First off, great video Brian. I have been a long time viewer and have learned a ton from what you've put on UA-cam! Secondly, one of the best pieces of advice for crossing you gave is experience. Judging the flight of the ball and its trajectory in relation to the GK position almost never happens naturally without practice. Lots of reps and variety in service is what makes keepers great at this. I love how you approached this skill because it's hard to teach these fundamentals intuitively.
you are correct..you should always have a defender on the near post regardless of inswinging or outswinging...but also remember, that the role of the near post defender is to deal with balls that are head height or below in his specific area or range, which is very limited due to his responsibilities of protecting the near post.
@fc1919 if you find it easier to move forwards to the front post, than to move towards the back post, then I would take a look at your footwork going to the back post. You should feel just as fast and just as comfortable moving to the back post as you do the front. When you go to the back post, are you cross stepping or back pedaling?
under most circmstances that is correct...however, there are two cases in particular when you want/need to cross step. The first is a cross to the back post, and the second is a ball that is played over your head when you are out of the goal and need to retreat quickly to your goal line in order to jump and/or dive to tip the ball over. See our newest video with the U.S. U-20 National Team goalkeeper for atraining demonstration on that particular moment.
thank dude!!! i ws actually making this same mistake about facing the ball when a corner kick is taken!!! n it ws really hard to stopped every shot in such situation!!! million of thanks to you dude~!!! u rocks
depends on the ball that has been played in. If the ball has a ton of loft and isn't traveling fast, you might be able to shuffle, but you have to understand that it takes at least a couple thousandths of a second longer to get to the spot you need when you shuffle as opposed to cross stepping to the back post. If you have that extra thousandth or two of a second, then okay. If the ball is served in fast and with lower trajectory then shuffeling isn't going to work.
depends on the trajectory of the ball, the speed of the ball, how good your footwork is (in terms of quickness), your jumping ability, the distance you have to cover and the number of players between you and the ball. If you can get to a ball before another player, it is usually a sign that you should come for the ball and deal with it yourself. Remember, good goalkeepers don't just stop shots, they stop scoring situations from ever developing.
it will be a constant assessment as the ball is in motion. At a certain point, you'll have to decide whether or not you will go for it, but the judging of that moment will be constant once the ball is struck.
You're in a very tough situation....I think if I were in your position, I would do as many of the drills as I can with a stationary ball placed at the posts and then I would do as much visualization as I can. Are you familiar with visualization and how to use it?
@TwoBarHD I have much respect for Kahn, although he's probably not my personal favorite. For me, I would have to say - either Julio Cesar or De Gea, who many people have never heard of or don't know a whole lot about right now. But you will in the next couple of years.
americans are great at academy training due to their analysis of the technical aspects. maybe other countries go on tradition and feel. americans are about efficient movement, and improving the current knowledge. great work on breaking down the reasons for positioning and movement.
yes, you should always put a defender on both posts for corner kicks. Make sure they are not very tall players, as you want your tall players marking up in the center of the box. The best way to learn what balls you should come for and what you should leave for defenders is to make sure that you are spending 20-30 minutes a day on taking crosses with 2-3 forwards in front of you. When you are training this, don't worry about making mistakes, because that is how you are going to learn your range.
@michaelkyoo777 unless you have to travel 6-8 or 9 yards in the span of 1-1.5 seconds. Then what are you going to do? You're going to side step by crossing your legs and getting to the point of contact with the ball before the opponent.
who get's to the near post quicker...a forward who has been sprinting for 4 yards and only has 3 yards to cover once the ball is served....or the goalkeeper who has (if you're playing closer to the back post as you suggested) 5 yards to cover from a standing still position?
One thing that is VERY basic, but that I still find myself failing to do quite often both when catching crosses and when diving for shots, is to ALWAYS keep your eyes on the ball until you've got it safely tucked to your chest. Almost every time I drop a ball that I should have been able to hold on to I realise that I took my eyes of the ball halfway to look at where I'm gonna land, how many people are in front of me or who I should throw the ball to after I've caught it. ...
@karatekid159 no, the goal is regular size, it's jsut an optical camera angle....kind of like how the field on tv looks HUGE, but in real life it's nowhere near that big.
(CONTINUATION OF MY LAST POST) ... It may sound kinda stupid and basic, but it's something that I really feel makes a difference when I do it correctly. I haven't really been thinking about it earlier just because it's such an amazingly basic thing, and I think that it may be something that you should really mention in your videos. Which are awesome, by the way!
