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Receive and turn under simulated pressure

Automate the first touch away from simulated pressure, before introducing real pressure.

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Load

minutes
8
Intensity
Low
Sets and reps
3 × 6

Microcycle days it fits

MD+1, MD+2, MD-4, MD-3, MD-2, MD-1

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

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
1
outfield player
0

Space: 14 × 14 m

Equipment: Balls, Cones, Full goal

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

2 steps

A server passes back to the goalkeeper. A cone on each side marks “pressure zones”; the announced side indicates where an opponent would come from, and the first touch must take the ball to the opposite side.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • Orient the body before the ball arrives, looking over the shoulder to the free side.
  • The first touch is the play: if it goes the wrong way, there’s no fixing it afterwards.
  • Touch with the foot surface that already leaves the body oriented for the next pass.
  • Keep the head at the same level through the touch — losing head height costs sight of the pitch.

Progressions

  1. Signal the pressure side only at the moment of the pass, not before.
  2. Reduce to one touch.
  3. Replace the cones with a real, low-intensity opponent.

Regressions

  1. Announce the side well in advance.
  2. Unlimited touches.

Sources · 2

  1. BookVaggelis Lappas, «Goalkeeper Training Methodology»
  2. CurriculumRegulamento do Curso UEFA de Treinadores de Guarda-Redes «B», Federação Portuguesa de Futebol