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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I agree except so many smaller players parents see it blindly. They think their small kid is more athletic then they really are.[/quote]

I think you're both right to an extent. For the taller player side, that's been my point all along in this thread. Many coaches don't see past the height and don't understand the other qualities that make a great keeper. Yes, you can teach many of those things, but getting them all in one package + height is hard to do. For the smaller player parent thing, it could be true but all parents need to be as realistic about their kid as they can be. Maybe their kid is really more athletic than said comparable tall gk or maybe not, but let the qualified people make that call at the end of the day.[/quote]

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