Goalkeeping
Keeper Footwork Gates: Set Position Check
Improve movement across the goal
Goalkeeping
Speed & Agility
Keeper Footwork Gates: Set Position Check is a 12-minute goalkeeping drill for 1-6 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals, poles. 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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Speed & Agility
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Foundation Phase
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Goals Needed
Shot Stopping
Technique
Duration
12 min
Players
1-6
Pitch size
Goal area
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Keeper Footwork Gates: Set Position Check — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Goal area
Step 1 of 4Keeper moves through a gate, sets, and makes the save.
- 1. Keeper moves through a gate, sets, and makes the save.
- 2. Alternate sides each repetition.
- 3. Eight saves per set.
- 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
- -Improve movement across the goal
- -Set before every save
- -Stay balanced through the footwork
Setup
- 1Two poles or cone gates either side of the goal.
- 2Server central with balls.
- 3Keeper starts on the goal line.
Coaching instructions
- 1Keeper moves through a gate, sets, and makes the save.
- 2Alternate sides each repetition.
- 3Eight saves per set.
- 4The keeper must be fully set — feet split, hands ready — before every strike.
Coaching points
- -Side steps, never crossing the feet
- -Set with a split stance before the strike
- -Head steady through the movement
- -Small adjusting steps, then set
- -Weight on the balls of the feet, hands in front
Common mistakes
- -Moving while the shot is struck
- -Crossing the feet
- -Standing tall and off balance