Exercise #392: Balls in a Circle Footwork
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OBJECTIVE:
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This exercise increases both the quickness of your keepers' footwork and their fitness levels while still requiring them to focus on the ball.
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DESCRIPTION:
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Line your keepers up in a circle, all with a ball on the ground in front of them. The coach will call either "Right!" or "Left!", and the keepers will quickly side step in the direction called to the ball next to them, bend down and pick it up with both hands, pull it up to their chest to secure it, and put it back down. The coach should make the next call just as everyone is putting the ball back down.
If the coach calls "Across!", the keepers should run across the middle of the circle (without running into anyone) and find an open ball to secure. As the keepers are shuffling around the outside of the circle (going either right or left), their shoulders should always be facing squarely into the middle of the circle (i.e., don't let them turn and run to the next ball if the direction called is right or left).
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VARIANT:
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Next, do the same thing, but the keepers should take a step left or right and dive to make the save this time. If the coach calls, "Across!", the keepers should sprint across the circle and slide into an open ball for a 1v1 save. Again, the keeper's backs should always be to the outside of the circle as they are diving left and right. This forces them to dive forward to the next ball.
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