Drills

Everyone is interested in drills first, but if this is your first time visiting, I would advise you to consider reading some of the other pages. The position is much more than having done drills, so I would recommend you check out some of the other sections, like personal development, if you want to make major gains in the position.

Special Lists

At Home Drills/One Person Drills

• Wall Ball
• 3-foot wall ball
• Ball toss w/ wall
• Walk the line
• Speed ladders
• Shuffle shuttles

Essential Starter Drills

• All at home drills
• Footy drill

Drill Master List

Now that that preamble is out of the way, I have drills organized into what they target below:

Hands

Hand-Eye Coordination Drills

• Ball toss
• Short stick saves

Hand Quickness Drills

• Strength training
• 3 foot wall-ball
• Weighted shaft
• Delayed save

Footwork

Stepping To the Shot Drills

• Footy
• Ball toss
• Off-center shots (goalie stands off-center to make the goal feel wider)
• Walk the line
• Banded steps

Footwork Drills

• Speed ladders
• Shuffle shuttles

Other Fundamentals

Reaction Speed Drills

• Ball release reactions
• Wall shot reaction

Positional Work Drills

• Rope triangle walking the arc
• Pipe to pipe
• Climb pipe shoot-pass
• Skip passes from X

Throwing Drills

• Long toss
• Goalie route running
• Dodge-shot outlets

Shots

Outside (Velocity) Shooting Drills

• Extra long range shooter
• Spot shooting
• Two shooter pass-shot

Shot-Specific Drills

• Walk the line
• Bouncer: smother & clear
• Off-hip: no-step (on knees) karate chop saves