What every soccer goalkeeper should know 10 Articles

by Simon Gangadeen

"The conditions you need to be a good goalkeeper are exactly the same conditions you need to be a good sculptor. You must have a very good connection, in both professions, with time and space." Eduardo Chillida. What ...read more

by Costas Chryanthou

There are a number of things that a soccer goalkeeper should know. Asides from the obvious in that the game lasts 90 minutes or say two 45 minute halves, and what colour jersey his team mates are playing with, there are a ...read more

by Simon Wright

Every successful football (soccer) team needs a good goalkeeper. Certainly, this is something that great managers like the late Brian Clough and more recently Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho have understood. What, though, ...read more

by John Welford

The goalkeeper's job starts long before the ref blows the whistle to start the match. The task of keeping the ball out of the net is much more than a matter of personal agility and courage on his part, as there many factor...read more

by Ian Buchanan

If you are a goalie what you really need to know is that you are the most important player on the team. Never mind the Ronaldos, the Beckhams, or even the Scott McDonalds who get all the glory when they put one past you, y...read more

by Golf Nut

The position of goalkeeper in a soccer team has gained more respectability as the game has grown where goalkeepers are now considered an important and integral part of any team. If you sent between the sticks as a kid, it ...read more

by Andrew Franz

Goalkeeping in soccer is all about attitude and angles. Let's face it, with a 24' by 8' goal, a keeper has a distinct disadvantage. Much of defense in soccer is a team collaboration. If the players in the back are perme...read more

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by Eric Rozman

As a young man I used to play as a goalkeeper. The principles I'll display here are the ones who made me so good at it: First rule for the goalkeeper is: get a little beat crazy. The crazier you are the more fearless yo...read more

by Alex Tours

For most people beginning to play soccer, goalkeeper is the least attractive position. When all the outfield players are actively engaged in attacking or defending the respective goal; kicking, dribbling and heading the ba...read more

by Giannis Gr

Initially, and before tell what every soccer goalkeeper should know let's start telling what is a goalkeeper first by giving a simple, short and concise definition. "Goalkeeper is the position of a football player in th...read more