Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity is a nice warm up working on movement and reactions for diving.
Two keepers are jogging in a line (one in front of the other). The keeper starting in back has a ball.
The keeper with the ball rolls the ball past the front keeper and as soon
Continue readingWelcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on footwork, fitness, diving and shot blocking.
Start with two servers on the 18 even with the posts. Each server has some balls. A keeper starts at one of the posts and there it a cone in the center of the goal.
The keeper starts by sliding side to side to the cone, touching the cone and then
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on diving, coming forward and strong hands.
A keeper starts on a line with the coach facing him 5 yards away with a medicine ball in his hands. There is another line 18 yards away.
The coach drops the medicine ball slightly out in front and
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on shotblocking, footwork and backward dives.
Start with a keeper in goal, a server on each side of the 18 and another server near the penalty spot. Each of the servers has a few balls.
Server one starts by shooting on goal (the angle can vary). The keeper is given just enough
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on explosiveness, change of direction, diving and shot blocking.
Start with a keeper in the center of the goal with a hurdle one yard in front of each post. The hurdles are facing the sidelines. A server is at the top of the 18 with some balls
The keeper starts by sliding, side to side, toward one of the
Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on reactions and covering balls.
Start with a 10 x 10 grid. A keeper starts on one end line, in the ready position, and a server starts on the other end line with a ball in his hand
Today I have some random World Cup thoughts. 1. How come Germany manages to over exceed expectations at the World Cup. I can't remember the last time they had a "bad" World Cup. Of course, they don't win it every year, but they seem to always do well or better than expected. This WC is
Continue readingWell, it's finally got to the stage where I have to say something. I am steadily losing my respect for the "Beautiful Game". I am finding it difficult to enjoy watching any soccer game lately...including these World Cup games. Actually, when I think about it, it's been bothering me for years and I suppose it
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