Goalie Walk-Up

Verified in part · checked against Kaley and Donovan, and Belgium’s national team playbook, with Zimmerman and England

The play, beat by beat

1. 1Goalie carriesLeft Defense cuts
2. 2Goalie carriesLeft Defense cuts
3. 3Their Attack Left rotatesTheir Attack Center marks
4. 4Goalie passes to Close DefenseClose Defense cuts
5. 5Close Defense carriesGoalie cuts

Coaching points

• Goalie: walk it up, and do not pass until a riding attackman picks you up (Kaley and Donovan). Then move it to the man that leaves open.
• Belgium keeps the ball behind the cage first, then walks up with the defenders level on the same line.
• After a save with nobody open and nobody on you, carry it until someone picks you up.
• Zimmerman and England: adventurous goalies may carry it up themselves.
• Walk with the count in mind: 20 seconds to get it over the midline (NFHS; NCAA, by 60 on the shot clock).

How it was checked

A standard play the sources back, but a step or detail of it rests on a single source or on our own reading of them. Verified in part · checked against Kaley and Donovan, and Belgium’s national team playbook, with Zimmerman and England.

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