Entries from March 1, 2008 - April 1, 2008
David James Gives Insight Into Penalty Stopping
You can't fault David James this season with Pompey playing up in the top echelons of the EPL. The 37 year old has character, tonnes of it, so much so that his soccer blog at the Guardian draws tonnes of comments from admirers all around the UK and the globe. In this weeks post, James really gave some great insight into the best way to attack penalty situations.
Profiles of the Legends: Peter Shilton
Peter Leslie Shilton, OBE, was born in 1948 in Leister, England. His professional debut occurred for Leister City in 1966. He was a model of consistency, endurance, and patience. He played 1005 games in a stellar career that lasted three decades.
An Anomaly of Modern Football
He played for almost thirty years with five different first division professional teams. Most of his club-side fame and honors came with Nottingham Forest, where he won the European Cup twice in successive years, along with the English First Division (the precursor to the EPL) once. He made his England debut at the age of 22, although had to wait 10 years before his first appearance at the World Cup. He.proceeded to play in more international games than any goalkeeper in world football history.
Ready, Set, Save!
“You stand before you walk.” Each developing child can be expected to move step-by-step toward developmental mastery in each developmental skill. As youth goalkeepers develop, one of the most crucial skills that must be mastered is the “stance.” Proper development of the keeper stance also called the “Ready Position” allows the keeper to effectively execute every other aspect of movement in goalkeeping.
Formal keeper training beginning at the U12 age group is when the very basic principles of goalkeeping must be taught. Proper instruction for goalkeepers in these age groups provides a solid foundation and establishing good habits for future success. Keepers at the U12 age group have reached the point where they will probably not move out of the way of a hard shot.
So, it is time to concentrate on receiving all types of balls and on distribution. It is at this age that they should be exposed to proper diving techniques. However, none of these technical skills have the greatest chance of being mastered if the keeper never learns to get into a ready position prior to a shot.
Peter Mastrogiovanni
in goalkeeper training
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Getting Beat From Far, Far Away...
Has it happened to you? The goal that you felt a turkey could gobble up nice and easy, and an eagle could spot from a couple of miles away, but somehow, miraculously, slid past you into the back of the net? It happens to the best (whatever you consider the best to be) goalkeepers on the planet. Today I was browsing the online Croatian news and discovered this 60 metre effort in the Polish league that left one hapless goalkeeper befuddled and his team mates baying for some blood.
Ben Foster Shows Super Skills Against Derby
There is no doubt that Sir Alex Ferguson has been in the game long enough to have an immaculate eye for talent. Whilst watching his son play in an LDV Vans Trophy Final against Wrexham he spotted young Ben Foster whom was goalkeeper for Wrexham at the time (on loan from Stoke), and swooped down with a 1 million pound bid to sign the young striker (Source: Wikimedia).
In the years that have followed since his signing with Manchester United, Ben Foster has won many backers to be England's number 1 for many years to come. Recently, Foster arrived back into the Manchester United squad after an impressive loan spell with Watford. In Saturday's game against Derby, Foster displayed superb reflexes, distribution and pulled off two fantastic saves to keep Manchester United on top of the table.
When Enough Is Enough: Stupid Fan Strikes Athletic Bilbao Goalkeeper
There is a difference between the fan who has an intelligent passion toward their team and those who are fueled with a vindication toward the opposition. Great fans have a healthy respect for both teams on the field, where as fans whom are overly passionate about their own team can sometimes become drunk with a sense of pride. Unfortunately, in most cases too much pride can hurt, not only yourself, but your team and the game in general in the long run.
David Beckham Goalkeeping
Just recently we saw Rio Ferdinand don the goalkeeping gloves in an attempt to save Manchester United from getting the boot in the FA Cup vs Portsmouth. It was interesting to find the following video of David Beckham in between the sticks against some kids at a youth training camp for the LA Galaxy. It was great fun to watch a right wing try to pull off some fancy saves against a bunch of kids, but a worthy cause nonetheless, and great to see one of the best help kids in LA get familiar with the game.
