Clear out Passing Drill

Clear Out Passing Drill

Work on your clears with this simple and effective warm up drill.

This Drill Highlights:

  • Clearing Options

  • Goalie Clears

  • Running Through Catches

Description:

Get your goalie tons of reps with this drill! Set the coach/injured player up with balls at the center hash. Have two defensive lines on both sides of the cage. The coach will shoot on the goalie and after she saves it (or grabs a ball from the net) she will clear it to the defender running her line. This is a rapid shooting and passing, fast paced drill.

Equipment:

Balls

Highlighted Skills:

Clearing Patterns, Goalie Clears, Goalie Technique

Key Coaching Points:

Change up the clearing patterns. Make the defense catch over the shoulder as they are running up field, have them cut back and run through the pass, or add another outlet up field and have them make a second pass. There are many options with this drill.

Diagram of Drill:

 
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