2/1/2021 - GLG Goalie Practice Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
  • Bring tennis ball bag
  • Bring jump rope
  • Bring tennis racquet
10 Min Passing and Catching
  • Where to position hands when throwing and catching
  • Pass and take a step back
10 Min Walk the Line Drill
  • Have players line up and be synchronized, walk a line with air saving, top right, top left, bottom right, bottom left
  • Make sure second foot moves
10 min Shot to quick clear, shot to roll
  • Four shot progression: Pop Pass, Rollout Left, Rollout right, Rebound
  • Make a pop pass from ready position
  • Roll the crease on the side I shoot to
  • Take a shot, get a rebound or GB and making a pass on the run
10 Min Monkey in the Middle
  • 3 goalies and 2 attack (Riley and Dave)
  • Goalies on the side are the pretend defense on the sides
  • Ball starts with Goalie in the middle, draws the attack and passes to the outside
  • Outside person passes back to the middle goalie, who draws next attacker and sends it to the other side
  • Repeat
10 Min Drop ball then roll ball
  • Goalie in stance in the goal
  • bottom hand behind back
  • Coach drops a ball goalie catches
  • Coach rolls a ball goalie gets low and grabs the ball
10 Min Ball Tracking
  • Use the swaxlax ball
  • Have goalie track in the stick
  • Track the ball into their pocket, tell me the number on the ball within seconds


10 Min Blind Reaction off the Wall
  • Have goalie stand facing a wall
  • Someone shoot tennis goalie in ready stance and makes save off wal
  • Stand further back to make it easier
10 Min Eye Focus Drill
  • On concrete bounce a ball and catch while looking straight down
  • On concrete bounce slightly off to the side for perf vision
10 Min Rapid Fire Shooting
  • Line up 20 balls 10-15 yards from cage
  • Shooter shoots, goalie saves and throws to the side, the shooter shoots as quickly as they can
  • Goalie should return to a good stance as quickly as possible
10 Min Step over 16 foot rope
  • Goalies have to step over to get to the far pipe and cover the post
10 Min Hug pipe and drop step
  • When a girl comes around the crease, step out and go stick to stick, back pedal to recover ground, or girl will shoot around


10 Min 6 point shooting