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Short-series long-range shooting

Keep long-range reading sharp with a few reps, without the volume the day before a match should not carry.

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Load

minutes
8
dives/set
4
Sets and reps
2 × 5
Intensity
Medium

dives per set, per goalkeeper

Microcycle days it fits

MD-1

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

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
1
outfield player
0

Space: 22 × 20 m

Equipment: Balls, Full goal

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

1 steps

A server strikes from outside the box, straight at the goalkeeper, with few reps and full recovery between each. No contest and no obstructed sight.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • A deeper, higher set position than for a close shot — the extra reaction time allows stepping to meet the trajectory.
  • Read the striker’s standing foot and contact point, not only the ball in flight.
  • Few reps at maximum quality; stop at the first sign of the read losing sharpness.
  • Catch whenever the trajectory allows it — this is not the day to risk an unnecessary punch.

Progressions

  1. Alternate between low and mid-height trajectory without warning.
  2. Move the server back to 22 metres.

Regressions

  1. Bring the server closer.
  2. Always announce the trajectory.

Sources · 2

  1. BookJoe Luxbacher, «The Soccer Goalkeeper: Techniques, Tactics, Training»
  2. StudyThe physical demands of professional soccer goalkeepers throughout a week-long competitive microcycle and transiently throughout match-play (2020)