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Focus on Techical Training:
Goalkeeping |
We would most likely be in agreement that we short change our
keepers by limiting their technical and physical training to kicking
a few balls at them followed by a shooting practice where field
players blaze the ball wide or over the goal. There are very few
clubs or teams that are fortunate enough to have specific keeper
training personnel, yet that the goal keeper is the only true
specialist on the team that requires special training to properly do
their job.
Therefore, the head coach needs to still take the time to
help the players wishing to play this position by setting up
practice sessions that allow them to be the main focal point, as
well as setting up some extra training sessions that you can work
with them individually or assign them some work that they can do
during their own time. In my position I do have the luxury of
turning to coaching colleagues who have plenty of expertise in the
position, and I have asked them to share their thoughts and opinions
on how we can keep developing our youth
goalkeepers.
Continuously
educating yourself about the game is important so even if you are
one of those lucky coaches who can rely on a specialized coach to
help your keepers you still need to take the time to learn about the
ways you can help your #1 player.
Enjoy, see you at the Far
Post!
Adrian Parrish Kentucky Youth
Soccer Director of Coach and Player Development
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Areas of Concern in
Youth Goalkeeping
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by Philip Wheddon, Women's US Soccer National Team
Goalkeeper Coach and Head Women's Coach at Syracuse University
 This
article was the first of many provided by the U.S. National Team
Goalkeeper Network addressing some of the areas of concern in youth
goalkeeping. The concept of the network was and still is to share
and not dictate information regarding goalkeeping issues in soccer.
We all have our own way of training keepers and as long as technique
is first and foremost in our training for youth goalkeepers, we will
all be on the same page and working towards a common
goal. One of the areas of concern that was raised by our National
Staff and Regional Goalkeeper Coaches is that it is paramount as a
basis for the future of our goalkeepers is: technique - and the need
for functional technical training. To read the entire
article, please click
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Question and
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By Adrian Parrish
Have a soccer question that you would like to ask the State
Director of Coach 
& Player Development?
Q: What is good age for a child to start
specializing on playing goalkeeper? Julio, Lexington, KY
A: Although the US Youth Soccer does not recommend that
we introduce that actual position of goalkeeper to the game until
the U10 level I do feel that we need to introduce our youth soccer
players to some of the technical elements of what is required to be
a goalkeeper as early as U6. Children this young need to experience
skills such as rolling, throwing and catching the ball to help them
improve with their hand eye coordination as well as tumbling
activities all which will be required not just for goalkeeping but
for general play and physical development.
To read the rest of the answer and more Q&As, please click here.
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Goalkeping Training
for Speed Coordination and Strength |
 Over
70 drills and exercises to develop speed, coordination and strength
training in are shown. Each exercise has been specifically designed
for the physical requirements of goalkeepers. Exercises for
improving leg, back and upper body strength, and mobility exercises
for sideways, backwards and forward movement are clearly
demonstrated by Walter Zenga and other professional keepers, as well
as drills for developing coordination and reaction time so critical
in goalkeeping.
In conjuction with this DVD, a short clip from YouTube can be
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Kentucky to Host USSF
National Youth License in June 2009 |
Kentucky Youth Soccer Association in conjunction with US Youth
Soccer &  United
States Soccer Federation to host a National Youth License Madison
Indoor Soccer Complex, Richmond, KY June 12th till June 17th 2009.
The National Youth License, a U.S.
Soccer course, focuses upon the nature of children and the
adjustments adults must make to coach them. The course curriculum
covers the ages of 6-12 years old. Each day of the course, the focus
is upon one of the traditional soccer age groups of U6, U8, U10 or
U12. The course combines both classroom (theory) and field
(practical) sessions. The course concludes with written, oral
and practical examinations. It is ideal for anyone hoping to become
a better and more effective coach to take this course. We hope to
see you in June.
To read more information or for an application, click
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as well as
the physical attributes of youth goalkeepers. The plans were written
and designed by several staff members of the Kentucky Youth Soccer
Association Olympic Development Goalkeeping Coaching
Staff.