Agility Diving Exercise

Setup

You will require: 1 ball / 1 goal / 3 cones, place the 3 cones on the line to the right of the goalkeeper so they are between the keeper and his post, the player/coach will have a ball in there hands roughly where the penalty spot would be

How it works

The player/coach will drop and kick the ball to the keeper, The goalkeeper will catch and throw back to the player/coach and then sidestep over the cones before touching the post, When the keeper touches the post the player/coach then shoots to the opposite side and the keeper must dive to save

Coaching points

• Head up
• Agility
• Close the angle
• Goalkeeper footwork
• Quick recovery
• Come off the goalline
• Big step

Progressions

progression: Swap sides the cones are on every couple of minutes regression: Remove the cones