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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


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

Coaching Youth Goalies Copyright 2002, 2003, 2006 – Weston Lacrosse JDW2006- 3

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

6


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


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


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


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 !!


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


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


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”


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


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


FAN vs. COACH WATCHING


Tracking the Ball - Top HandGreat

Stance

and

Watching the

BallNick Murtha,

JHU ’02

Great concentration pays off over and over


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

[email protected]

– Goalie Equipment– No Rebound II Pockets for Goalies

No Rebound IIPocket


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


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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