12 min
2-3 players
Goalkeeper
Reading ground-ball trajectories with 3 lines of colored cones
A drill that teaches your goalkeepers to judge the speed of a ground ball and choose the right moment to come out and claim it, using three colored lines marked inside the penalty area.
Description
Inside the penalty area, use cones to mark out 3 lines: a yellow line 8 m from the goal line, a red line at 11 m and a white line at 14 m. Place the working goalkeeper in the goal area, and a second goalkeeper outside the penalty area holding 3 cones in the colors of the lines. Position yourself ...
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