2/14/2020 - GLG Goalie Tryout Plan

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Time Drill
5 Min Active Stretching
  • Bring girls stick, goalie pants & shin guards, backpack, ladder
10 Min Put on Equipment
  • Gear: Helmet, throat guard, thigh shorts, shin guards (soccer or lax, not field hockey), gloves, chest protector, volleyball knee pads
  • Importance of the goalie, must important position on the field
  • Moving and athletic moves are key to be successful at goalie
10 Min Stance in goal aka ready position
  • Back is straight, arms about shoulder width apart
  • stick off the body, arms at 90 degree angle, so you have room to explode
  • Small goalies start lower to spring up
  • Focus on the ball
  • Arc when following the ball
5 Min Water
10 Min Bounce the ball off goalie
  • Bounce the ball off the helmet and chest protector
10 Min When scored on
  • Remember 11 other girls couldn't stop the ball
  • Take 3 seconds to reflect about the goal, and then move on, next play. Let it go
5 Min Water
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 syncronized, walk a line with air saving, top right, top left, bottom right, bottom left
  • Make sure second foot moves
5 Min Water
15 Min Football Point Drill
  • Have goalies be in a ready position and coach points to a direction for them to air save to
10 Min Toss and Switch
  • Two goalies toss and balls to each other on opposite hands
10 Min 6 point shooting