WORLD CLASS COACHING Club Curriculum Building a Better Goalkeeper By Tony Englund TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One INTRODUCTION TRAINING SESSIONS Part Two TRAINING SESSIONS Part Three TRAINING SESSIONS Part Four TRAINING SESSIONS ABOUT THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION “Who wants to play goalie today?” How many younger teams’ pre-game discussions begin with this question? The goalkeeper position
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Club Curriculum Building a Better Goalkeeper By Tony Englund TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Two TRAINING SESSIONS One –Hand Catching in Pairs - 6x4 yard space Players work in pairs with one ball. The goalkeepers stand four yards from one-another and play catch. Instruct players to throw and catch with one hand and
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Club Curriculum Building a Better Goalkeeper By Tony Englund TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Three TRAINING SESSIONS Training Session#6: Diving: Collapse, Extension and Blocking. Introduction: After young players are introduced to basic, safe, technical diving, it is useful to teach them that there are multiple types of diving saves, each designed to deal with
Continue readingWORLD CLASS COACHING Club Curriculum Building a Better Goalkeeper By Tony Englund TABLE OF CONTENTS Part Four TRAINING SESSIONS ABOUT THE AUTHOR Training Session#9: Reaction Saves Introduction: Goalkeepers tend to like to work on reaction saves in part because the training can be very lively and challenging and in part because these saves often end up
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