Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Shooting Drill with Goalie.

• Set Up

  • 1 Cone for Goalie line, 1 Cone for Shooter Line

  • Form Shooter line about 15 ft. away from the goal

  • Form Goalie line at the endline near the goal

  • If space allows create multiple playing set ups

• Equipment

  • Balls

  • Disc cones

  • 1 Goal per station

• Objective

  • To score a goal.

• Directions

  1. Player shoots the ball and Goalie tries to stop it.

  2. After the shot, Goalie goes to the back of the shooter line, Shooter goes to the back of the Goalie line

     **Keep the activity moving quickly so all players have many chances to shoot and play defense.

• Variations

  • Add cones that the Shooter has to dribble through

  • Increase/decrease distance between goal and shooters

  • Add a player who runs up to the shooter to shadow defend them without stealing the ball.

• Coaching Points

  • Make a decision and have confidence to shoot

  • Coach demonstrates different types of finishing: with laces, a sweet spot pass to the back of the net, and dribble around the goalkeeper.

  • Be enthusiastic about goals!!

Reflection: Self-Management

1. What are some stresses of being a goalie?

2. How do you work through those stresses so you can have fun?

• Remember you are learning and don’t be hard on yourself, Praise others and watch how they play, -Do our best and be kind to ourselves