Profiles of the Legends: Jorge Campos
Jorge Campos Navarrete was born in 1966 in Acapulco, Mexico, which is a beautiful region of majestic cliffs that rise high above the Pacific Ocean. For most of his life, he has surfed and enjoyed the ocean. He began his professional career in 1989 for Pumas, and retired from competitive play in 2004. He was 5' 8" (1.76 meters) in height. During World Cup 2006, he was part of the back room staff for Ricardo La Volpe. According to Mr. Andres Cantor of Futbol de Primera and Telemundo, Mr. Campos now works as a football analyst for TV Azteca in Mexico. He is known affectionately as "El Brody."
Top Saves From The Texas Pro Soccer Festival
Soccerlens writer Eddie Griffin did a super job of covering the Texas Pro Soccer Festival the past week. Eddie really did the hard yards in putting together some great articles together to give fans of the MLS an insight into the super effort that my mates Jason Chronkite and Chris Campasano pulled off at last weeks event.
Eddie travelled down to the event with his better half, and took the time to take some great videos and also super interviews with the stars of the MLS and coaches alike. Following is a review of some of the best saves during the Texas Pro Soccer Fest, and I have to thank Eddie for being so kind and giving our readers an insight into some great saves by some of th best goalkeepers in the USA.
Should Goalkeeping Hurt This Good?
I'm hammering away at the keyboard feeling like (possibly even looking like) Doctor Zoidberg from Futurama. This weekend was our first hit up for the season, and let me tell you my body is feeling every little bit my age...29 less 100. Suffering from a fried noggin (yes, you fry in the Aussie sun, you don't get a fancy tan), some weeping grazes that would make the Grand Canyon look timid, and copping a tearing pain in my shoulder after a smashing one to one...I could honestly say I never felt so good!
How Do You Train Your Outfield Players...To Be You?
It was just one of those weekends in The Premiership that left ones head spinning with the ousting of many of the best teams in England. One match that stood out was Manchester United's mighty fall against Portsmouth, where Van de Saar, then Kuszczak were booted from the field, and none other than England defender Rio Ferdinand stepped into the formidable number one spot. Who else can you use when you have no other choice?
Goalkeeper Profile Of Matt Reis
With the MLS season drawing ever closer, I thought it was time to look at my favorite MLS goalkeeper. New England’s Matt Reis has been capped twice by the US National Team.
The Atlanta, Georgia native played his college ball at University of California, Los Angeles between 1994 and 1997 before being drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1998.
His time in LA was anything but glorious, and he played only 16 times in five seasons because of established number one Kevin Hartman. He moved on to the New England Revolution after the 2002 MLS season.
Mental Mistake Can Cost Three Points...
Well I'm not sure that this will help anyone in the present day, because I think it needs to happen to you before you realize how to correct it. But I will share my blunder from this past weekend at my game, and how it cost us the win, or even a draw and resulted in a loss.
True goalkeeping class on display in Seville
What started out as, surely, one of the worst nights in Fenerbahçe goalkeeper Volkan Demirel’s memory soon turned into one of the best memories he will ever remember.
The MLS Powers Swoop Down On Texas!
Just a few hours ago I got off IM with Chris Campasano of Ziga Zoga, and boy is he exhausted. If you have been living in a shell down Texas way, then you may not have heard the rumble of a super soccer heavyweight rolling into town. The Texas Pro Soccer Fest has begun in full swing and none other than the Houston Dynamo, Chivas USA, DC United and Toronto FC will go head to head in a week long run of friendlies and training sessions from the 3rd to the 9th of March 2008.
Pushing The Threshold: Maintaining Soccer Performance Year Round
You're probably doing everything wrong. This year's performance just did'nt stack up to last years jaw dropping displays, and you're not to blame. Did you ever think to yourself, "If only I knew about that before hand, I would not be playing like this". Fact of the matter is that if you focus on what needs to be done on the park for "just today", without thought about the next couple of weeks, then you have this erratic pulse of high followed by an endless drought of lows.
