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Introduction to the Keeper
The Keeper, perhaps the single most important player on your team, and perhaps the most neglected in terms of training.
Through the years I have found that most coaches don't know what to do with the keeper in practice other than to shoot at them.
Therefore I have gathered in this section of the website, some very basic keeper warmup and game-like exercises so that you can help this important position player achieve their very best.
Please take the time to look through the offerings here and comment on them on the Message Board
Handout: GK Introduction
Gaol Keeper Warm Ups
Ideas from Dan Gaspar of Star Goal Keeping Academy, Kim Wyant of the US National Team and LI Lady Riders and Bobby Muuss of UCONN
Handout: Goal Keeper Warm Ups
Stance and Balance
These are exercises to help stance and balance that I saw Kim Wyant, former National Team keeper and now the keeper for the Long Island Lady Riders, demonstrate at the 1998 LIJSL soccer convention
Handout: Stance and Balance
Collapse Dive
This is an exercise and a progression for teaching the Collapse Dive that I got from a local TV program called Soccer Zone
Collapse Dive
Cutting Down the Angle
This is a simple demonstration to explain how to cut down the angle on a shooter.
It is adapted from things I learned a long time ago as an ice hockey coach.
See I knew that all of those years on the ice would come in handy one day.
Cutting Down the Angle
Handout: Cutting Down the Angle
Forward and Backward Footwork Drill
This is one I adapted from my hockey coaching. It teaches agility, change of direction and concentration.
Forward and Backward Footwork Drill
Handout: Forward-Backward Footwork Drill
Diving Sideways
Diving Sideways
Square of Death
This is a footwork exercise that I saw Bobby Muuss, Men's Keeper Coach for UCONN do at the 1999 Suffolk County Soccer Coaches Association winter clinic. Excellent agility, explosiveness and anaerobic conditioning.
The Square of Death
Handout: Square of Death
Wednesday, May 10
Rapid Fire 4 Ball Exercise
I saw Kim Wyant, former National Team Keeper and now keeper with the LI Lady Riders, demonstrate this one at the 1998 LIJSL Soccer Convention.
Kim stressed having intelligent shooters, as well as accurate shooters in this exercise since it is for the keeper, not the shooters.
Rapid Fire 4 Ball Exercise
Handout: Rapid Fire
Defending the Low Cross
This is a coaching note I excerpted from the soccer-coach-l mailing list
Defending the Low Cross
Handout: Defending the Low Cross
Defending the High Cross
I have transcribed my notes from the Suffolk County Soccer Coaches Association (SCSCA) winter clinic on the subject of Defending the High Cross.
This was a session put on by Bobby Muuss, goalkeeper coach for the UCONN Men's Team. (Final Four participants this year) For any of the coaches and parents out there who have ever had the pleasure of seeing Bobby put on a clinic, you'll know that not only is he a great coach, but he is an extremely funny guy who can really hold your attention.
I have added to what Bobby taught a number of diagrams to hopefully clarify the text.
Defending the High Cross
Handout: Defending the High Cross
Recovery From The Chip
This is an exercise submitted to eteamz by Jim Turpin, a UUSF D license coach from Hamilton and a frequent contributor to the soccer-coach email list and the Team Discovery Website
Recovery From the Chip
Handling the Short Hop
This is another exercise submitted to eteamz by Jim Turpin, a UUSF D license coach from Hamilton and is an innovative way to teach handling the short hop.
Handling the Short Hop
Implementing the GK in Team Training
The first part of this section I learned, again from Bobby Muuss, at the 1999 SCSCA winter clinic.
The 1 v 1 exercise in the latter section I got from Frank Schmidt from an episode of "Soccer Zone" a local soccer TV program
Implementing the GK inTeam Training
Handout: Implementing the GK in Team Training
The Triangle Drill
This is a drill I picked up from Dan Gaspar at the Stony Brook University soccer coach clinic in 1999
The Triangle Drill
Handout: The Triangle Drill
The Pressure Drill
Again, this is a drill I picked up from Dan Gaspar at the 1999 Stony Brook University clinic
The Pressure Drill
Goal Keeper Mental Preparadness
The following is from a seminar given by Dan Gaspar at the NSCAA convention and is courtesy of Gary Rue and Jim Turpin.
Dan Gaspar runs Star Goalkeeper Academy, trained Portuguese National Team keepers, was the MetroStars keeper coach, coached last year in Japanese J -League, holds an NSCAA advanced national license, and is a technical
consultant for US Soccer Project 2010.
GK Mental Preparadness
Handout: Goal Keeper Mental Preparadness
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