by Steven Rodden | May 10, 2019 | Blog, Goalkeeping, News
“I ask my goalkeeper to play as a sweeper keeper” is a phrase I hear during many conversations with coaches around the region and a quote I see often on Coaching Forums. One thing I don’t often see is any kind of explanation as to what the role of the “sweeper keeper”...
by Steven Rodden | Jan 10, 2017 | Blog, Goalkeeping, News
Elite Goalkeeper Academy – Review of 2016 Elite Goalkeeper Academy has seen yet another huge year of growth in 2016, it has been an incredible year where we have been able to offer a wider range of services along with being able to offer more hours of coaching...
by Steven Rodden | Dec 29, 2015 | Blog, Events, Goalkeeping, News
Elite Goalkeeper Academy 2015 REVIEW 2015 was the year that Steven Rodden decided to take Elite Goalkeeper Academy into full time operation, he left his job late 2014 to focus all his attentions on sports coaching alongside his other business venture, Fundamental...
by Steven Rodden | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, Events, Goalkeeping, News
Elite Goalkeeper Academy are delighted to announce an exclusive partnership with KZ Goalkeeping. KZ are an up and coming brand that is still in it’s infancy, having only been trading for 18 months but is already making waves in the world of goalkeeping due to...
by Steven Rodden | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog, Goalkeeping
Throughout a game a goalkeeper must be able to read the every changing scenery in front of him/her. Being able to adapt quickly to changes gives a goalkeeper a better chance of success; cutting out a through ball, claiming a cross, making a save, being successful in a...
by Steven Rodden | Feb 6, 2014 | Blog, Goalkeeping
It is a great bug bare of mine to see coaches, players and even some parents criticise young goalkeepers if they make a mistake or concede an ‘easy’ goal. I often wonder why goalkeepers as young as 6 are subject to such criticism. Being a goalkeeper is an extremely...
