Goalkeeping

Finishing Goalkeeper Handling Ladder

Build clean, repeatable handling

Goalkeeping

Speed & Agility

Finishing Goalkeeper Handling Ladder is a 16-minute goalkeeping drill for 1-6 players, suitable for Under 8 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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Goalkeeping

Speed & Agility

Technical Practice

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Small Group

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Goals Needed

Finishing

Duration

16 min

Players

1-6

Pitch size

22 x 16 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Goalkeeper Handling Ladder — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 22 x 16 yards

Step 1 of 5Server works through low, waist-height and high service in turn.

1. Server works through low, waist-height and high service in turn.
2. The keeper resets to the middle of the goal after every save.
3. Ten saves per set with a short rest between sets.
4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

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

-Build clean, repeatable handling
-Set the feet before every save
-Work through low, mid and high service

Setup

1A goal with three service cones in an arc in front of it in a 22 x 16 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3A supply of balls at each service cone.

Coaching instructions

1Server works through low, waist-height and high service in turn.
2The keeper resets to the middle of the goal after every save.
3Ten saves per set with a short rest between sets.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.