r/GoalKeepers

Good evening guys. I am a 16 year old goalkeeper preparing for a chance to play for an under-19 team in the near future. During the season, i have been playing terribly, conceeding over 15 goals in only 8 matches, I am poor in quite a lot (Diving, 1v1, Crossing situations) and I constantly have a barrier in language with my teammates since I play in the netherlands and I speak english. I'm almost in my off-season and I want to prepare really well, from July until the beginning of the season (around August/September) so I can be in 100% shape physically and technically when I start. I am 162cm in height and 62kg in weight and am aware that in order to perform at a high level, I need to be strong, fast and be technically precise. I am training completely on my own and have 10 cones, an agility ladder, 2 footballs and my gloves. I would greatly appreciate suggestions and ideas on how to best organize a solo training session that will last around 60 to 90 minutes. If anyone can give me any advice for the weekly timeline I would be grateful. GOD Bless✝️

I just started using Glove Glu (about 6 games into it). The first time I used it, I poured a little water on the gloves like I normally do and then sprayed on the Glove Glu and it made them slippery. It gives them great grip when sprayed on dry gloves.

Have any of you Glove Glu users experienced this? Do you just spray it on without getting the gloves wet?

Been going back through Oliver Kahn’s 2002 World Cup run and I genuinely don’t know if we’ll ever see another goalkeeper carry a team like that again.

5 clean sheets, over 400 minutes without conceding, constant pressure games, and massive saves in almost every knockout round. Germany really weren’t that strong compared to some of the other teams there, but Kahn kept dragging them through matches.

Even after the mistake in the final against Brazil, he still ended up winning the Golden Ball ahead of Ronaldo, which says everything about how dominant he was that tournament.

If anyone ever wants to be a goalkeeper, just watch Oliver Kahn during the 2002 world cup and be amazed.

What is the best "second skin" glove you've ever had? Drop it down below

My son is heading into U13 and is pretty new to GK and to playing soccer/football overall. He started around a year ago on a rec league. In November, they were without a keeper and my son volunteered. Loved it, and has stayed there for his rec team. He started with a club in January and now plays both, but the club already had a keeper so he was backup and played 3 games as keeper for their season.

It’s tryouts now and my son has again expressed interest in keeper. There’s been 2 days of tryouts and he has only been in goal the entire time. Today is the final day. There is only one other kid who is a keeper in their age group who currently plays on the higher level team. My son skill wise is roughly equal to the other kid but isn’t it also important to see their field skills in tryouts? Outside of drills, these 2 boys are only in goal. It seems like the roster at least for keepers is set: my son will be keeper for the B team and the A team will keep their existing keeper.

Is it too early for him to not also be playing on the field? His birthday is today and he’s 12. My son is also a solid winger and I worry that he may lose some of that skill if he’s not doing other types of play.

What is the general consensus?

After the 2018 Champions League final, his career really stalled. Limited minutes, different clubs, and even time without a contract.

Now at Schalke, he’s putting together solid performances and keeping clean sheets in a promotion push.

Do you see this as a genuine rebuild, or more a run of form in a different environment?

My daughter plays 10u 7v7 on a pretty good club organization. She goes to goalie training once or twice a week and does well. Great hands, quick, diving is improving and knows theoretically when to attack or stay back. Problem is goalie training is in a controlled environment. She knows where the ball is being kicked from etc. during games she gets hesitant to move up or dive because the games are faster and the shots are coming from anywhere. When she practices with the team it’s mostly footwork, defense, scrimmages on small goals, usual field player stuff. Out of the two days a week of practice she’ll be lucky to be in goal 30mins a week with girls taking shots. I feel like she doesn’t get enough exposure of live shots and situations unless it’s a game. Should I mention something to the coach about this?

I’m currently looking for new boots because I didn’t like my other ones, I am wondering which boots anyone uses and how you like them or if you have recommendations.

Hi all,
Sorry if this has been posted before. My 11yo seems to be settling into GK as his position. But he goes 100% on his dives in practice and his sides/hips are getting destroyed with turf burn. He had club tryouts yesterday and he couldn’t sleep last night because his side was so painful.
He wears low profile Adidas padded shorts. He finds the Storelli stuff too bulky. But, this is the side area above shorts anyway so padded shorts don’t help much.
It sounds dumb but I got him a wrestling singlet but no luck on getting him to wear it.
Any advice? Or is this just part of being a GK?

It still feels crazy looking back at the Keylor Navas situation.

He helped Real Madrid win 3 consecutive Champions League titles and the club still spent years looking for replacements.

First it was De Gea, then eventually Courtois arrived and Navas lost his place anyway.

I understand why Madrid wanted Courtois because he became one of the best keepers in the world, but it always felt like Navas had to prove himself more than other players despite constantly delivering in huge matches.

For me, he is one of the most disrespected elite goalkeepers of the modern era.

I'm a teenage goal keeper and as I mentioned in another post, my teammates constantly disrespect goal keeping and me. Maybe that is the reason but my confidence has gone so low as a goal keeper. I've started believing what my teammates tell me and I've forgotten all the amazing saves I've made. I just remember all the goals I let in. My confidence has gone so low that now I am performing bad. I've started believing i don't play well even though I do. I pushed myself way too hard and resulted in a muscle strain now on rest for 2 weeks. How to not loose confidence? ( Added factor is that I have teammates who have 0 respect for goal keeping)

I'm a rec-league player, over-50s and over-55s men. I'm a good keeper for my age & level, but untrained. I'd like to get a little bit of coaching for a particular skill. Really, just an hour of consultation & demonstration.

I don't need anything formal or high quality. I don't need an official coach. I'd probably we well served by a low-level coach or even good player age 20+. Any suggestions how to find that?

I'm in the suburbs of a major US city with a strong soccer presence.

What in your opinion is the most overrated glove brand. Personally I think uhlsport is overrated its probably just me but when I got them they just weren't as a good as people describe to be

Where do you stand when facing corner kicks? I preffer to stand more in the middle of the goal, maybe making a step or two to my back post if i feel like it. I see a lot of articles suggest to stand on 2/3 of the goal, more to far post. I feel like if you stand like that you’re leaving your front post too vulnerable. Thoughts?