@EddieRehe youre not running - your hips and shoulders stay squared to the field and you never turn your back to the ball. Also, we're not talking about diving, we're talking about taking a cross to the back post.
I would personally stand nearer the back post as its easier to move towards your near post to collect than go the other way. Maybe only one of two yards towards the back post though. Especially for a smaller keeper such as yourself.
thanks i'm 6' 4' and 200 lbs with decent speed. it's just hard to judge when to come out and punch or to stay in and see if i can stop a header. is it a good idea to put a defender on the near and far posts?
the size and space are distorted due to the angle of the camera. I am not huge by any means, but I can cover either side of the goal in one power step.
Scotland, the home of fine goalkeepers such as Alan McGregor and Craig Gordon. Both start slightly towards the back post, ;-) I just don't think standing bang in the middle of the goals offers the best cover if the ball is whipped in with real pace towards the back post. You can run forwards with little problem, moving backwards or to the side is harder, so makes sense to stand a little to the back post IMO.
i am in a kind of a problem. All coaches whether its my coach for travel, other coaches etc tell me im a great goalie. my problem is i cannot afford a keeper coach to get the training i need to fix the little problems i have and to just get to the next level. Pretty much the only training i get is from practice which is twice a week and at the end of practice a few shots. any reccomendations?
What if the opponent is very close to the goal and the opponent is giving a corner but it's just too far to catch the ball, what should i do? Most of the time they shoot it to the far corner of the coal and it all happens to fast so i can't do something though.....
Best goaly i have ever seen is peter schmeichel. I would advise and young keeper to watch and learn as much as they can from him. His best keeper of all time in my eyes...... and im a leeds fan before you all start saying im a man u fan boy. Keepers now dont have half the natural ability and judgement Peter had. I hate it when i see strikers 1 on 1 with goalys and goalys only come out halfway...... they need to fully go for it, some half way and hope 4 the best! Seriously tho.... check out peter
@stlouisgoalkeeping I saw all of your videos, I need just a video about how dealing/handling with high balls that come in the box and that first contact with the floor and than bounce again from the floor and for fast and slow ones, I really can't deal with it this is my total weakness, I get a little bit panic and sometimes I really threat my goal letting them go away and letting a striker really near the ball.. I can't deal with it I hope you make a video about long straight bouncing balls!THX
@fc1919 point #1: not all professionals start slightly towards the backpost - blatant ingorance and lack of goalkeeping understanding. point #2: the "young boy" as you call him can put his head over the crossbar, so he attacks the ball even when it is served towards the backpost because he can take it early. what country do you live in? I have a guess, but please indulge my curiosity.
i am not sure about the positioning thing , coz i know that when ur dealing with corners u should be a little bit closer to the far post , coz ur backward running speed is way less that ur speed going forward , this way u can easily catch the ball if it was going to the back post , and u can easily catch it if it's going to the near post using ur frwd sprint . and i have been doing that 4 like 4ever , never had any serious problms with it . gr8 vid though
@stlouisgoalkeeping hes right never cross legs, when you get there in a running motion how do you plan to plant your feet to dive? you just need good leg muscles and practis it alot, even dive early.
@loonydragon send us an e-mail through our website, and we will e-mail you a diagram on how to set up a wall, how many players to use in the wall based on where the ball is and where to position yourself in relation to your wall and goal.
When you watch any professional they stand slightly towards the back post as I describe. On the next part of the video with the young boy in goals, all the crosses you give him are in at his near post anyway so it makes you look right. If you were varying what you were doing it would maybe show him up as not being in the right position to deal with something at the back post.
@mattmcrae88 I watched him his entire career. He was very unorthodox in his technique, mostly due to his upbringing as a team handball goalkeeper, but I do have to give him credit - he managed to do the job more often than not. From a technical or even athletic standpoint, he is nowhere near the best, but he is absolutely one of the best when it came to winning. Plain and simple, he's probably one of, if not the best winners I've seen at that level. His competitive nature knew no bounds.
But if you are neutral then wouldn't the corner kicker just kick a banana and get a goal or kick it into the smaller goal box and a froward just shoots it into the near post.
What the hell are you guys talking about? Casillas, Van der Sar, Buffon, Valdes, Reina, Cech etc. all the top goal keepers start at the middle. Sure you move faster forwards than backwards but the kicks that reach the front post arrive much sooner than the ones to the back post due to angle, curvature, height, and of course pure distance. In order to compensate for that it's best to be at the middle.
