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Outswinger to the far post: stay and save

Train the response to the outswinger, which moves the ball away from goal and punishes whoever comes as they would on an inswinger — completes the spin read, the library’s thinnest topic.

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Load

minutes
12
dives/set
2
Sets and reps
3 × 4
Intensity
Medium

dives per set, per goalkeeper

Microcycle days it fits

MD-3, MD-2

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

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
1
outfield player
2

Space: 22 × 16 m

Equipment: Balls, Full goal, Bibs

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

1 steps

Corners and crosses with spin away, to the far post. The goalkeeper starts deeper, resists the urge to come, and saves the shot or header from the far zone.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • The outswinger moves away from goal — coming as on an inswinger leaves the goal open behind; the decision is to stay and adjust.
  • Start deeper than on the inswinger, to cover the far post and the rebound shot.
  • Read the spin at the striker’s foot and in the first third of flight, not once the ball is already moving away.
  • Keep the feet alive: the far ball creates the shot from distance, and the goalkeeper must reposition fast.

Progressions

  1. Long outswinger to the edge of the box.
  2. Add a body to contest.

Regressions

  1. Short, predictable outswinger.
  2. Reduce the number of attackers.

Sources · 2

  1. BookAndy Elleray, «Goalkeeping in Football»
  2. BookLeonhard Zeilinger e Franz Gruber, «The Ultimate Guide to Goalkeeper Training: Develop Motor Skills, Technique, Tactics, and Mindset» (Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2025), ISBN 9781782552918