Goalkeeping Tips and Hints

Parents dealing with a goalkeeper’s disappointment

My last article on dealing with disappointment was aimed at the goalkeepers themselves, but here is a post specifically for parents on helping their son or daughter deal with disappointment. The disappointment may be a little broader than just the result, which is what I focused on during the last article. Firstly I would like

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Dealing with team disappointment

As a goalkeeper, you will be prone to the odd mistake. Unfortunately for us, the goalkeeper’s mistake more often than not leads to a goal. Our hope is that any goal that comes from a goalkeeping error does not affect the outcome of the game. I have previously written about goalkeepers dealing with mistakes Disappointment

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Discussion about turf and it’s effects on goalkeepers.

I recall seeing this story last year. It recently came up again as one of the clubs Everton America play against have just had their application for a turf turned down due to the pellets and Wilton High School, who will be replacing their turf next year will no doubt be aware. I trained on

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Body shape is important to make basic saves

At the start of every new Goalkeeper HQ course, we start, or at least touch on the importance of good handling and good footwork. The footwork is to ensure a second barrier of protection. The good footwork we encourage is also to to ensure the goalkeeper has good shape.  In this footage of the England

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Luis Robles – Great double save. Lots to admire.

This great double save by Luis Robles from New York Red Bulls has so much to admire. 1st – Observe the set up from the free kick. Luis has to work hard to organize. ( See list of duties for Goalkeepers on set pieces here ) 2nd – Great “Imperfect World” save having to deal

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Petr Cech nightmare league debut

The Premier League has started! I am so excited that I have even entered a Premier League Fantasy team. My goalkeeper for my team is Petr Cech. He looked comfortable in the Community Charity against his old club Chelsea, and hailed as the missing piece in Arsenal’s title-chasing puzzle. Alas, it was Cech’s two errors

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Goalkeeper HQ is now on Instagram!

Yippee!  We are now on Instagram – Follow us @GoalkeeperHQ Last article Next article

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One month before the season starts – Where should I be with my fitness?

This is what you should be working on with 4 weeks left before the season starts. Obviously, warm up and stretch before partaking in these exercises. Expectations of U13  Monday – 1.5 Mile Run (under 11 minutes), Push ups and Sit ups (3 set of 15 each) Tuesday  – Sprints – 3 Sets of 10 of 80’s

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Guzan’s bid for extra inches costs USMNT a Gold Cup Final appearance

August 2015. There has been a plethora of soccer this summer, and straight after the Women’s World Cup was the Gold Cup which unfortunately the USMNT lost in the Semi Final. The winning goal came from a situation that all us goalkeepers should be aware of as Brad Guzan stepped outside of his penalty box whilst

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30 Day Plank Challenge

I have seen a number of these Plank Challenges posted on social media lately. The plank is one of the best exercises you can do for your core because it builds isometric strength to help sculpt your waistline and improve your posture. For goalkeeping, it helps us for balance, strength to withstand hard shots and enables us to get

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