GK High-Ball Decision — Claim, Punch or Hold
A goalkeeper practice with varied aerial deliveries requiring the goalkeeper to decide whether to claim, punch or hold position.
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Organization
Use the penalty area and one full goal. Servers deliver balls from different wide and central angles. One or two passive-to-active attackers create realistic traffic. The goalkeeper reads each delivery and chooses the appropriate action.
Coaching Points
Start in a position that protects goal and space; Read flight early; Call decisively when coming; Attack the ball at the highest safe point; Punch to distance and width when a clean catch is not possible
Progressions
- Increase attacker pressure and vary inswinging/outswinging service.
Regressions
- Use unopposed predictable deliveries.
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