Posted by steven allen on February 2, 2009 at 4:30am
this is my second season as a coach, and my first as a goalkeeping coach. i have managed to fall into coaching by accident really. last year i joined a local team with the idea of just keeping fit,but managed to somehow end up taking weekly training with absolutely no clue what i was doing. this year i decided to do things right and to train myself as a coach. as a player i was a goalkeeper, so therefore goalkeeping coaching seems to be the way forward for me(go with what you know and all that).now again this season i have managed to fall in with a junior team (u14s) and i am running a weekly goalkeepers clinic. problem is that every week i am getting more keepers that want to train and learn the crazy gracefull art of a goalkeeper, and i am now struggling to provide new and intertaining ways to help these young guys to be the best that they can be.i have no professional qualifications myself (as yet!), and am building training plans from what i can glean from a number of websites and friends, but i seem to have hit a wall, as there is limited resources on the internet, and i am starting to repeat previous exercises from earlier in the year.So my plea to everyone is for any help that anyone can provide, whether it is training drills or writing session plans, or any little nuggets of wisdom that can passed on.i believe these young boys deserve the chance to reach their full potential and maybe become succesfull footballers in the future, and also for me to become the best that i can be as a coach.I look forward to hearing from you all, and all advice will be gratefully recieved.Thanks Steven.
just google goalkeeping and goalkeeping training mate.youll find loads of different sites..just flick through em,,
get any book done by alex walsh mate 1 2 and 3..top gk coach..
just maje sure yu get the basics right mate,as if they get it wrong now,there always have it wrong etc....
im in Co.Down, Norhtern Ireland.
im waiting for an IFA course to start in the spring, so that i can get the badges. but at the moment im just winging it, the best i can, from what i know as a player and what i can pick up from the net.
but im enjoying it, and the guys are playing well each week.
the only thing im struggling with is drawing up session plans. if you have any ideas please feel free to let me know!
cheers Steven
you need to get on and do your fa level 2 mate, you can then do your level 2 gk badge as i have done...and i agree when no's get to many for a decent session, the gks lose out.you need to have specific sessions for specific standards...8-10 max i do....need to do 8-10 week plan for totally new gk's, the from what they learn over those session, you can ask them to do anything then...
where are you based? theres some good dvd's books you can use to help mate...
darren
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get any book done by alex walsh mate 1 2 and 3..top gk coach..
just maje sure yu get the basics right mate,as if they get it wrong now,there always have it wrong etc....
im in Co.Down, Norhtern Ireland.
im waiting for an IFA course to start in the spring, so that i can get the badges. but at the moment im just winging it, the best i can, from what i know as a player and what i can pick up from the net.
but im enjoying it, and the guys are playing well each week.
the only thing im struggling with is drawing up session plans. if you have any ideas please feel free to let me know!
cheers Steven
where are you based? theres some good dvd's books you can use to help mate...
darren