Goalkeeping
Breakaway Situations: Handling Volume
Handle 1v1 breakaways
Goalkeeping
Finishing
Defending
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Breakaway Situations: Handling Volume is a 15-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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Goals Needed
Handling
Repetition
Duration
15 min
Players
2-10
Pitch size
35 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Breakaway Situations: Handling Volume — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 35 x 25 yards
Step 1 of 4Attacker drives at goal, keeper reacts and defends the breakaway.
- 1. Attacker drives at goal, keeper reacts and defends the breakaway.
- 2. Alternate central and wide starts.
- 3. Eight repetitions with rest.
- 4. Ten unbroken repetitions per set with clean handling — a drop means the set restarts.
- 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
- -Handle 1v1 breakaways
- -Time the decision to close or hold
- -Stay big for as long as possible
Setup
- 1Attacker starting cone thirty yards from goal.
- 2Keeper on the line, balls at the start cone.
- 3Cones marking the closing zone.
Coaching instructions
- 1Attacker drives at goal, keeper reacts and defends the breakaway.
- 2Alternate central and wide starts.
- 3Eight repetitions with rest.
- 4Ten unbroken repetitions per set with clean handling — a drop means the set restarts.
Coaching points
- -Close the ground while the ball is travelling
- -Slow down and set as the attacker gets close
- -Stay tall and patient, force them to decide
- -W-shape hands behind the ball
- -Cushion and secure into the chest
Common mistakes
- -Diving in too early
- -Staying rooted to the line
- -Going to ground on the first touch