Goalkeeping
Combination Goalkeeper One-v-One Spread
Deal with strikers running through on goal
Goalkeeping
Defending
Finishing
Combination Goalkeeper One-v-One Spread is a 14-minute goalkeeping drill for 2-10 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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Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Combination Play
Duration
14 min
Players
2-10
Pitch size
30 x 24 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Combination Goalkeeper One-v-One Spread — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 30 x 24 yards
Step 1 of 5Attacker runs onto a ball and drives at goal.
- 1. Attacker runs onto a ball and drives at goal.
- 2. The keeper closes the angle then sets before the strike.
- 3. Any rebound stays live until the ball leaves the area.
- 4. The first pass must go into the bounce player before the practice opens up.
- 5. A sequence only scores when three different players have touched the ball.
- 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
- -Deal with strikers running through on goal
- -Time the moment to close the angle
- -Make a big, safe blocking shape
Setup
- 1A goal with an attacker start cone 25 yards out in a 30 x 24 yards area.
- 2Add a neutral bounce player on each side line inside a marked yard-wide channel.
- 3Balls with the attackers.
Coaching instructions
- 1Attacker runs onto a ball and drives at goal.
- 2The keeper closes the angle then sets before the strike.
- 3Any rebound stays live until the ball leaves the area.
- 4The first pass must go into the bounce player before the practice opens up.
- 5A sequence only scores when three different players have touched the ball.
Coaching points
- -Close quickly, then set
- -Stay tall as long as possible
- -Spread wide and low on contact
- -Third player movement — the pass is set up by the run before it
Common mistakes
- -Diving in early
- -Getting caught on the goal line
- -Two players combining over and over while the third stands still
Where this drill fits
- More football goalkeeping drills
- More football defending drills
- More football finishing drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme