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What does it mean to be a goalkeeper? Well... its the last line of defense, first line of attack. Make one mistake as a goalkeeper and it can cost you the game. The goalkeeper is the most important and unique position on the Football pitch. All the good work carried out for on-field players on the training pitch is wasted if you do not have a good reliable goalkeeper on match day. Different skills and training needs to be applied for the goalkeeper.

Head - a goalkeeper needs to understand the game from the back and communicate relavent information to his outfield players. Good positioning not only for shot stopping will give a goalkeeper certain advantage that most outfield coaches are not aware of but take for granted.. Distrubution, when to, and as importnat, when not to distribute to certain channels.

Hands - the tools of the goalkeepers trade. A good goalkeeper has good eye to hand co-ordination. He knows instinctively where his hands are and where they need to go for certain saves.

Feet - goalkeepers need to have good on-field skills, dribbling and passing particularly. Agility and quickness of step is also vital for good positioning and shot blocking.

The aim of this website when ready, is to provide training techniques for the training pitch and at home for all levels of goalkeepers.