First off, great video Brian. I have been a long time viewer and have learned a ton from what you've put on UA-cam! Secondly, one of the best pieces of advice for crossing you gave is experience. Judging the flight of the ball and its trajectory in relation to the GK position almost never happens naturally without practice. Lots of reps and variety in service is what makes keepers great at this. I love how you approached this skill because it's hard to teach these fundamentals intuitively.
you are correct..you should always have a defender on the near post regardless of inswinging or outswinging...but also remember, that the role of the near post defender is to deal with balls that are head height or below in his specific area or range, which is very limited due to his responsibilities of protecting the near post.
@fc1919
if you find it easier to move forwards to the front post, than to move towards the back post, then I would take a look at your footwork going to the back post. You should feel just as fast and just as comfortable moving to the back post as you do the front. When you go to the back post, are you cross stepping or back pedaling?
under most circmstances that is correct...however, there are two cases in particular when you want/need to cross step. The first is a cross to the back post, and the second is a ball that is played over your head when you are out of the goal and need to retreat quickly to your goal line in order to jump and/or dive to tip the ball over. See our newest video with the U.S. U-20 National Team goalkeeper for atraining demonstration on that particular moment.
thank dude!!! i ws actually making this same mistake about facing the ball when a corner kick is taken!!! n it ws really hard to stopped every shot in such situation!!! million of thanks to you dude~!!! u rocks
depends on the ball that has been played in. If the ball has a ton of loft and isn't traveling fast, you might be able to shuffle, but you have to understand that it takes at least a couple thousandths of a second longer to get to the spot you need when you shuffle as opposed to cross stepping to the back post. If you have that extra thousandth or two of a second, then okay. If the ball is served in fast and with lower trajectory then shuffeling isn't going to work.
depends on the trajectory of the ball, the speed of the ball, how good your footwork is (in terms of quickness), your jumping ability, the distance you have to cover and the number of players between you and the ball. If you can get to a ball before another player, it is usually a sign that you should come for the ball and deal with it yourself. Remember, good goalkeepers don't just stop shots, they stop scoring situations from ever developing.
it will be a constant assessment as the ball is in motion. At a certain point, you'll have to decide whether or not you will go for it, but the judging of that moment will be constant once the ball is struck.
You're in a very tough situation....I think if I were in your position, I would do as many of the drills as I can with a stationary ball placed at the posts and then I would do as much visualization as I can. Are you familiar with visualization and how to use it?
@TwoBarHD
I have much respect for Kahn, although he's probably not my personal favorite. For me, I would have to say - either Julio Cesar or De Gea, who many people have never heard of or don't know a whole lot about right now. But you will in the next couple of years.
@stlouisgoalkeeping who do you think is the best? My personal favourite, and hero, is Oliver Kahn
it is a regulation size goal, but I think it looks bigger than it really is due to optical distortion from the camera lens.
americans are great at academy training due to their analysis of the technical aspects. maybe other countries go on tradition and feel. americans are about efficient movement, and improving the current knowledge. great work on breaking down the reasons for positioning and movement.
yes, you should always put a defender on both posts for corner kicks. Make sure they are not very tall players, as you want your tall players marking up in the center of the box. The best way to learn what balls you should come for and what you should leave for defenders is to make sure that you are spending 20-30 minutes a day on taking crosses with 2-3 forwards in front of you. When you are training this, don't worry about making mistakes, because that is how you are going to learn your range.
@michaelkyoo777
unless you have to travel 6-8 or 9 yards in the span of 1-1.5 seconds. Then what are you going to do? You're going to side step by crossing your legs and getting to the point of contact with the ball before the opponent.
thank you so much. this is definatley my weakness and this helps me a lot. :)
who get's to the near post quicker...a forward who has been sprinting for 4 yards and only has 3 yards to cover once the ball is served....or the goalkeeper who has (if you're playing closer to the back post as you suggested) 5 yards to cover from a standing still position?
Great Video, helps remind me the stuff that i learnt this summer
One thing that is VERY basic, but that I still find myself failing to do quite often both when catching crosses and when diving for shots, is to ALWAYS keep your eyes on the ball until you've got it safely tucked to your chest. Almost every time I drop a ball that I should have been able to hold on to I realise that I took my eyes of the ball halfway to look at where I'm gonna land, how many people are in front of me or who I should throw the ball to after I've caught it. ...
those particular gloves are the Serie A and I believe they cost around $90 US. They might cost more in Europe, I am not sure.
