Soccer Second Sweeper
The concept of having the goalkeeper push up to the edge of the Penalty Box (or even farther) when your soccer team is “pushed up” on the attack so he can kick away long through balls (or long cleared balls) that the other team might kick into the open space behind the FB’s. This can work very well in youth soccer on a larger field (e.g., U-10 or U-12) because the kids can only kick the ball 25-35 yards in the air; thus, the goalkeeper doesn’t have to worry as much about getting kicked over as a high school goalkeeper would. (See “Goalkeeper“).