Tips I guess

[U.S.A._soccer]

Well I've decided that I'm gonna go professional in a couple o' years... So I need a lot of help. I'm thinking I'll go as my best position... goal keeper. I'm fairly good but I decided I'm definitely not good enough yet. So I was wondering if you knew any drills and stuff. Okay and I have another question... I'm almost 14 and I was wondering how many miles I should be able to run without stopping. Thanks a bunches! (if you can't understand that let me know)

[Convey11]

I could run forever without stopping. You don't have to run fast, a good paced jog is good.

But you don't need alot of endurance if your a goalie. You need it, but not a whole lot. What you need is a FAST sprint, like running from end to end to the goal posts.

And you should practive ONE on ONE situations as much as you can. You never know when your going to have to be in that situations.

And work on penalties, I say at about your level (age) most players you'll come against won't hit the corners all the time. You won't have to guess a way to stop the ball. You should stand in the middle and go from there.

And Free Kicks, try to find where he's going to put the ball. Watch goalie videos and their styles of how they do things.

Good Luck

[U.S.A._soccer]

I could run forever without stopping. You don't have to run fast, a good paced jog is good.

But you don't need alot of endurance if your a goalie. You need it, but not a whole lot. What you need is a FAST sprint, like running from end to end to the goal posts.

And you should practive ONE on ONE situations as much as you can. You never know when your going to have to be in that situations.

And work on penalties, I say at about your level (age) most players you'll come against won't hit the corners all the time. You won't have to guess a way to stop the ball. You should stand in the middle and go from there.

And Free Kicks, try to find where he's going to put the ball. Watch goalie videos and their styles of how they do things.

Good Luck

Alrighty Thank you!

[Dizzee Wahil]

12km is what a player should b able to run, mind you being able to run 12k doesnt make a player set for the game and a player who cant run 12k isnt ***ked. But yeah thats the field and what Blackbird said was true.

But if you want to go pro... I dont think u shud bother askin for trainin tips here, u shud try and get a goalkeeper coach - there are thousands of great drills they'll prepare you with

[rio_georgio]

if your gonna play in goal, you won't need to do too much endurance running. most soccer players shouldn't even be doing it anyways, only if they want to be able to jog around during the whole match which is pointless. you should work on sprinting and be light on your feet. skipping rope is one of the best excersizes for a soccer player, it'll develop agility so you can move fast and react fast.

[nfcblitzkrieg16]

collages want u to be able to run 2 miles in 11 min

[SaberWolf]

Alright here's a few tips to go pro, these aren't proven but hopefully they'll work for me, and don't sound that bad.

Work on one thing at a time...First of all, train (I'll get to how later) as much as you can, when you can ...Play soccer all the time!

You need to work your way up the ladder:
-High Schools
-College
-A League
-MLS

High School- you want to be recognized for being a good goalie, not only on your team, but in your state, if possible. Get your name known in public (like a guy name Mike Gustavason, is the best goalie in South Carolina, and plays on the 4A South Aiken team) if you don't beleive me you can google it and you'll find it, or you can go to www.scsoccer.com (the message boards)

College- then you deffinately want to get a scholarship to a college, probably a GOOD college, and to get your named known here, I would go to the summer camps that most colleges have. I myself am going to University of South Carolina's Soccer Camp, and the coach will know my name, and will already know some of my skill.

A League/MLS- from College you can either go straight to A League or MLS, and I beleive they're are things just like the same as Basketball 1st draft pick and all that stuff, but I really don't know HOW you're picked.


Training- there are TONS of JUST goalie camps in my state (South Carolina) and I'm sure there are some where you live too. If not here are some things to work on, Hand strength (like fingers and such, use stress balls or those things in Eurosport to help) Quick reactions (you have to learn quick reactions, but good nutrition helps) Good Kicking Power (lift weights, mostly lower-body) being able to Jump High helps out too.

Good luck to you, I myself am taking it step-by-step hopefully to the pro's.

[smithxi]

you sound really determined, and that shows how hard you're willing to work yourself. that alone will make you become a better player.

self motivation is everything






only you can make yourself do it. i only need information and good competition to accell my game.

[SaberWolf]

Yea self-motivation is a big part too.

I put myself on a training schedule for 3x a week...And so far its been going pretty good, but you must learn persistance.