Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): GK General Distribution (With SSG)

Warm up/ basics practice (20 mins)

3 x GKs, Spare balls with each GK to keep the drill flowing.

GK's pass ball to each other in sequence, GK receiving the ball, catches the ball or controls the ball before kicking or throwing or rolling it to the next GK. Encourage mixing up distribution techniques

Progression

Start in smaller area then progress to bigger area simulating varing game related senarios GK to CB, GK to FB, GK to RW/LW.

Progression

- Ask the players to speed up time from catch to throw/roll to encourage counter attack/break away scenarios.

Key Points

- GK passing the ball using the correct Kicking/passing/throwing/rolling technique

- GK's achieving good accuracy on Kicking/passing/throwing/rolling

SSG (20 mins)

6V6

Play will always start with a goal-kick,

GK must play the ball to a defender and RECEIVE A RETURN PASS before the other players come into the game.

The pitch is narrowed and compacted to add more pressure onto GKs when they have the ball at feet.

Regression

Widen the pitch to full width.

Progression

After initial pass by GK, opposition are authorised/encouraged to apply pressure