📒 This might not look textbook to most, but it’s extremely effective
✅ This is most effective when taking a deeper cross towards the back post
Look how efficiently Lee moves from catch to Distribution whilst in complete control of the ball by allowing his body to spin
As he takes the cross:
1️⃣ His body rotates slightly whilst securing ball
2️⃣ Upon landing, momentum is taking him backwards
3️⃣ Instead of trying to decelerate whilst moving backwards, uses momentum to go on attack by spinning out (the direction his body is naturally turning to)
✅ Follow your body’s natural momentum / path
⚠️ Trying to stop the body from doing this can cause more errors
‼️ You’ll not use this on every cross
✅ More of a natural movement
✅ Protects the ball (by shielding the ball)
✅ Allows you to get away from danger
✅ Decreases the chances of dropping the ball
✅ Allows you to find space to counter
Give it a try in training and let us know how you get on 😀
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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.