Floorball: Goalie Cuts the Angle and Reads the Shooter
A second goalie lesson: the goalie learns to sit on the bisecting line between the ball and the posts and to step out to cut down the angle. Shooters fire from a fan of five positions, and the goalie is filmed to analyze positioning.
How to play
- Using an imaginary string from each post to the ball, explain the bisector and how one step forward on the knees shrinks the gap; demonstrate with a student in goal (4 min).
- Mark a fan of five cones 7 m from each goal; the shooter moves from cone to cone without shooting and the goalie adjusts; a partner gives corrections (4 min).
- Soft shots from each cone; the goalie signals ready with a hand and the group films from behind the shooting line, out of the ball's path (8 min).
- Video review: on a frozen frame, draw the line from the ball to each post and check whether the goalie was centered (5 min).
- Final round: the shooter may fake the shot and the goalie tries not to drop early; rotate the position (4 min).
Rules
- The goalie always wears a caged helmet and knee pads.
- Shots stay below the goalie's waist and only after the ready signal.
- The person filming stands behind and to one side of the shooters, never behind the goal.
- No shooting while someone is collecting balls.
Variations
Easier
The goalie works only on positioning, facing balls rolled by hand.
Standard
Fan positioning, soft shots and video analysis.
Harder
The shooter receives a side pass before shooting, so the goalie must reposition as the ball moves.
Adaptations
- Knee injury: analyzes the video and acts as goalie coach using the positioning sheet.
- Hearing impairment: the start of each shot is signaled by raising the stick, not by voice.
- Autism: watches a model goalie video beforehand and always gets the same shooting cone.
Learning goals
- Position in goal according to where the ball is.
- Cut down the shooting angle by moving out on the knees.
- Analyze their own and classmates' positioning on video.
Equipment for a class of 25
- goalie helmets: 4
- knee pads: 8
- floorball goals: 4
- floorball balls: 24
- floorball sticks: 24
- cones: 20
- tablets or phones: 4
Teacher tip
Run this lesson only after the basic stance lesson. A piece of string from each post to the ball really helps students see the bisector during the first explanation.
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