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Low engagement at the feet: make yourself big (u16)

Consolidate the low block shape on the engagement at the feet, with the body covering maximum goal — reinforces the thin make-yourself-big topic in the fast, committed engagement version.

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Load

minutes
11
dives/set
4
Sets and reps
3 × 4
Intensity
High

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
1

Space: 14 × 14 m

Equipment: Balls, Full goal

The coach serves and manages the breaks.

2 steps

The attacker receives diagonally and attacks the goal. The goalkeeper comes to close, and when the attacker enters the decision zone, makes themselves big and low, hands forward for the ground ball.

Exercise sequence

Coaching points

  • The block shape is wide and low: legs and arms cover the goal, hands forward and low.
  • Attack the space, not the player — reach the ball or shut it down, never go studs-up.
  • The last step brakes and turns the run into a balanced block shape, ready to react to the touch.
  • Hold the eyes on the ball until contact; the body follows the ball, not the attacker’s dribble.

Progressions

  1. Diagonal attacker with more speed.
  2. Reduce the decision time.

Regressions

  1. Frontal, slower attacker.
  2. Shorten the approach distance.

Sources · 2

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