Content

• Steps
• Part 1 of 2: Highlights
• Part 2 of 2: Improving Skills
• Tips
• Warnings

A knocked out ball allows you to instantly go from defense to attack. Having made a spectacular save, the goalkeeper helps the team to gain control of the ball in the wrong side of the field and start the offensive. This article provides tips for knocking the ball out of your hands, as well as tips to help you deliver the ball to your teammates as accurately as possible.

Steps

Part 1 of 2: Highlights

1. 1 Only the goalkeeper can knock the ball out of his hands. The goalkeeper is the only player on the pitch who can pick up the ball for later clearance. Nobody else has the right to do this. You can of course practice hitting the ball like this, but it's not a skill that a fielder needs.
   • The ball is knocked out of the hands within the penalty area. After taking possession of the ball, you can knock it out from anywhere in the penalty area. To go out of bounds with the ball, you must lower the ball to the ground.
2. 2 Hold the ball at waist level. Once you catch the ball, hold it gently with both hands at about waist level. Precision to the millimeter is not required, but it is usually easiest to knock the ball out of your hands by tossing it from that height. Keep your arms outstretched and hold the ball with your fingers.
   • Many goalkeepers play with the ball before hitting or hold it with one hand, but when taking steps before hitting it is best to hold the ball securely with both hands. No need to play for the audience. Just hold the ball.
   • Knocking the ball out of your hands is fast enough, i.e.several actions are performed simultaneously. Most goalkeepers hold the ball in one hand, take several steps, extend their arm and toss the ball in one smooth motion. Practice combining all these actions into one that is convenient for you.
3. 3 Take the first step with the foot with which you will hit the ball. Start moving and kick the ball with your working foot, which you usually hit the ball with. If the working leg is right, then start moving with it.
   • Some goalkeepers take a few steps, but two are enough. The first step and the pivot step are no longer needed, then the swing and hit the ball are performed. Train for maximum comfort and punching power.
4. 4 Support leg. Push off with the foot with which you started the movement, and then firmly and confidently rest the other foot on the ground. This will be your pivot point from which you swing and kick the ball. Both steps are fast enough, and your legs are spread very wide, as if you are about to jump off the spot and run. This will give you more strength in your legs. The first steps should be taken at jogging speed, no matter how many.
   • Resting on the non-working leg, the worker should be laid back, returning after the first step. From this position, a forward swing is performed to strike.
5. 5 Keep your working leg straight. When setting the supporting leg, you can imagine that the working leg is reaching for the ball under the influence of a magnet. Rotate your hip so that your foot is perpendicular to the ground, swinging, and hitting the ball. Vision and attention should be focused on the ball.
   • The blow should come from the hip. Try to imagine that your working leg is a bat that you use to hit a falling ball while rotating your hip joint.
   • Instead of a direct blow, many football players bend their working leg relative to the supporting leg. Much depends on where you are going to send the ball and how comfortable it is for you. Practice hitting the ball and passing accuracy, not "correct" technique.
6. 6 Throw the ball straight down. The moment before the backward movement of the working leg after the swing and hit the ball, do not forget to throw the ball in front of you. Just let it out. Never throw the ball up or in front of you. The whole complex of movements is performed by inertia, there is no need to invent anything. The problems in case of missing the ball will be much more than the joy of a spectacular toss. So don't improvise.
7. 7 Continue to pull the toe up after contacting the ball. Pull on the toe as you return your leg from the swing to kick. The blow is applied with the hardest part of the foot in the place of the lacing. Immediately after hitting, pull the toe up so that you get a right angle with the lower leg, as if you were just standing. So the ball will fly higher and further.
   • Do not try to strike from the instep, toe, or other part of the foot. This will give the ball an unpredictable direction.
8. 8 Completion. After hitting, the leg should move forward and point exactly in the direction of the ball's flight, and you will be slightly off the ground. There is no need to bounce, but the body must complete the movement it has begun so as not to overextend the hamstrings and injure themselves. Gently lower yourself onto your pivot foot and immediately return to direct goalkeeper duties.

Part 2 of 2: Improving Skills

1. 1 Kick the ball immediately after taking possession of it. Ideally, a ball that is knocked out of the hands becomes the connecting element as it transitions from defense to attack. If you managed to deflect a dangerous hit, try to start your team's offensive as quickly as possible by getting the ball back into play. Watch out for open players and free areas of the field where they could run after the ball.
   • Do everything quickly, but without haste. Wait until the opponents leave the penalty area and you have the necessary space to clear the ball. The players of the other team will return to the defense, and your comrades will go on the attack.
2. 2 Kick the ball into an empty spot. There is no need to hit the ball anywhere or at the feet of an opponent.Look for free space where your teammate can run. The momentum from the kick will send the ball in the right direction, and your team will gain the advantage by extending possession. Kick the ball into the free zone.
3. 3 Don't knock too high. Knocking out is the beginning of an attack. You shouldn't “light a candle”, because the ball must be delivered to the opponent's goal, and not into the stratosphere. It will be more difficult for your teammates to take possession of the ball flying in a high arc, so shoot as far and accurately as possible, and not high and anywhere.
   • If after your kicks the ball flies too high, then try to hit the ball when it is a little further away from you. Most goalkeepers hit the ball when it is almost on the ground. To correct the moment you hit, try throwing the ball a little earlier.
4. 4 Practice reverse rotation. A great way to control the ball is to practice backspin, when you throw the ball in an arc into someone else's side of the field, but before landing, it stops spinning, which makes the stem more targeted. To do this, lift the sock immediately after contact with the ball so that a right angle forms between the foot and lower leg. If you learn this technique, it will be much easier for your teammates to take the knocked out ball.
5. 5 Get the ball into play in a variety of ways. Instead of knocking out from the hands, you can also roll the ball on the ground to one of the partners after the opponents begin to return, or throw it in with your hand for an accurate and quick start of the counterattack. This will bring the ball into play closer, but much faster. If the opponents manage to return to the center of the field, then after knocking the ball out of hand, you can simply "present" it to the other team. It would be much more competent to roll the ball to the nearest player and start the attack in this way.
   • Also, some goalkeepers lower the ball to the ground and kick it as if it were a free kick. To do this, you need to make sure that there are no opponents nearby who can try to pick up the ball or block the kick.
6. 6 Work on the elasticity of the hamstrings. To knock the ball out of the hands, the hamstrings must be sufficiently elastic and “warm”. Always complete the initial movement of the body after an impact, so as not to get injured.

Tips

• Be sure to knock the ball away. Otherwise, opponents can rebuild and quickly intercept the ball.
• You don't have to kick the ball this way every time it hits your hands. You can throw the ball in with your hand or roll it on the ground.
• For best results, practice knocking out not only in training, but also in your spare time.
• For the longest hitting range, you can run with the ball to the border of the penalty area. But don't cross the line!

Warnings

• If the toe is pointing in the wrong direction, the ball can accidentally fly over you in an arc and fly into the goal!
• In the event of an incorrect hit on the ball, it can go very low and close, and hitting the ball in the opponent's back, you will actually get a return kick on goal.