Goalkeeper drills
After a goalkeeper session the body finally slows down, and that is often when tears, snappiness or sudden hunger show up. The visual support below frames the drills and the recovery as two equally clear parts of the same training.
♀Goalkeeper training
A woman in goalkeeper gear is training for soccer, holding a soccer ball in front of a goal.
♀Goalkeeper training
A person in goalkeeper gear dives to save a soccer ball in a goal.
About this visual support
The hard part of goalkeeper drills is the part everyone sees, but the crash often arrives later, in the car, in the changing room or at the dinner table. Physically the body is ready to eat and rest, emotionally it is still standing in a throw that did not reach and a goal that slipped past the outside of the glove.
When the visual support treats the cool-down as real steps, drinking water, changing the shirt, a quiet moment, a short chat about what went well, the recovery feels as expected as the drills themselves. A concrete tip is to add a card that only shows a quiet bench or a blanket in the car, so the child knows there is a place where no one asks questions in the first minutes after the session. Many children with ADHD need exactly that silent zone to avoid crashing straight into the evening meal.
In the Routined app you can build the training and the wind-down in one flow, with a longer pause card right after the final drill and a card for a calm snack at home. Try the app free for 14 days.