If you could pick 1 Goalkeeper in the world for each of these qualities to make the Perfect Gk:
Who would it be?
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✅ Shot stopping
✅ Crossing
✅ Handling
✅ Distribution from the floor
✅ Distribution from hands
✅ Commanding the area
✅ Bravery
✅ Composure
✅ 1v1
✅ Confidence / Mentality
✅ Sweeping
✅ Penalty saving
✅ Most likely to score in the last minute 😂
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We know there’s a lot there and there will be even more but as you can appreciate, some crossover e.g
Shot stopping will be influenced footwork, reflexes and positioning
Crossing will be influenced by timing, spring, confidence, Positioning etc etc etc
So if you like, put your reason to why you’ve chosen them and please don’t take offence if you feel like we’ve left anything out 😬
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It has been shown that on average elite level GKs typically perform 4-10 ‘defensive actions’ per game, all at high intensity.
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These actions are very short in duration, often with long intervals in between them. Therefore, whist physical fatigue may not be the issue for GKs during match-play, the ability to concentrate and focus for those prolonged periods, may be the deciding factor.
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In my previous post I highlighted that research indicates that GKs energy expenditure was approximately 600 kcal.d-1 less than that observed in outfield players, for example, approximately 2900 kcal vs 3500 kcal per day.
GKs don’t hop to set. They hop to self organise their body to dive.
You see a “mistake” and look at twitter you’ll find countless theories regarding why that GK conceded which always leads to a technical / physical error.
But your body will only produce an action as a reaction to what it perceives.
Is the chosen action wrong because of what the brain is telling them to do as opposed to their body “unable to do something” due to set up?
Set up changes according to situation / what you perceive.
So how do people differentiate between anatomical and mental “issues”?
Remember this is just thoughts! But hopefully this thread can give others something else to think about before jumping to a physical fix.