Goalkeeping
Back Pass Support Work: Set Position Check
Deal with back passes under pressure
Goalkeeping
Playing Out From The Back
First Touch
Back Pass Support Work: Set Position Check is a 15-minute goalkeeping drill for 3-10 players, suitable for Under 10 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals, bibs. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
Back to drill libraryGoalkeeping
Playing Out From The Back
First Touch
Skill Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Shot Stopping
Technique
Duration
15 min
Players
3-10
Pitch size
Defensive third
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Back Pass Support Work: Set Position Check — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Defensive third
Step 1 of 4Defenders pass back to the keeper under pressure.
- 1. Defenders pass back to the keeper under pressure.
- 2. Keeper must play out to an outlet or clear long if pressed.
- 3. Ten repetitions then rotate.
- 4. The keeper must be fully set — feet split, hands ready — before every strike.
- 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 back passes under pressure
- -Support the defence as a footballer
- -Make the right decision at speed
Setup
- 1Keeper with two defenders in front of the goal.
- 2One or two pressing forwards.
- 3Target outlets on both flanks.
Coaching instructions
- 1Defenders pass back to the keeper under pressure.
- 2Keeper must play out to an outlet or clear long if pressed.
- 3Ten repetitions then rotate.
- 4The keeper must be fully set — feet split, hands ready — before every strike.
Coaching points
- -Position to receive on an angle, not flat
- -First touch away from the presser
- -Communicate the option before receiving
- -Small adjusting steps, then set
- -Weight on the balls of the feet, hands in front
Common mistakes
- -Standing flat behind the ball
- -Taking too many touches
- -Panicked clearance out of play