GK Rondo

Key Objectives

Work with a pair of goalkeepers on their smothering technique

Technical/Coaching Points

• Close down the ball quickly

• Get as low and as big as possible

• Weight forward on balls of feet

• Force the attacker away from the goal

• Decision–Stalk or smother

Organisation

Mark out a 10 x 10 square inside the penalty area with cones

How to play

Players attempt to keep possession of the football using their feet as in a traditional rondo

The goalkeeper can use any part of his body to regain possession of the ball

If you play with a number of goalkeepers then they can rotate who is in the middle

Progression

If your players find this too easy or too difficult, you could progress the game in the following ways:

• Make the area bigger/smaller

• Change the number of players keeping possession