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A Goalkeeper With No Teammates

Welcome to the Goalkeeping Newsletter.  Today’s topic deals with when a keeper has no teammates.

A keeper always has teammates but there does come a time when the keeper must act as if it’s him against the world.  This time is when the keeper has called for a ball (frequently a cross) and is going after it.

First, let’s look at the theory and then the reality.


In theory, looking at the diagram above, when the player with the ball serves a ball into

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