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0 Side to Side Goalkeeping fitness drill

By Wayne Henderson - This drill is specifically for adult goalkeepers of a good technical standard. It is ideal for preseason training or when your goalkeepers return after a short winter break and need an exercise to boost their fitness levels. Although the drill is predominantly a fitness drill it incorporates various goalkeeping skills i.e.

0 The Four Yard Box

By Wayne Henderson - This Drill is for all standards and ages of Goalkeepers and is used to improve Footwork, Movement and Shot stopping, with many variations in the type of movement used within the box and lots of different handling techniques used to save a wide variety of shots from outside the box. Set

0 Make the Most of GK Training

By Wayne Henderson - As I have mentioned before, not all coaches have the luxury of state of the art training facilities, massive budgets to allow the purchase of any training equipment the coach’s desire or limitless hours with your goalkeepers every week. This drill is designed with this in mind. Sometimes it is vital

0 Rapid Fire Repetition Saves

By Wayne Henderson - Being able to produce top quality saves in high tempo situations separates the very best Goalkeepers from their peers. Being able to replicate these situations in training sessions is not always easy, If this drill is able to be performed consistently to a high standard at the required tempo it is

0 Three Option shooting drill

By Wayne Henderson - Sometimes shooting drills can be geared towards giving the teams strikers some much needed confidence and as a result the goalkeepers are not in the thinking of the manager or coach when planning out the session. This means that the goalkeepers can feel dejected as shot after shot fly past them

0 Training many attributes in one drill

By Wayne Henderson - As I have discussed before it is not always the case that a coach has the time or facilities to concentrate on one specific Attribute or skill in one training session, in most cases the goalkeeping coach does not get enough time to allow this. As a result the goalkeeping coach

0 Not Just a Crossing and Shot-stopping Drill

By Wayne Henderson - Sometimes as a coach you may not get everything in your session exactly as you would like it, for example you may be working in a smaller area on the training pitch, or you may not have as many goalkeepers as you thought you might have, or, a popular situation that

0 Footwork and Handling

By Wayne Henderson - This drill is very easy to set up, is relevant to all ages and has a great amount of variations. When working on footwork for your goalkeepers, especially when working on a new drill, it is important to emphasise the quality of footwork and not to put too much emphasis on

0 Goalkeeper Conditioning Drill

By Wayne Henderson - In the UK We are now towards the end of our preseason training and getting ready for the kick off to the new season, this drill is specifically for coaches looking for an adult goalkeeping specific conditioning exercise. Goalkeeping condition drills are slightly different from the outfield player’s fitness drill and

0 Decision Making Drill for Goalkeepers

By Wayne Henderson - This Drill is one that tries to replicate a certain situation that can occur during a game, but there are also technical aspects to the drill as well that will be pointed out throughout the article. The drill focuses on the situation that occurs when an opposing player gets near the

0 Sharp movement positioning and shot stopping

By Wayne Henderson - Sometimes rather than be Specific as to which definitive element of goalkeeping you, as a coach are looking to work on for a certain session, You may need to work on as many different elements as you can within a short space of time. you might be having your first look

0 Plyometrics and Shot Stopping

By Wayne Henderson - A massive part of the modern day goalkeeper’s armoury is explosive power and shot stopping, the following drill is very easy to set up but very difficult to execute perfectly, both from a goalkeeper, and a coaches point of view, but if it is done well it is an extremely effective

0 Movement and Different types of handling

By Wayne Henderson - There are various types of saves a goalkeeper has to make and this drill is excellent for working on all the various techniques needed. The set up is 1 goal, 3 feeders 2 cones separating the goal into 3 smaller areas – Each feeder has their own small area to aim

0 Movement and the Set Position

By Wayne Henderson - The goalkeeper stars in a central position as shown in diagram 1 The goalkeeper reacts to the instruction from the coach to move to the right or the left. The keeper moves quickly into position to deal with the serve from feeder 1 or 2. The service can be varied depending

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 Handling, Shot Stopping and Positioning

By Wayne Henderson - The most important attribute of a successful goalkeeper is being a good shot stopper; this simple drill will help work on a few aspects of “making saves”. First Phase Feeder number 1 strikes a simple volley straight at the goalkeeper, who catches the volley and throws the ball back to feeder number 1.

0 Dealing with Crosses

By Wayne Henderson - The Idea behind this drill is to emphasize the importance of the goalkeeper catching the cross at its earliest and highest point. Warm-Up Up to 5 goalkeepers on the move, altogether within the 6 yard box either one of the coaches (if you have 2 coaches available) shouts the goalkeeper’s number;

0 Powerful Low Saves

By Wayne Henderson - In order to make sharp, powerful low saves it is important to be in the correct position in order to generate the power to dive at full length. If the goalkeeper is diving from a position that is too upright, the keeper makes a save that is almost landing on top

0 Reaction Speed

By Wayne Henderson - Goalkeepers need to be on their toes, alert and have a high level of focus at all times. This session involves quick movement, decision making and reaction speed. I frequently use this or a variation of this session with our 1st team Goalkeepers, because I think it replicates situations that occur

0 Pre Match Warm-Up

By Wayne Henderson - The last contact you have with your ‘keeper before kick-off will be the pre match warm-up, which is the final, but vital part of the coaches’ working week. It is not a coaching session, but it is a chance to give the goalkeeper confidence to deliver a performance in the upcoming

0 Dealing with Crosses

By Wayne Henderson - The art of being a good goalkeeper at taking crosses seems to an increasingly difficult aspect to master. In theory, it should be easier for the modern day goalkeeper because they are bigger and more athletic than ever before. And as the outfield players and opposition managers seem very quick to point out,

0 Right Time, Right Place

0 Coaching Doesn't Need to Stop at the End of the Session

By Wayne Henderson - After every coaching session I always ask “how could my session have gone better?” After I have looked back at the content, my observations and reactions of the goalkeepers I often ask for MORE. More time, more space, more goalkeepers or more equipment. In this article I will address one of these

0 Is Shot Stopping No Longer Enough?

By Wayne Henderson - Joe Hart being replaced at English Premier League side Manchester City by Claudio Bravo is the latest example of the changing demands and expectations on today's Goalkeepers. Possession of the ball is now rightly looked upon as being a fundamental aspect in the modern game, teams at all levels are “playing out