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Coaching Youth Goalies Copyright 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 – Weston Lacrosse JDW2006- 1
January 2007January 2007
Jon WestonJon Weston
www.uslacrosse.org
Youth GoaltendingYouth Goaltending
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Youth GoaltendingTopics
• Finding and Keeping Goalies Finding and Keeping Goalies
• Equipping Your GoalieEquipping Your Goalie
• Technique BasicsTechnique Basics
• Teaching ProgressionTeaching Progression
• DrillsDrills
• Attitude and ToneAttitude and Tone
• Teach TalkTeach Talk
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Approach to Coaching GoaliesTHEY VOLUNTEER to be goalies
Don’t get much better by scrimmaging COACHES:
Dedicate time to them - 30 minutes a day Your feedback is how the keeper learnsProvide Instruction & Repetitions
THEY PLAY THE GAME COACHES:
CHEER During games / scrimmagesBE POSITIVE Giving up goals is negative BUILD ON STRENGTHS Even if only courageVARY What you do with keepers – Games Vary
Keep repetitions interesting
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Finding and Keeping Goalies
Finding – Ask TWO to volunteer – They will split time– Make a public deal
• YOU will work with them individually – every day• They can play another position regularly
– Have Some Equipment to Loan
Keeping them – spend time with them– Trick #1 – use two goals for two goalies
Understand Performance vs. Improvement– Games and Scrimmages are performance
• CHEER with agreed upon positive adjusters– Your time with them is improvement time
• TEACH with lots of repetitions • BUILD ON STRENGTHS - Even if only courage
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Youth Equipment ConsiderationsStick
– Light Shaft - Tape for Balance– Height – up to the chin– Narrow/deep pocket
Pads – Chest protector – drop top hand epaulet,
high so arms fit arm holes– Light shin guards– Shoulder and elbow pads (usually required)
Gloves – Get Goalie Gloves– If hands too small tape the top hand thumb
Shoes – Get good soccer shoes
Helmet with Throat Protector– Adjust so x-bar is not in front of the eyes
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Six Technique Rules
1 – WATCH THE BALL Easy to say, hard to do
2 – WATCH THE BALL WITH YOUR HAND On passes, in the stick, shots
3 – GREAT SETUP/STANCELinebacker Stance withHands Up and Out
4 – MAKE THE SAVE SIMPLEDrive the Top hand to the BallRotate stick – bottom hand pivotStep with the ball side foot
5 – START THE BREAKHandle the ball and throw well
6 – PROTECT THE PIPE
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Watching The Ball – With Your Hand
With Eye, Hand and Ball in line, keeper is faster to the
ball
Track: – Passes – set up behind
your hand as you move – Ball in Shooters Stick– Shots - thru to stick pocket
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Basic Setup/Stance Objective: Help Make Saves Simple/Smooth
Hands Wrists behind the shaftTop hand at eye level, 12-16” outBottom hand in front of off-side bicepBottom hand farther out than top hand
Grip Top hand tight grip Shaft off palm (if hands big enoughBottom a thumb/forefinger loop
Elbows Pointing downIn front of chest throughout the save
Knees Bent, weight on balls of the feet
Feet Slight Pigeon-toed is best (by far)
Back Chest in front of the hips Shoulder rotation drops shoulder
Stick Top at the cross-bar of the goalSlightly diagonal not vertical orientation
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Basic Save Mechanics
DRIVE TOP HAND TO THE BALL– LEAD with the Top Hand to the Ball– GRIP on Top Hand does NOT change– Bottom hand drives out from chest too– Don’t Move Bottom Hand Except Offside HI
STEP WITH BALL SIDE FOOT– Triple step back into a good stance– Hands and first step move simultaneously– Step Up field – Step “Over-the-line”– Why Step:
MOVE YOUR HIPS TO MOVE YOUR HANDS
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Size Considerations/Techniques
Stick Grip – 1 inch lower with top hand– Tape where hands should be– Hands apart – one elbow width – at least
Hand Height– Top hand pinky at eye height– Show keeper how high in the net he has covered
Wide Stance– Aids in stepping and area covered
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Hands and Grip
WRISTS TO THE BACKFor full wrist rotation
TOP HAND • Thumb on side, pointing a little
upward• Forefinger on side & front• Shaft off the palm
(if your hands are big enough)• Don’t Change grip during save
BOTTOM HAND• Loop – make a pivot• Don’t choke the stick
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Position and Arc
6 PLACES1. Right pipe
2. Between right pipe & center
3. Center
4. Between left pipe & center
5. Left pipe
6. High – two+ yards off GL
STOP DANCING FEET
“6” STOPS HIGH BOUNCERS
SETUP ON BALL BEHINDStep-to-pipe, step-to-ball on turns
Mirror Ball When Ball BehindOne pivot step from pipe
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Basic ThrowingPOWER THROWING - Top hand push– Takes lots of strength and practice– Bottom hand comes across the body– Chest/toes usually face the target
TOUCH THROWING - PULL/push – Top hand above ear level – Shaft points at the target– Chest/toes face perpendicular to target– Drive shaft toward the target– Bottom hand lift and pull straight down and back toward
top hand elbow– Bottom hand stays on same side of body as top hand –
point shaft at the target at end– Long touch passes easy, protects ball on ride– Very powerful / accurate technique
