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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I think of someone saying "tall" is needed, it's not ONLY thing, it's the addition of the regular traits taught to a keeper accompanying the height.  You can show a keeper literally everything except height.  I can help your quickness, IQ, defense alignment... but dammit, I cannot teach you to get your hand on the crossbar to stop a high shot.  Period.[/quote]

The trouble is, most of your taller youth keepers fundamentally lack quickness and power because they simply have grown faster and/or earlier. The rare ones catch up, but you can't tell which ones. I would choose the "athlete" every time, regardless of size.[/quote]

Classic umbrella statement to just what is your opinion.  Like it or not, those keepers diving everywhere have to because they are short.  I see taller keepers just calmly stand and raise their arms to catch a ball and easily distribute to a defender.  Also, those short keepers have to knock the ball away (albeit athletically) because they can't get their hands around the ball on a dive.  A taller, longer, keeper can easily reach and secure the ball.  What is diving and athletic to one is seeing someone incapable of an easy catch.  Just like taller in basketball as PP said, hand size and height immensely help the keeper position that can very easily make up for lacking in other areas.  If you're a keeper on a ECNL team, you're athletic.  [/quote]

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