Goalkeeping
Shot Stopping From Angles: Set Position Check
Set the correct angle and position
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Shot Stopping From Angles: Set Position Check is a 15-minute goalkeeping drill for 2-8 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
Shot Stopping
Technique
Duration
15 min
Players
2-8
Pitch size
Penalty area plus 10 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Shot Stopping From Angles: Set Position Check — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Penalty area plus 10 yards
Step 1 of 4Shots come in sequence from each angle.
- 1. Shots come in sequence from each angle.
- 2. Keeper resets the starting position between each.
- 3. Nine shots 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
- -Set the correct angle and position
- -Save shots from wide and central areas
- -Recover for the second shot
Setup
- 1Shooting cones at three angles: left, central and right.
- 2Keeper in goal with balls at each cone.
- 3Servers or outfield players shooting.
Coaching instructions
- 1Shots come in sequence from each angle.
- 2Keeper resets the starting position between each.
- 3Nine shots per set.
- 4The keeper must be fully set — feet split, hands ready — before every strike.
Coaching points
- -Narrow the angle by taking a step off the line
- -Stay on the line of the ball to the centre of goal
- -Recover to the feet fast for the follow-up
- -Small adjusting steps, then set
- -Weight on the balls of the feet, hands in front
Common mistakes
- -Standing too central for a wide shot
- -Being caught off the line
- -Slow recovery after the first save