P E S A K

GIVE YOUR GOALKEEPER THE SKILLS TO KEEP CLEAN SHEETS

Dear Coach,

Do you give as much attention to your goalkeepers as you would like? The reality is that it's normally only professional clubs who have the luxury of dedicated goalkeeping coaching.

I often meet coaches of grassroots teams who feel that goalkeeping is a major gap in their coaching coverage. For most coaches this is inavoidable. You have upwards of 15 players to work with and possibly only yourself and one assistant to do it all.

And here's another scenario many of you will be familiar with. Your team plays really well throughout the pitch. They can pass and move and have a couple of great goalscorers. And you have a brave and willing goalkeeper at the back doing his best. But his lack of technical knowledge and GK-specific coaching means that he is exposed in certain situations, often costing the team points.

He puts his body on the line for the sake of the team time and time again, yet when he makes a mistake he really stands out. This just isn't fair because the rest of the team get constant coaching in the core skills that they need to do their job, yet the poor goalkeeper is often left to make it up as he goes along.

The fact is that unless you were a goalkeeper yourself in your playing days, with the best will in the world you won't have the background to be able to coach your goalkeepers in the way that they deserve.

Here's the answer...

The Soccer Goalkeeping DVD is my new DVD created for busy coaches who need some help in providing their goalkeepers with the skills and techniques that they need to keep a clean sheet for their team.

The Soccer Goalkeeping DVD is a set of three discs. You can buy any one DVD which covers the area you are most interested in, or you can buy the full set at a discount of £8.98.

The contents of each volume are:

Volume 1

Session 1 - Ball familiarity
Session 2 - Getting the basics right
Session 3 - Shot stopping
Session 4 - Positioning

Volume 2

Session 5 - Saving on the move
Session 6 - The imperfect world
Session 7 - On the move situations
Session 8 - Reaction saves

Volume 3

Session 9 - Dealing with crosses
Session 10 - Distribution
Session 11 - The back pass
Session 12 - Goalkeeper fitness

Each DVD is expertly produced and directed to maximise the learning process. We've gone to great lengths to make sure that the point of each exercise is clear to both the coach and the player.

The practices are filmed from a number of angles and I've provided a clear and concise commentary so that you'll be in no doubt about what you are looking for from your goalkeeper.

The art of successful goalkeeping depends on sound basic techniques and efficient decision making. The Soccer Goalkeeping DVD set identifies the major components that form the essential skills of any goalkeeper and provides tried and tested practices and training drills to help improve match performance.

The Soccer Goalkeeping DVD is a career's worth of goalkeeping coaching in one package:

• Contains all the training sessions you need to develop your goalkeepers' core skills today and for years to come.
• Includes clear instructions and commentary so that everyone knows what they're doing.
• Points out common errors and shows you how to deal with them.
• Will keep your preparation time for sessions to a minimum.

Which leaves you time to go out and enjoy the training session with all your players in the knowledge that you've done the best you can for your goalkeeper!

With best wishes

Alex Welsh