Goalie Drill: A Card Game

A Card Game

Add this hand-eye coordination drill to your goalie warm up.

This Highlights:

  • Goalie Steps

  • Hand-eye Coordination

  • Focus

Description:

The coach should be standing 5 feet away, facing their goal keeper. The goalie should have her dominant hand in front of her and her non-dominant hand behind her. The coach will be holding a deck of cards. Every time the coach steps back, she throws a card. The goalie will ‘save’ the card by punching it and stepping. The coach should be throwing the cards and stepping backward in a very fast pace. The goalie should be stepping in the right direction, focused on the cards, punching them away.

Equipment:

Deck of cards

Highlighted Skills:

Hand-Eye Coordination, Goalie Steps

Key Coaching Points:

Make sure your goalie is really focused. Her steps and arm movements should be correct.

Diagram of Drill:

 
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