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Shooting and Coaching Tips
SHOOT and WATCH THE KEEPER– Watching ball into pocket, through bounce– Setting up early, prior to the shot– Eye/hand/feet coordination on feeds– Take breaks during a shot (not good)– Rock and kick – weight on heels (not good)– Stepping clean, balls of feet & step up field– Driving hands & chest up field, esp. low
SHOOT ‘til KEEPER MAKES SAVES– Encourage keeper to concentrate– Let keeper know that the saves will come
WORK ON NEW AREA – A little each work session - explain what/why– Work until good save(s) – Point out GOOD right then– Move to another area/drill
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Making Corrections
Keeper & coach can learn from every shotGOALIE LATE:
– Goalie too uptight, stay loose– Hands drop early– Bottom hand moves outside the hip– Kicks or steps onto heel– Rocks to the back foot before stepping
WATCH FOR:– Straight leg on step means rebounds– Going UP (or jumping) for HI save, means slow low– If top elbow is high, vision blocked on offside HI
and slow to LO
Move from Block to Save w/ keeper in practice– Hands out, on balls of feet, watching the ball
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Instruction Sessions
BALL TOSS DRILLWARMUP w/ATTACK STICK Game day sequence
SHOOT at game speed almost every day INVOLVE FEEDER EARLY Get feet moving
– Work on tracking ball w/hand, setting up early– Work on getting on balls of feet, HI & LO saves– Build until confident on close in saves HI & LO
DRIVES or Shoot jogging - especially if no feeder– Hide the ball, catch over shoulder & turn back
DEMANDING SEQUENCES – Need some success for confidence– Have keeper fight thru some failure to progress
MAKE MOST DAYS DIFFERENT Games are !!
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Warm-Ups on Game Day
HELP THEM MAKE SAVESWalk 10-12 yard arc
10 shots each at most
HI to HI Watching/stepping
Stick side then off stick side
LO to LO 5 hole right & left
Get stepping up field again
HI to LO Keep walking arc
FEEDS 6-8 yards out HI to HI
Right then left
Step Out – A few hard (?) shots
Confidence builders
Work the Arc
DON’T TIRE THEM OUT –
It’s Game Day
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Coach’s Attitude
GAME DAY - Be a CHEERLEADER– You are the key to him/her giving 60 minutes– “You can do it”, “Get the next one”, “Great Save”– Reset phrases: “Track the Ball”, “Hands Up”
SCRIMMAGES - Ask for high level of play, positively
WORKOUTS – with you – 20-30 minutes a practice– Be positive that they can do it– Let them struggle some– Build proof for them (one save never made before)– Demand that they be tough on themselves to improve
IF THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN, THEY CAN– You determine what they can step up to– You believe and use progression so they believe
Say “I believe in you” a lot, and mean it
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Parents and Questions
Understanding Kids – They Want– Praise and acceptance– Praise progress until we can praise their
performance– Have objective comments – not “we lost because
of you” comments
Understanding Parents – They Want– Their children's success– You Praise their children’s progress
Parents as Coaches – Instant Conflict– Separate praise from instruction – tough– Mix in some “I Love You”
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Goalies are Born AND Made
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Goalies are Born AND Made 2
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Top Level Video ExamplesWatch the
BallHowell,
Notre Dame ‘01
Protect the PipeMulligan,
Syracuse ‘01
Start the Break
Horrigan,Towson ‘01
Good technique dominates these plays
Smoothis very
efficient
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Recognize Block Habits
Keeper and
coach can
learn from every shot
Move from Block to Save w/ keeper in practiceHands out, on balls of feet, watching the ball
Notre Dame-Syracuse 2000 NCAA Semifinals
Click Above
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FAN vs. COACH WATCHING
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Tracking the Ball - Top HandGreat
Stance
and
Watching the
BallNick Murtha,
JHU ’02
Great concentration pays off over and over
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Goaltending Resources
Book: Lacrosse Goaltending for Coaches, Players Too
PC CD: Lacrosse Goaltending
www.thegoalieman.com web site– Coaches Corner– Players Corner– Free email response to questions
westonlax@aol.com
– Goalie Equipment– No Rebound II Pockets for Goalies
No Rebound IIPocket
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Feed Drills – 1 or 2 Every Day
CF
GC
F
G
C
F
G
X to Wing Feed Cross Crease Feed Middie to Weak Side
C
F
Behind to
Crease
C
F
Middie to
Crease
G
G
Footwork is different Left
and Right
Step-to-pipe, step-to-ball
Practice left side and right
side
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Team D – Fast Breaks – Bonus Slide
BREAK 1 - One D-man in the HOLE Take ball down the alley, buy time
BREAK 2 - Two-in-a-stackOne to ball, one to 1st Pass, 1st back to hole
BREAK 3 - Three-in-a-triangle, pinch down lowHOLD call for no rotation/slideROTATE for slide
BREAK 4 - Four-in-a-box zoneWeak side corner sags in to middle
BREAK 5 - Five-on-a-dice zoneMiddle takes cutter
GD D
DM
BREAK 4
GD D
D MBREAK 5
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