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Decision-making under fatigue at the end of training

Test the quality of the come-out decision and intervention timing when physical fatigue is present — the condition under which most game mistakes happen.

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Load

minutes
8
dives/set
6
Sets and reps
1 × 6
Intensity
High

dives per set, per goalkeeper

Microcycle days it fits

MD-4

Each bar’s height is that day’s dive ceiling.

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
1
outfield player
1

Space: 18 × 16 m

Equipment: Balls, Full goal

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

2 steps

Deliberately placed at the end of the session, after demanding physical work: a 1v1 or a shot after a short combination, with the goalkeeper already physically tired.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • Fatigue delays the decision before it delays the movement — the read degrades first, not the legs.
  • Keep the pre-action concentration routine even when tired: that’s exactly when it’s missed most.
  • Accept that technical execution may be slightly lower; what’s being assessed here is decision quality, not perfect technique.
  • Always end the session with a successful action, even a simple one — the last memory of training sticks.

Progressions

  1. Increase physical load immediately before the exercise.
  2. Reduce recovery time between reps within the exercise itself.

Regressions

  1. Place the exercise at the start of the session, without accumulated fatigue, to work the decision alone.

Sources · 2

  1. Book«Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football», Bennion Kearny
  2. StudyThe match-play and performance test responses of soccer goalkeepers: a review