Thursday, April 9, 2015

GoalKeeper Clinic

Reminder that the GoalGetters GoalKeeper clinics begin this Tuesday at GoalGetters Park with Coach Billy Jones. Any GoalGetters and Lake-to-Lake players interested in learning about goalkeeping are welcome to attend.

Here are some good videos that should prepare you for a lot of what Coach Jones will be covering in the weeks to come. This first one covers catching techniques, obviously important:

The key is to get your body behind the ball as much as possible in case the ball gets through your hands.

This next one covers what to do once you have the ball in your hands. Kids almost always want to punt the ball, but that should be the last resort. I'd much prefer a (fast) bowling pass to a teammate on the near touchline (sideline) and then dribble and pass up:

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