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.
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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
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:
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- Afterwards,
- Afterwards,
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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.
No. 2: Simple series of shots with pass
Minimum number of players: 7
Difficulty level:
Equipment required: Sufficient number of handballs
Course:
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- After the shot, the players each quickly fetch a ball and line up on the other side (G).
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.
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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.
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- 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:
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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
- The players each hold their handball in both hands, in such a way that the goalkeeper can reach it.
- The goalkeeper
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- As soon as
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:
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- And so on.
Variant:
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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.
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- After the shot,
- 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:
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Variants:
- Jump shot.
- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.
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:
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- After the shot,
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- 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.
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:
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- And so on.