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0 Working On Hand Strength For Goalkeepers

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activities work on hand strength.

One of the things we want to do is condition our hands both to make them stronger but also to prepare them to catch the ball with the proper hand position.

This activity only requires a keeper, a flat surface (wall or even a goal post) and a ball.

The keeper starts with the ball in his hands in proper catching position (ball starts head height). He should be between 2 and 3 feet from the flat surface (depending on the

1 Warm-Up For Hands and Footwork

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Todays featured activity is a great warm up for working on hands and footwork.

Start with 4 cones in a 3 x 3 square. A keeper is at one of the back cones and a server is 10 yards in front of the cone with a ball.

The keeper starts by sliding side to side to the other back cone and then

0 Leading With the Hands When Diving

By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity is a warm up diving activity working on leading with the hands.

Start with 6 balls on the center circle with a keeper in the middle

The keeper starts by sprinting to one of the balls and dives on it as if it’s a breakaway.  This means leading

1 Leading With Your Hands

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s topic deals with leading with your hands.

It’s extremely important to try to meet the ball at the earliest point possible.

Too often keepers wait for the ball to come to them (whether they are standing or diving) and with only a few instances (high balls over the keepers head being one) the keeper should try to come forward to meet the ball whenever possible.

One way to do this is make sure keepers hands are always out front and to lead with the hands.

As an example, instead of holding the hands close to the body when

0 Diving With Strong Hands

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity works on diving, coming forward and strong hands.

A keeper starts on a line with the coach facing him 5 yards away with a medicine ball in his hands.  There is another line 18 yards away.

The coach drops the medicine ball slightly out in front and