North Mississauga Soccer Club
10 Falconer Drive, Unit #12, Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 3L8
Tel: (905) 858 1227 Fax: (905) 858 8416

Musical Balls for Goalkeepers


OBJECTIVE:	This exercise creates a fun, competitive game for your keepers while focusing on the proper technique for picking up balls on the run and sliding in to make 1v1 saves.
DESCRIPTION:	Have your goalkeepers jog around in a square grid. Have several balls scattered on the ground throughout the grid (one fewer ball than the number of your keepers). When the coach says, "Now!", the keepers should sprint to a ball and pick it up on the run. If two keepers get their hands on the same ball at the same time, they should attempt to wrestle it away from each other. The one keeper who doesn't get a ball should sit out and do a specified number of push-ups or sit-ups. Take one ball out now, and repeat. Play until you have one winner.
VARIANT:	Now perform the same exercise, but instead of having the keepers pick the ball up on the run, require them to slide into the ball to save it like a 1v1.