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Fast distribution into the counter-attack

Link the save to the attacking transition: save and immediately release the best-placed teammate, within a time limit.

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Load

minutes
12
dives/set
4
Sets and reps
3 × 5
Intensity
High

dives per set, per goalkeeper

Microcycle days it fits

MD-4, MD-3

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

Setup

Goalkeepers
1
server
1
outfield player
3

Space: 40 × 45 m

Equipment: Balls, Bibs, Mini goals, Full goal

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

3 steps

The goalkeeper makes a save and has a few seconds to launch one of two attackers in transition. A defender conditions one side. A point is scored if the attacker reaches the mini goal.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • Reading who is free starts before the save — looking only after gathering the ball has already lost the transition.
  • Throwing is faster and more accurate up to 25-30 metres; beyond that, use the feet.
  • Release ahead of the teammate, into space, not to their feet — the ball must be playable at speed.
  • If neither is free, holding the ball is the right call: a badly launched transition gives possession back.

Progressions

  1. Cut to 3 seconds, forcing the read before the save.
  2. Require distribution with the feet only, slower and more demanding.
  3. Add a second conditioning defender.

Regressions

  1. Unlimited time to distribute.
  2. Remove the defender, leaving both attackers always free.

Sources · 3

  1. StudyThe physical demands of professional soccer goalkeepers throughout a week-long competitive microcycle and transiently throughout match-play (2020)
  2. CurriculumRegulamento do Curso UEFA de Treinadores de Guarda-Redes «B», Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
  3. BookJoe Luxbacher, «The Soccer Goalkeeper: Techniques, Tactics, Training»