Goalie coaches?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't listen to the PP above. Absolutely do goalie training.

Just throwing a kid in as goalie because he is athletic, quick and good with his hands without an understanding on how to really be a goalie is a recipe for disaster.

I was saying not to get a specific goalie coach and followed it up by suggesting a clinic. an 11 year old kid has no business having a specific coach for a position in any sport.

Not true for goalies. My kids get thrown into the goalie position every time there is an issue with the goalie and it takes specific training to know when to attack, when to stay back, how to back peddle, when to let the ball go, how to communicate with your defense, when the ball should be kicked out, when the ball should be handled with your feet vs you hands, how long you have to release the ball, how to handle a wall, when to punch it out, etc.

Being a goalie at the age of 10 and having no clue will surely make you the kid that lost the game for the team and that is not fair to any kid.

I told our coach to get a goalie coach for few session or stop putting them in goal. They got enough training to go in the goal if the goalie gets a red card or is sick. But they can not just do this job on instinct and playing FIFA. You can learn more in 5 1 hour session than you can in a week long camp.

If that is a parent on my team I would say sorry we are not the team for you. The kid is 11 not 16. Talk about the best way to have a kid burn out. There is a 99.9% chance the kid will pay his last competitive soccer game in high school, with or without the goalie trianing.

Bull, the best way to get an 11 yo to quit any sport is to put them in an impossible situation. It is impossible to play goalie without some training. It's like putting a kid in as quarterback and not teaching him any plays.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for proving my point that is why every kid plays goalie, every kid plays offense, every kid plays defense.

A kid needs to learn about victory and defeat, hwo to deal with challanges, how to understand why you practice to get better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for proving my point that is why every kid plays goalie, every kid plays offense, every kid plays defense.

A kid needs to learn about victory and defeat, hwo to deal with challanges, how to understand why you practice to get better.

I agree, after you teach them how to play otherwise they only learn how to deal with defeat.