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Goalkeeping
methodology

It is my intention that training will be the space to venture into the technical & tactical unknown! Experiment and explore.

HIGH REALISM

It is rare you’ll see a cone in one of my sessions. Instead, I aim to provide structure using dummies, maybe the occasional pole, as well as clearly articulated and presented concepts & appropriate environmental constraints.

HIGH CHALLENGE

Excelling consistently in front of 22,000 is the objective. The mental and physical demands of gameday for a goalkeeper are incredibly difficult to replicate in training. I have however found that high challenge & equally as high support in the daily environment has potential for remarkable results. Operating in a dynamic training environment in which the ball is rolling stretches bandwidth, enhances decision-making, and provides challenges to our tactical understanding. Bridging the gap and transferring to positive performances on gameday.

EMPHASIS ON IN-POSSESSION

Having a goalkeeper that oozes comfort and ability in-possession can be of huge benefit to a team. So, having the ball rolling as much as possible in the session serves two purposes:

It promotes a space to explore and develop a broad range of passing to meet the team tactical model.
When the ball is rolling it is constantly challenging our out-of-possession positional principles, in-possession tactical understanding, and encountering these more often in the training environment, will likely increase transferability

SAFE TO EXPLORE

If you have reached this point on the site, I dearly hope that you've realized that continued development is a key component of my philosophy.

I have come to learn that there is no reason why a seasoned pro can't continue to develop, as much as a freshman in college. I have worked with World cup winners & Olympic gold medalists that I watched grow dramatically from day 1 to day 300. This is accelerated when the group feels that it is safe to explore new technical & tactical approaches, both in isolated goalkeeper sessions and when they join the team.