Effective goalkeeper warm-up shooting

Introduction

Goalkeeper warm-up shooting is essential for almost every training unit. These 60 warm-up shooting exercises provide you with a variety of ideas to make the warm-up shooting challenging and diverse, both for the goalkeepers and the field players. The exercises particularly focus on improving the players’ dynamics even during the warm-up shooting.

The exercises are illustrated and described in an easy, comprehensible manner. They can be immediately integrated in every training unit. Whether you combine the exercises with additional coordination drills or use them as an introduction to the main part – various difficulty levels allow for adjustment of the warm-up shooting to each training unit and age group.

Sample figure:

Publishing information

1st English edition released on 12 Okt 2018

German original edition released on 07 Jul 2015

Published by DV Concept

Editors, design, and layout: Jörg Madinger, Elke Lackner

Proofreading and English translation: Nina-Maria Nahlenz

ISBN: 978-3-95641-227-1

This publication is listed in the catalogue of the German National Library. Please refer to http://dnb.de for bibliographic data.

The work and its components are protected by copyright. No reprinting, photomechanical reproduction, storing or processing in electronic systems without the publisher's written permission.

Key

Cone

Small gym mat

Ball box

Small vaulting box

Balance bench

Hoop

Foam noodles (foam beams)

No. 1: Warm-up shooting with two previous coordination exercises

Minimum number of players: 7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 6-8 hoops, 5-8 foam beams, 2 cones, sufficient number of handballs

Course:

-

starts with quick steps, touching the ground only one time per hoop (A).

- Afterwards,

sprints around the cones (B) and towards the foam beams. He runs through the line of foam beams with one double-step (left foot/right foot) per interspace.

- Afterwards,

shoots at the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom).

-

starts the same course a bit delayed.

Variant:

- Position the hoops in a different order again and again.

- Change the number of floor contacts between the foam beams, but keep the running flow.

The players should time their moves in such a way that there is a quick series of shots for the goalkeeper.

No. 2: Simple series of shots with pass

Minimum number of players: 7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: Sufficient number of handballs

Course:

-

starts to approach the goal without a ball (A) and receives a pass from

(B).

-

shoots at the right side of the goal as instructed (hands, top, bottom) and from within the corridor (C).

-

starts to approach the goal (D) and receives a pass from

into his running path (E).

-

shoots at the left side of the goal as instructed and from within the corridor (F).

- And so on.

- After the shot, the players each quickly fetch a ball and line up on the other side (G).

Define the distance between the two rows according to the players’ level of performance.

The players should time their moves in such a way that there is a continuous series of shots for the goalkeeper.

No. 3: Quick back and forth drill

Minimum number of players: 7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: Sufficient number of handballs

Course:

- The coach stands at the 7-meter line and stretches out his hands.

-

does 2-3 quick steps forward and hits the coach’s palms (A). Afterwards,

immediately moves back 2-3 steps (B) in order to do a dynamic forward piston movement and to shoot at the left side of the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom), approx. from the 7-meter line (C).

-

starts the same course a bit delayed, does a forward piston movement on the right side, and shoots at the right side of the goal.

Variants:

- Jump shot.

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

No. 4: Warm-up shooting from the back and wing positions

Minimum number of players: 7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 4 cones, sufficient number of handballs (ball box with spare balls)

Course:

- All players stand at the center line, each of them holding a ball.

-

starts and runs around the cone on the left, dynamically approaches (A) the 9-meter line, and shoots at the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom).

-

starts a bit delayed, runs (B) around the cone on the right, approaches the 9-meter line, and shoots at the goal.

- And so on.

- The players who shot at the goal, quickly line up at the center line again and pick up a ball from the ball box.

- Repeat the drill until no handballs are left.

Variant:

-

starts and runs around the cone on the left, runs (C) along the far left side of the playing field until he has reached the left wing position, and finally shoots from there.

starts a bit delayed and runs along the far right side (D).

Shooting variants:

- Jump shot.

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

No. 5: Intense warm-up shooting exercise for the goalkeeper

Minimum number of players: 9

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: Sufficient number of handballs

Course:

- The players stand face-to-face in order to create a lane (keep a distance of approx. 2 meters between

and

, and approx. 1/2 meter between

and

).

