Organization:

Area: Penalty Area

Set up a row of five different colored cones, five or six feet apart, in front of the goal. The coach stands ten yards from the cones with a ball. The goalkeeper starts at the center cone. The coach yells out a combination of colors (red, green, yellow in the diagram) and the goalkeeper quickly touches the cones, comes back to the center and deals with the shot.   

Goal: Improve footwork speed, agility, movement efficiency, coordination, ability to change direction, stamina and overall athleticism.  Improve basic goalkeeping skills, catching the ball and making falling and diving saves.

Focus Points: 

• Make (cross) steps larger when running a longer distance, makes steps smaller when getting close to the cone.   

• Always use arms when running, 'hands go from pocket to ear', to improve coordination between arms and legs, what will improve speed. 

• Stay low. Don't run straight up.

• Get in the correct starting position/stance when getting at the final cone and getting set for the shot.

• Proper execution of technical goalkeeping skills, such as catching, falling and diving saves.

Variations: 

• The coach plays the ball straight over the ground or low or high to the left or right of the goalkeeper. 

• The goalkeeper has to deal with two shots in a row. 

• The goalkeeper starts with the ball and rolls or throws it to the coach to start the activity.

• Shooter tries to score.