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Non-contact 1v1 reading

Confirm come-out timing and approach angle in a low-impact 1v1, without the physical toll of contact or diving, keeping the action sharp.

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Load

minutes
8
Intensity
Medium
Sets and reps
2 × 3

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MD

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

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
0
outfield player
1

Space: 20 × 16 m

Equipment: Balls, Full goal

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

1 steps

The attacker advances at a controlled pace with no intent to finish. The goalkeeper narrows the angle and picks the moment to come out, but the exercise ends before contact — the focus is the decision, not the physical resolution.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • Come out to narrow the angle, not to attack the ball — the goal here is timing, not regaining possession.
  • Keep a low base and arms away from the body throughout the approach.
  • Time the arrival with the moment the attacker loses tight control of the ball.
  • Stop the rep at the decision point — going to ground is not required for the exercise to count.

Progressions

  1. Raise the attacker’s pace to match speed.
  2. Ask for an explicit judgement of approach angle, not only timing.

Regressions

  1. Slow the attacker’s pace further.
  2. Announce in advance when the attacker will advance.

Sources · 2

  1. BookVaggelis Lappas, «Goalkeeper Training Methodology»
  2. Book«Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football», Bennion Kearny