change of direction.

Start with a horizontal line of 6 cones, 2 feet apart. A keeper starts on one end of the line and a server is 10 yards away with a ball.

The keeper starts by sprinting behind the cones to get to the

0 Creative Shot Blocking

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork, diving and being creative in shot blocking.

The other day I was speaking with a friend who asked “do you think the game of soccer would be a lot different if keepers couldn’t use their hands?”. My first thought was “this is a typical thought process of a non soccer person” but then I started thinking more about this.

One of the most enjoyable training activities I have done is a simple shooting activity with a server just outside the 18 with a line of balls and a keeper in goal.

The server shoots on goal and the

0 Forward Dives

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Todays featured activity works on forward dives.

Start with a keeper in goal, a server with some balls at the top of the 18 and two field players just in front of the keeper.

The ball gets played, on the

0 Explosiveness, Diving and Changing Angles

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity works on explosiveness, diving and changing angles.

Start with a keeper in goal two servers at the top of the 18 with balls and 6 hurdles in a line in front of the keeper (around 1-1.5 yards apart).

The keeper starts by

3 Why Diving Forward Makes a Difference

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletters. Today’s featured activity works on footwork and coming forward on dives.

The keeper starts by one of the posts and there are 4 cones, in a row, 2 feet apart along the goal line. There is a 5th cone 3 yards off the post. A server is 15 yards from goal with balls.

The keeper starts by going forward and

0 Shot Blocking and Diving Drill

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on explosiveness, fitness shot blocking and diving.

Start with a keeper in goal, a hurdle (from 1-3 feet high depending upon the keeper) to his side and a server on the 12 with some balls.

The keeper starts by jumping off of two feet, sideways, over the hurdle, landing on two feet (the balls of the feet) and as soon as he lands, the

0 Complete Goalkeeper Warm-Up

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity is a simple warm up that works on collapse dives, high balls and footwork.

Start with a keeper and a server. The server is 10 yards in front of the keeper with a ball.

The server throws a ball to the keepers side and the keeper

0 Explosiveness, Fitness and Diving For Goalkeepers

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on explosiveness, fitness and diving.

Start with 3 hurdles in a line, one yard apart (the height can vary based on the size of the keepers and what you have available). A keeper starts behind the first hurdle and a server is 10 yards in front of the last hurdle with some balls.

The keeper jumps off of both feet and goes over the first hurdle and then quickly

0 Making a Save When Screened

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on diving, shot blocking and reactions when screened.

Start with 4 keepers in a line 1 yard apart and a server 10 yards from the front keeper with balls. Each keeper is assigned a number.

The server starts by calling a number and then playing a ball on the ground to the

0 Moving Forward On Dives

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on coming forward on dives.

Set up 2 goals (using cones) 4 yards apart. A keeper is in the middle of the 2 cones and servers are 10 yards from each goal with balls.

A server starts by playing a ball toward the

1 Something Must Be Done to Stop Diving in Soccer

When you talk about soccer to someone who is not a fan at some point they will point out how soccer players dive and pretend that they've been fouled. This is the first and only thing that some people know about soccer. This is a black eye on our sport and something must be done to punish it with the goal of stopping it.

This form of cheating has made it's way into other sports like basketball where it is called, 'flopping'. Fines are being handed out to players like Chris Bosh during last year's playoffs. The first comment on the story says,

"This is what we get for trying [to] make soccer a more televised and popular sport in the US.
Soccer brought the playbook on flopping to America and it has spread rampantly through the
NBA and is starting to now even trickle into the NHL."

Last year eight players in the NBA were fined for flopping, the most common fine

0 Extending the Dive For More Saves

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on extension dives, confidence and range.

Start with two balls 8 yards apart. A keeper is 3 yards back from the middle of the balls.

With many keepers they struggle with the belief that they can extend and get to a ball in the corner. This activity is designed to

1 Exercise To Improve GK Conditioning and Diving

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity works on footwork, fitness, diving and parrying.