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Roll-out accuracy game (u14)

Perfect roll-out accuracy in a target game format — the roll-out was a thin topic and accuracy is built better through challenge than through dry repetition.

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Load

minutes
8
Intensity
Low
Sets and reps
2 × 8

Microcycle days it fits

MD-3, MD-2

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

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
0
outfield player
0

Space: 16 × 10 m

Equipment: Balls, Cones, Mini goals

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

1 steps

The goalkeeper rolls the ball to hit one of two mini-goals, scoring a point for accuracy. Progress to a narrow channel between cones, demanding more precision.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • The roll-out stays flat along the ground, no bounce — a bounce loses accuracy and makes the teammate’s control harder.
  • The arm follows the target to the finish, low and straight like bowling.
  • The feet point at the target before the release; accuracy starts at the base, not the hand.
  • Score for accuracy, not power — the challenge encourages precision without a lecture.

Progressions

  1. Narrow channel between cones.
  2. Increase the target distance.

Regressions

  1. Wide mini-goal.
  2. Bring the target closer.

Sources · 2

  1. Curriculum«Lifetime Development of a Goalkeeper», US Youth Soccer
  2. BookFabian Seeger, «The Soccer Games and Drills Compendium: 350 Smart and Practical Games to Form Intelligent Players» (Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2017), ISBN 9781782551041