SHOT STOPPING DRILL
Improve your basic footwork skills by doing these easy to do and set up drills.
All you need is 5 cones or markers and can be set up in seconds.
Drill 1
Set 5 cones in a line about a foot apart.
Start one end and side-step through cones
- progress to jumping over cones (both feet together)
- progress to stepping over cones (knees up)
Drill 2
Set 5 cones 5-7 yards apart at angles.
Start one end and side-step through cones.
- progress by turning yourself side on and go through cones forward/backwards
Drill 3
Set cones as in drill 2 but add a football to each cone. (shown pic 1)
Start at cone 1 and side-step to cone 2 once there dive onto ball, repeat until to cone 5.
To add a progress get a server to place a shot on floor as keeper reaches cone. (drill 4)
Drill 5 (not shown)
Set a four cones into a square roughly 6 yards apart.
Start in middle and on call sprint around called cone (1-4 or colour) and back to start point.
progress by adding a shot into hands on return to middle
progress by adding a diving save on return to middle

