Goalkeeping

Transition Goalkeeper Handling Ladder

Build clean, repeatable handling

Goalkeeping

Speed & Agility

Transition Goalkeeper Handling Ladder is a 16-minute goalkeeping drill for 1-6 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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Goalkeeping

Speed & Agility

Technical Practice

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Small Group

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Goals Needed

Transition

Duration

16 min

Players

1-6

Pitch size

24 x 18 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Transition Goalkeeper Handling Ladder — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 24 x 18 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. Coach serves a loose ball into the middle and both teams react to win it.
5. On every turnover the winning team has six seconds to attack the opposite target.

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 24 x 18 yards area.
2Mark a second target area at the opposite end so the practice can flip direction instantly.
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.
4Coach serves a loose ball into the middle and both teams react to win it.
5On every turnover the winning team has six seconds to attack the opposite target.