Jörg Madinger - Effective goalkeeper warm-up shooting

- The coach stands at the 7-meter line and stretches out his hands.

- does 2-3 quick steps forward and hits the coach’s palms (A). Afterwards, immediately moves back 2-3 steps (B) in order to do a dynamic forward piston movement and to shoot at the left side of the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom), approx. from the 7-meter line (C).

- starts the same course a bit delayed, does a forward piston movement on the right side, and shoots at the right side of the goal.

Variants:

- Jump shot.

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

Minimum number of players:7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required:4 cones, sufficient number of handballs (ball box with spare balls)

Course:

- All players stand at the center line, each of them holding a ball.

- starts and runs around the cone on the left, dynamically approaches (A) the 9-meter line, and shoots at the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom).

- starts a bit delayed, runs (B) around the cone on the right, approaches the 9-meter line, and shoots at the goal.

- And so on.

- The players who shot at the goal, quickly line up at the center line again and pick up a ball from the ball box.

- Repeat the drill until no handballs are left.

Variant:

- starts and runs around the cone on the left, runs (C) along the far left side of the playing field until he has reached the left wing position, and finally shoots from there. starts a bit delayed and runs along the far right side (D).

Shooting variants:

- Jump shot.

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

Minimum number of players:9

Difficulty level:

Equipment required:Sufficient number of handballs

Course:

- The players stand face-to-face in order to create a lane (keep a distance of approx. 2 meters between and , and approx. 1/2 meter between and ).

- The players each hold their handball in both hands, in such a way that the goalkeeper can reach it.

- The goalkeeper quickly sidesteps through the lane (A) and touches each handball with one hand.

- should return to his basic arm posture again and again while sidestepping from player to player.

- As soon as has run through the lane, moves to the goal (B), the players start approaching the goal dynamically (C), and do a series of shots at the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom).

Variants:

- Shooting with the wrong foot in front.

- Jump shot.

- Underarm shot.

Minimum number of players:7

Difficulty level:

Equipment required:4 cones, sufficient number of handballs

Course:

- does the piston movement and receives a pass into his running path from , who also does the piston movement (A).

- immediately takes a turn towards the inner side, dribbles around the backmost cone (B), dribbles towards the goal, and eventually shoots at the left side of the goal as instructed (top, middle, bottom) (C).

- moves backward to his initial position immediately after playing the pass (D), does a forward piston movement again, receives a pass from into his running path, also runs around his group, and shoots at the goal as instructed.

- And so on.

Variant:

- diagonally runs around the backmost cone of the other group (E) and shoots at the goal (F).

The players should time their action in such a way that there is a smooth rhythm for the goalkeeper.