When the ball bounces back she catches it with both hands.Instruct your kid to throw the ball directly at the wall, slightly higher than her height.

The distance from the wall will depend on your kid, younger kids can stand closer.Position your kid by facing the wall with the ball in his hands.Here is the most basic goalkeeper wall rebound drill: When the ball is kicked or thrown at it, the wall rebounds the ball back to your kid.Ĭhoose a solid wall that can rebound the ball effectively ~ a brick wall is ideal. Walls are great because they are like your kid’s silent training partner. We are surrounded by walls but we did not realize that they are a great soccer training aid.

Repeat this drill until the goalkeeper develops the proper technique of picking a rolling ball. There is no backup insurance to stop the ball. The mistake is when the goalkeeper directly faces the ball, with two feet open, and bends over to pick it up.

And slightly crouch over the ball and then repeat.

With her two hands down and fingers pointing to the ground, she picks up the ball and gathers it to her chest.

The knee on the ground provides a barrier in case the ball goes through her hands.

As the ball approaches, the goalkeeper gets down on one knee slightly sideways.

This drill teaches the goalkeeper about the correct method of picking up a low rolling ball. Here is the scenario, a low ball was struck in a straight line towards the goalkeeper and as he bent over to scoop it up, it went through his gloves, wiggled between his feet, and into the net… Look how annoyed the goalkeeper is. This drill helps prevents one of the goalkeeper’s most dreaded mistakes that even the professionals fell victim to it! Warning: Heavy diving is not encouraged for young kids as they can easily injure themselves.

She can either stand or jump to catch the ball or make soft dives.

You can kick the ball to her left then her right or higher or lower.

Remember your kid will catch the ball so do not kick too hard.

Drop the ball and kick it slightly upwards.

Stand straight and naturally, holding the ball in both hands.

Note: you may want to try a little drop-kick practice first.

She catches the ball and throws it back to you.

Drop-kick the ball (not too hard) towards your kid.

The distance depends very much on how easy your kid can catch the ball.This is probably the easiest drill, you kick the ball directly at the goalkeeper, and she catches it and throws it back.

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