Friday, 3 May 2013

Fulfil Your Potential Goalkeepers

There is a saying in computer programming garbage in garbage out the same applies to goalkeeping. The problem with most grassroots goalkeepers is that they haven’t been coached properly, or they have not had any coaching. This time of year there are often matches taking place along side my coaching sessions, I am always interested in the standard of goalkeepers I can usually tell by the warm up whether they have been properly coached. I know they are not fulfilling their potential. Goalkeeping is like golf in that to get better at it you need to have a good technique, there are very few good self taught golfers. The same goes for goalkeepers. I know from personal experience how much difference golf lessons have made to my game. Many of the techniques used for goalkeeping involve going against what comes naturally to us like keeping our weight forward when a ball is struck hard at us, the natural reaction is to lean back or get out of the way. Any goalkeepers not getting top quality goalkeeper coaching will not be reaching their potential as a goalkeeper. All the keepers that train with Just 4 Keepers will reach there potential. So far there are 6 students in this area that have been signed up for professional clubs, we have had 1 student gain a scholarship to go to a college in the USA and 3 girls I have coached have been signed by women’s Premier leagues clubs. I have currently got 4 other goalkeepers on trial at professional clubs. Last season 6 goalkeepers that I coached from Louth Old Boys won most improved player of year ward or player of the year award. If you are a goalkeeper and not getting any coaching then come along for a free 2 week trial at one of the venues running in Barton-Upon-Humber, Doncaster, Grimsby, Louth and Scunthorpe. Call James on 07889996806 or 01652-688996 or email just4keepers@yahoo.co.uk.

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