@karatekid159
no, the goal is regular size, it's jsut an optical camera angle....kind of like how the field on tv looks HUGE, but in real life it's nowhere near that big.
(CONTINUATION OF MY LAST POST) ... It may sound kinda stupid and basic, but it's something that I really feel makes a difference when I do it correctly. I haven't really been thinking about it earlier just because it's such an amazingly basic thing, and I think that it may be something that you should really mention in your videos. Which are awesome, by the way!
do you know another goalkeeper who lives around you or that you can meet up with to do the drills?
@Stiggy37 If you mean with Free Kicks , Goal Kicks which is when the ball goes out behind the goal and the goalkeeper kicks it out, he also has one.
thank you, sir. All the best to you.
@EddieRehe
youre not running - your hips and shoulders stay squared to the field and you never turn your back to the ball. Also, we're not talking about diving, we're talking about taking a cross to the back post.
I would personally stand nearer the back post as its easier to move towards your near post to collect than go the other way. Maybe only one of two yards towards the back post though. Especially for a smaller keeper such as yourself.
thanks
i'm 6' 4' and 200 lbs with decent speed. it's just hard to judge when to come out and punch or to stay in and see if i can stop a header. is it a good idea to put a defender on the near and far posts?
yeah ur right , this gives the attacker some big advantage when it comes to low crosses....
please see part 3 of the video series where we put the ideas into functioning exercises. thank you
nice videos bro!! I learn so much from your videos!! keep it up!! and Thanks again!
the size and space are distorted due to the angle of the camera. I am not huge by any means, but I can cover either side of the goal in one power step.
Scotland, the home of fine goalkeepers such as Alan McGregor and Craig Gordon. Both start slightly towards the back post, ;-)
I just don't think standing bang in the middle of the goals offers the best cover if the ball is whipped in with real pace towards the back post. You can run forwards with little problem, moving backwards or to the side is harder, so makes sense to stand a little to the back post IMO.
if all the attackers are farther out is it better to stay in the goal and wait for the header or go out and try to punch it out?
i am in a kind of a problem. All coaches whether its my coach for travel, other coaches etc tell me im a great goalie. my problem is i cannot afford a keeper coach to get the training i need to fix the little problems i have and to just get to the next level. Pretty much the only training i get is from practice which is twice a week and at the end of practice a few shots. any reccomendations?
great for you, you are one of the best..but a trainer told once a get the ball the goalkeeper but face the opposite goalkeeper.
What if the opponent is very close to the goal and the opponent is giving a corner but it's just too far to catch the ball, what should i do? Most of the time they shoot it to the far corner of the coal and it all happens to fast so i can't do something though.....
the goalkeeper or the trainer?
for a ball that curves when do you discide to dive or go for it?
Best goaly i have ever seen is peter schmeichel. I would advise and young keeper to watch and learn as much as they can from him. His best keeper of all time in my eyes...... and im a leeds fan before you all start saying im a man u fan boy. Keepers now dont have half the natural ability and judgement Peter had. I hate it when i see strikers 1 on 1 with goalys and goalys only come out halfway...... they need to fully go for it, some half way and hope 4 the best! Seriously tho.... check out peter
Thats just Great! Helps alot, keep uploading videos! 5/5
@stlouisgoalkeeping I saw all of your videos, I need just a video about how dealing/handling with high balls that come in the box and that first contact with the floor and than bounce again from the floor and for fast and slow ones, I really can't deal with it this is my total weakness, I get a little bit panic and sometimes I really threat my goal letting them go away and letting a striker really near the ball.. I can't deal with it I hope you make a video about long straight bouncing balls!THX
Sir Can you give me some exercises that are good for goalkeppers???
@fc1919
point #1: not all professionals start slightly towards the backpost - blatant ingorance and lack of goalkeeping understanding.
point #2: the "young boy" as you call him can put his head over the crossbar, so he attacks the ball even when it is served towards the backpost because he can take it early.
what country do you live in? I have a guess, but please indulge my curiosity.
have cost as gloves and what model are they?
is that the pro size goal? omg im only 5'5 but i have alot of jumpp lol but thats REALLY big
i am not sure about the positioning thing , coz i know that when ur dealing with corners u should be a little bit closer to the far post , coz ur backward running speed is way less that ur speed going forward , this way u can easily catch the ball if it was going to the back post , and u can easily catch it if it's going to the near post using ur frwd sprint .
and i have been doing that 4 like 4ever , never had any serious problms with it .
gr8 vid though
@stlouisgoalkeeping hes right never cross legs, when you get there in a running motion how do you plan to plant your feet to dive? you just need good leg muscles and practis it alot, even dive early.
optical illusion - camera lens makes everything compressed to things look really wide, but really short.
thank you very very much it really help me out gracises
@Relseg Only about penalties. And what about free kicks?
