Goalie practice
Goalie practice is body before thought: dive, get up, read the next ball, again and again. The cards below give the drills a visible order before the legs take over.
♀Goalie practice
A female soccer goalie stands in front of a goal, holding a soccer ball.
About this visual support
What sets goalie practice apart from running or passing drills is that the body needs to act faster than thought can keep up. Set the stance, read the shot, dive the right way, land, get up, be ready again, all in a few seconds. That sequence is easier to build when it is first laid out slowly before it has to run at full speed.
The visual lets the child see the routine in calm tempo: warm-up, footwork, catching drill, reflex drill, lateral dive, recover stance. Practical tip: lay the cards on a bench by the goal during practice so the child can glance at them between drills, which makes it easier to stay oriented when the coach calls the next exercise.
The same setup can be saved as a recurring session in the Routined app, which you can try for 14 days at no cost.