DEALING WITH HIGH BALLS

Having concentrated on the technique of catching earlier, now the goalkeeper needs to learn to deal with high balls.

Practice 1

dealing with high balls 1

(G) Goalkeeper, (A) and (B) serves on opposite ends of the 6-yard area with a number of footballs. (C) acts as a fielder to retrieve balls and re-supply (A) and (B).

(A) using both hands lobs the ball just under the bar and (G) has to leap and either CATCH or TIP OVER THE BAR.

As soon as he has recovered (B) serves and it is up to (G) to move quickly across the goal to deal with it.

The serves must come regularly to keep (G) moving, leaping and catching.

JUST HOW MUCH PRESSURE IS PUT ON HIM DEPENDS ON THE COACH AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED.

Practice 2

dealing with high balls 2

A practice similar to practice 1 only in this (A) and (B) are on opposite sides of the goal.

(A) lobs the ball under the bar (G) or (G1) jumps and catches or saves any way he can. The he turns immediately and (B) serves - G moves quickly to G2 and tries to save.

Practice 3

dealing with high balls 3

(A) holds the ball in his hands, and after releasing, he volleys towards the top angle of the goal. (G) moves to G1 to catch, or tip away (A)'s serve. After saving he returns to face a serve from (B), who again aims for the angle (opposite sides of goal) and (G) moves to (G2) to save.

Once the servers are practised enough they can volley the ball high, (G) out to (G3) to leap and catch - he must try and catch at the highest point - not waiting for it to come down.

Practice 4

dealing with high balls 4

To progress (G) is given passive resistance while catching. To begin, (A) lobs up and (G) jumps between (F) and (E) to catch. (F) and (E) just stand 1 metre apart. (A) can move to (A2) and (A3) to serve.

Then (G) is given more players to deal with. As well as (F) and (E), now (H), (J) and (K) are added - all inside the 6-yard area.

(A) again serves, from the 3 positions (A), (A2) and (A3) and with 5 players standing in the box (G) has to leap and catch the ball. (A)'s serve must be high enough to cause (G) the problems of keeping one eye on the ball and the other on the 5 players he has to avoid (see diagram 5 below).

dealing with high balls 5

dealing with high balls 5

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