@loonydragon
send us an e-mail through our website, and we will e-mail you a diagram on how to set up a wall, how many players to use in the wall based on where the ball is and where to position yourself in relation to your wall and goal.
can you do an a example whis a ball?
thanx
what size gloves does he wear?!?!?
Anybody know the gloves the coach is wearing???
@LucasVillafuerte
agreed.
@dracram
it is an academy just for goalkeepers and you can visit the website at stlouisgoalkeepingacademy . com
Podrian poner una traduccion al español?? Muchas gracias!
When you watch any professional they stand slightly towards the back post as I describe.
On the next part of the video with the young boy in goals, all the crosses you give him are in at his near post anyway so it makes you look right. If you were varying what you were doing it would maybe show him up as not being in the right position to deal with something at the back post.
@mattmcrae88
I watched him his entire career. He was very unorthodox in his technique, mostly due to his upbringing as a team handball goalkeeper, but I do have to give him credit - he managed to do the job more often than not. From a technical or even athletic standpoint, he is nowhere near the best, but he is absolutely one of the best when it came to winning. Plain and simple, he's probably one of, if not the best winners I've seen at that level. His competitive nature knew no bounds.
But if you are neutral then wouldn't the corner kicker just kick a banana and get a goal or kick it into the smaller goal box and a froward just shoots it into the near post.
Do u know Goalkeeper Jorge Campos of Mexico '94
Good, Tips. 👏🏽🙌🏼
nice profile pic haha
@stlouisgoalkeeping how about Bruce Grobbelaar? He was an amazing goalie for liverpool! :D
you're supposed to stand closer to the back post because it's easier to come forward than to go back.
you can, but from a physics perspective, it's not the most comfortable or safest way.
How tall is you?
great coaching. wish he was my coach.
how long are you :/
Thanks coach
hay que saltar como el gato sessa, con el pie para adelante y apuntarle al ojo de alguien XD....¿How tall are you?
Thank you so much.
Yes, but when i say "face the opossite" it is once the goalkeeper gets the ball.
You were sure right about De Gea!
Bitch
Make a tutorial about free kicks and penalties.
What the hell are you guys talking about?
Casillas, Van der Sar, Buffon, Valdes, Reina, Cech etc.
all the top goal keepers start at the middle.
Sure you move faster forwards than backwards but
the kicks that reach the front post arrive much sooner
than the ones to the back post
due to angle, curvature, height, and of course pure distance.
In order to compensate for that it's best to be at the middle.
Dont really agree with the starting position or the 'twist' in the air to take the ball.
Also he's standing pretty far back he would be closer up if he was making a save.
5'9"
it dosent matter size the reflexes count more im 5'8 and i dont have problems diving
No thats also a problem. I am the only goalie on my team and there isnt another one around me.
@Relseg No, I mean defending DFK and IFK.
awesome
@stlouisgoalkeeping don't think really Julio Cesar or De Gea.. above those too I love Lehmann and Neuer :D
@timothy17master
compared to who? Please don't say England...and let's keep the conversation about goalkeeping specifically.
@navidforfan good things "yanks" can put out greater numbers of strong keepers than other countries *cough robert green cough*
2:17 thats exactly my problem!
My coaches told me never to cross step. :S??
Giovanni Fernandez
I think you are right. you should never cross step..
those nets are huge
@stlouisgoalkeeping You're right with De Gea, now he's famous haha
u should perform some actions its hard to understand only by ur explanation
I love the way he explain.... XD
The worst game I ever had was when my own teammate scored on me, and I got hella shit for it. My job is to defend against my opponents not my team
you should never cross your legs when travelling side-ways, always side step without crossing or clicking your heels.
great! :)
@CanthonyJelly143 det standard for en målmand på højt plan men vis du spiller B-A række er det godt at lære :)
@Stiggy37 He has one...
he small...
The one who answer me ;-P ... The trainer
super