I chuckle to myself from time to time when I think of how naive I was just a short few years ago. I would run without abandon, throw myself into a fray of attackers without concern of injury and generally work out at super hard intensities without knowing the dangers of overtraining. The danger of overtraining is real, and you just don't know how blessed you are until you are sidelined for weeks, months or even years. It was not until the time I started learning sports science that I realised that having a serious down-time is just as important as extreme physical activity. One very good article cited:

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Woe to the slings and arrows of goalkeeping doldrums! It is not really that bad, though goalkeepers at the top flight can really feel the sting of competitive goalkeeping, especially when the pressure is on an small blunders (or large ones) become amplified to the max. Tim Howard has become accustomed to what it means to be one day hot, and the other day not. All in all, great goalkeepers attain a certain level of greatness because they instill respect from their defensive line and other team mates. Maybe this was something lacking with Tim Howard? Overall, Tim has shown that with great adversity (he has fought with tourettes syndrome his whole life) you can leap to the occasion and become larger than what your four walls will allow you to be. Here is a video tribute of Tim Howard...for better or worse.

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Plenty happening in the wild world of goalkeeping as we take a look at the hottest news items from around the net:

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What do names like Zoff, Seaman, Shilton & Schwarzer have in common? Well the first three players are goalkeepers who played at the highest international level well past their primes. Mark Schwarzer on the other hand is thinking that he could be part of the same elite group. One recent article has given the goalkeepers insights into Guus Hiddink's supposed poor player management ability during the recent World Cup, his nonchalant dismissal of the quality of Zeljko Kalac and his big thumbs up for continuing to play for the Socceroos well past his goalkeeping prime.

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Let's take a sweeping birds eye view of all the happenings this week in the world of goalkeeping.

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With news that AC Milan will be looking to Abbiati as a piece to their goalkeeping jigsaw puzzle now that Dida is injured, I saw it fitting to search and find a video of Abbiati in all his goalkeeping glory. OK I won't go that far, but there is some serious goalkeeping going on here as Abbiati performs some great parrying saves for Torino.

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If you have ever pushed your goalkeeping training to the max, then you could testify that the aftermath of your training session can leave you totally drained. The reason why we often feel like this after intense goalkeeper training is that we have depleted our muscle glycogen stores. One of the easiest ways to replenish your glycogen stores, and maximize your goalkeeping performance after an intense goalkeeping session, is to consume simple sugars such as those found in a High GI food rating scale. Following is some information from a recent study that points to the benefit of the humble jelly bean for maximum performance.

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Iker Casillas eat your heart out! There is plenty of talk about Casillas as one of the worlds best goalkeepers. What about Victor Valdes of Barcelona? Spanish goalkeepers have an amazing temperament, great acrobatic ability, reflexes and cool reserve under pressure. The following video highlights some of the best saves by one of the best young goalkeepers in the world today. One of the most prominent saves highlighted in this video occurs early on with Valdes catching...not parrying, a razor-edge drive into the top left pocket, that is what I consider clinical goalkeeping, and something every young goalkeeper should strive to  enhance in their goalkeeping arsenal...ie. the ability to catch the ball.

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Let's take a sweeping view of what is hot in the world of goalkeeping from around the Net:

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I hate Macs! Sorry, but I love goalkeeping. This was a shareware game I came across a year ago that has been released recently, and it's all about goalkeepers. Cool! You can play a full career as a soccer goalkeeper, and play in all the largest leagues in the world from Serie A, Primera to the English Premier League, over 150 global soccer teams are represented! You can even train the goalkeeper, which is the best part of the whole thing. So you can improve fitness and get the goalkeeper up to speed in the big leagues.

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I never even heard of this goalkeeper until today (there are so many of us goalkeepers around the world right)? So, here is another Brazilian goalkeeper in the Serie A with Inter Milan. Sources are suggesting the Buffon may be coming over to Inter Milan, you can read Julio's thoughts about it here. Following is a very cool one handed penalty save by Julio Cesar of Inter Milan. Enjoy.

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Every goalkeeper wants to be able to fly above his or her opposing attack and snatch the ball from a wayward attackers big noggin! If you want to jump higher, maximize your ability to tower over your opposition, then the following link may be of extremely good value. It was a Q & A to one of my personal trainer brethren in the US of A. You can find the link here.

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Every child's fantasy is to play soccer like a Brazilian. Mine, to have a surname like a Brazilian superstar, you know Ronaldinho, Ronaldo. I can picture it now...Johninho! Sounds good. Or maybe you would want a name like Rogerio Ceni. Not because of the name, but because of the freakish goalkeeping skills attached to the name. Apart from this, you would want to be able to be a complete goalkeeper, score goals from penalties, free kicks and the like. 68 goals to be exact. The following video shows his amazing ability to cut off angles, super sharp reflexes and agility like a cat. Rogerio Ceni is a very cool goalkeeper. Enjoy!

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