Our Goalkeeping Philosophy
Here at Elite Goalkeeper Academy we are very passionate about our coaching, the environment we create and the development of our goalkeepers.
Through the implementation of all of the below points we hope to develop our goalkeepers to a very high standard. We aim to do this through carefully designed training sessions which encompass the technical and tactical sides of the game, offering the goalkeeper the opportunity to fine tune their craft by teaching key goalkeeping techniques, allowing them to use them in practices with varied outcomes and finally introducing more open practices which allows them to make key decisions in game realistic sessions.
For any more information please email: info@elitegkacademy.com
What We Expect From Our Coaches:
- Create a fun and friendly environment for our goalkeepers to thrive in
- Always be approachable and be on hand to not just be a coach but also a mentor to our young goalkeepers
- Create progressive, challenging sessions
- To always remain professional
- To continue to learn and improve through regular FA CPD Events and Coach Education days provided by Elite Goalkeeper Academy
- Encourage our goalkeepers to express themselves throughout each session
- To encourage goalkeepers to want to improve
- To have been goalkeepers themselves which enables to pass on knowledge and experience to others
- Encourage goalkeepers to act as the 11th man through incorporation of footwork/ passing exercises
- Encourage correct practice through sound technical advice
- Set a great example to goalkeepers by showing respect to all
- Ensure all goalkeepers show respect, not only to the coach but also others
- Encourage young goalkeepers to pass on knowledge and experience to each other
- Assess a goalkeepers understanding of the position by various coaching methods
What We Expect From Our Goalkeepers
- Display the correct attitude throughout each session to ensure they develop as much as they can
- Show respect to the coaches and other goalkeepers
- Never know when they are beaten, don’t give up on anything
- Use disappointment to drive them forwards
- To demand excellence of themselves whilst having fun
- Help other goalkeepers where we can
- To continue to use techniques and methods learned at goalkeeper training within team training and games
- Understand that they will make mistakes attempting to do the right things but to not give up and revert back to old methods
- To be comfortable on the ball and be happy to play with the ball at their feet
- To understand that being a great goalkeeper isn’t achieved overnight. It requires a lot of hard work
- Understand that you will sometimes take hard knocks as a goalkeeper, don’t let that deter you, those hard knocks may win your team a game!
- Not every save needs to be a diving save
- Use all of the tools given to you by your coach to be able to make the right decision at the right time
- Don’t make excuses. If it isn’t going right, work harder to get it right