Week 8 at home workout https://youtu.be/dzi4z3i_8g4
Aim to complete this session at home three times during the week. You should focus on ball skills the other days that have been sent out by your coach. You can utilize any items available to act as cones.
Warm Up
Complete a mix of the following: light jog/skip/sidesteps. Any dynamic stretching you need.
Core Warm
Repeat 3 times.
Ball Familiarity
Diving and Footwork
Footwork will be forward shuffle through the first set of cones, receive a serve and then in/out through the horizontal set of cones receive the second serve. Complete the following:
Complete this for 3 sets per side for a total of 6 sets.
Focus on driving hands to the ball, knee over toe and not falling sideways. Attack the ball. Keep a good set position. Hold each save for a second before moving on.
Main Drill
Create a goal using two shoes or socks or cones or anything to signify the posts. Make goal 8 yards wide (wider if older). You will begin with a ball in your hands. You will serve it in the air for you to take as a high ball. Make sure you catch at the highest point, ball in front of your eyeliner, drive your knee up. Once caught you will roll it to the server and recover to goal for the server to take a shot.
Cool Down
Ensure you stretch or lightly jog for five minutes after the session.
If parents/siblings are unavailable to serve adapt the session as best you can. Use static balls to dive on, use a wall to throw your own serve off or just concentrate on the footwork element in all drills. Ensure serves aren’t coming too early. Allow the GK to get still and set.