Goalkeeping
Two-Touch Goalkeeper Distribution Zones
Distribute accurately with feet and hands
Goalkeeping
Playing Out From The Back
Passing
Two-Touch Goalkeeper Distribution Zones is a 14-minute goalkeeping drill for 2-12 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Playing Out From The Back
Passing
Technical Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Two Touch
Duration
14 min
Players
2-12
Pitch size
40 x 30 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Two-Touch Goalkeeper Distribution Zones — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 40 x 30 yards
Step 1 of 5Coach calls a zone and the keeper distributes into it.
- 1. Coach calls a zone and the keeper distributes into it.
- 2. Alternate between rolled, driven and clipped deliveries.
- 3. Add a pressing forward for the final block.
- 4. Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
- 5. Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach serving, S = second server
- Ball
- Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Keeper distributes back to the server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Distribute accurately with feet and hands
- -Pick the right option under a time limit
- -Support the team's build-up from the back
Setup
- 1A goal with three scoring target zones marked upfield in a 40 x 30 yards area.
- 2Place a marker at every receiving position so players know where to set the ball before it arrives.
- 3A supply of balls in the goal, bibs for target players.
Coaching instructions
- 1Coach calls a zone and the keeper distributes into it.
- 2Alternate between rolled, driven and clipped deliveries.
- 3Add a pressing forward for the final block.
- 4Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
- 5Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.
Coaching points
- -First look is forward
- -Match the technique to the distance
- -Deliver into the receiver's stride
- -First touch out of the feet and into the direction of the next pass
Common mistakes
- -Same distribution every time
- -Slow release letting the press set
- -Taking a settling touch that kills the tempo
Where this drill fits
- More football goalkeeping drills
- More football playing out from the back drills
- More football passing drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme