Hi Everyone!
The first task I needed to complete for this project was brainstorming each of the different skills needed for goalkeeping. I did a little research to check if I was missing any skills, but for the most part I researched how people grouped the skills into different categories as I found a lot of skills overlapped between some of the initial categories I created. For example, positioning is a skill that can be included in a number of different categories. Where a keeper positions themself on set pieces (corner kicks, free kicks, penalties, etc.) is very important, but positioning also plays a key role in being able to break up through balls or long balls as well as cutting down angles on shots and one-on-ones. My first thought was to include each of these within the category of positioning, but there are other skills involved in one-on-ones and set pieces that aren't closely related to positioning; for example timing, anticipation (reading a shooter or play), and communication. Most of the sources I examined had some good insights and each broke down important skills differently, however each were also missing important skills or had some of the overlap that I had also noticed. The site I found that broke it down best separated the skills into Distribution, Footwork, Positioning, Shot stopping, and Crosses.
Although these are all important overarching skills there are a few problems with them that I want to explain:
- Distribution is a fairly distinct category and will include skills like throwing, goal kicks, punting, and pass backs.
- Footwork is connected to almost every skill as a goalkeeper, from diving, to pass backs, to high balls, to taking goal kicks. Therefore I plan to break down the footwork for each skill separately.
- Positioning is also connected to almost every skill and overlaps with shot stopping and crosses which are already separate categories.
- Shot stopping as a category is reasonable, but since there are large sub-categories that exist, I plan to break this down further into Handling, Diving, and One-on-ones.
- Crosses as a category makes sense, but I will be adding a separate category for Set Pieces that will include corners. I've separated corner kicks due to the following differences from corners:
- The player crossing the ball cannot dribble to attack the goal (goalkeeper must position closer to the near post on crosses)
- The defense is set and ideally between the defenders and the goal (crosses are dangerous because defenders are running back towards their own goal).
Distribution & Foot Skills
Handling
Diving & Shot Stopping
One-On-Ones
Set Pieces
Crosses
Goalkeeper Fitness
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