- The players each hold their handball in both hands, in such a way that the goalkeeper can reach it.

- The goalkeeper

quickly sidesteps through the lane (A) and touches each handball with one hand.

-

should return to his basic arm posture again and again while sidestepping from player to player.

- As soon as

has run through the lane,

moves to the goal (B), the players start approaching the goal dynamically (C), and do a series of shots at the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom).

Variants:

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

- Jump shot.

- Underarm shot.

No. 6: Piston movement with counter movement and subsequent shot

Minimum number of players: 7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 4 cones, sufficient number of handballs

Course:

-

does the piston movement and receives a pass into his running path from

, who also does the piston movement (A).

-

immediately takes a turn towards the inner side, dribbles around the backmost cone (B), dribbles towards the goal, and eventually shoots at the left side of the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom) (C).

-

moves backward to his initial position immediately after playing the pass (D), does a forward piston movement again, receives a pass from

into his running path, also runs around his group, and shoots at the goal as instructed.

- And so on.

Variant:

-

diagonally runs around the backmost cone of the other group (E) and shoots at the goal (F).

The players should time their action in such a way that there is a smooth rhythm for the goalkeeper.

No. 7: Shot with subsequent team drill for the shooting players

Minimum number of players: 9

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 balance bench, sufficient number of handballs

Setting:

- Position a balance bench upside down on the floor (seating surface on the floor).

Course:

- Right before each shooting round, the coach defines a task which has to be done on the bench.

-

starts with a ball (A) and shoots at the left side of the goal as instructed (hands, top, bottom) (B).

-

starts a bit delayed with a ball (C) and shoots at the right side of the goal as instructed (D).

- After the shot,

(E) and

(F) sprint to the bench.

- After the shooting round, all the shooting players must stand on the bench according to the coach’s task. While doing so, the players who already shot at the goal should organize themselves ideally, in such a way that they do not have to change their position anymore once they stand on the bench.

- After the last shot, the goalkeeper also sprints to the bench and is the last player trying to get into the right position.

- If the players need to switch positions one more time, they should solve this situation without a player having to leave the bench.

- Afterwards, the players start the next shooting round with a new task.

Tasks for players on the bench:

- Form a line sorted by height.

- By alphabetical order of first names.

- By age.

- By chronological order of birthdays, beginning in January.

No. 8: Warm-up shooting after moving around a player

Minimum number of players: 9

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 1 cone, sufficient number of handballs

Course:

-

runs around

(A), dribbles towards the goal, and shoots as instructed.

-

starts a bit delayed, runs around

(B), dribbles towards the goal, and shoots at the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom).

-

starts immediately after

has shot, and runs around

(C).

-

starts immediately after

has shot, and runs around

(D).

-

and

are the last players; they run around the cone and shoot at the goal.

Variants:

- Jump shot.

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

The players should time their action in such a way that there is a smooth rhythm for the goalkeeper.

No. 9: Warm-up shooting with piston movements

Minimum number of players: 7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 7 cones, ball box with sufficient number of handballs

Course:

-

starts with a ball, runs dynamically back and forth (viewing direction towards the goal) from cone to cone (A), and eventually shoots at the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom) (B).

- After the shot,

immediately runs around the backmost cone, picks up a new ball (C), and lines up again (D).

-

immediately starts after

, in order to create a smooth rhythm for

.

- Repeat the course until there is no ball left in the box.

Variants:

- Sidestepping from cone to cone.

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

The players should time their action in such a way that there is a smooth rhythm for the goalkeeper.

No. 10: Series of shots with previous running exercise

Minimum number of players: 7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required: 8 cones, sufficient number of handballs

Course:

-

starts sidestepping quickly to the left, runs around the cone (A), quickly moves to the right, runs around the cone on the right side (B), and shoots at the (right side of the) goal from within the corridor.

-

starts a bit delayed (so that the goalkeeper faces a series of shots), quickly sidesteps around the cone on the right side (C), quickly moves to the left, runs around the cone on the left (D), and shoots at the (left side of) the goal from within the corridor.

- And so on.