In 50 More Goalkeeper Training Exercises, goalkeeping coach Andy
Elleray follows up his previous book - 65 Goalkeeper Training
Exercises - to provide fellow football coaches with a wide variety of
new practices that cover many aspects of goalkeeping. Practices are
aimed at developing holistically-comfortable and effective goalkeepers
who fit into different coaching philosophies and approaches. The
practices are designed for working on the specific skills that
goalkeepers need within the game.
The goalkeeper training exercises in the book focus on five main
viewpoints - technical, tactical, psychological, physical, and
social/environmental. Each practice is weighted to develop these
elements to greater and lesser degrees, and exercises include 1v1
techniques, decision making, shot stopping from different
angles/distances, travelling around the goalmouth, re-positioning,
cutback scenarios, and more.
All the listed practices are real-world and have been used at a variety
of levels within football to enhance goalkeeper development of all ages.
They can all be adapted based on the numbers of players and resources
available to the coach, while fundamental factors such as time and space
allow the coach to be creative with how the exercises are implemented.
The book's introduction and glossary sections outline how to go about
applying the exercises and offer suggestions based on goalkeeping themes
and the learning detail required within them.
50 More Goalkeeper Training Exercises is a must-have addition to every
coach's bookshelf.
