Are the kids coached to do it when coming through the youth system, I know Deek’s takes his lad down the park and makes him work on his weaker foot, he is a lefty but it is pretty comfortable with the ball on his right.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I was a keeper and when it came to shot stopping and whatever I was as good as anyone at the level and better than most. What always let me down was the football side of the game and that was far less important even 12-15 years ago than it is now. I started really working on it when I was about 17 or 18 but by that point it was really too late, I got better but the chance for it to make a meaningful impact had gone. Young keepers now should be doing outfield drills regularly and working on their weaker foot constantly. If you watch keepers warming up now so much of it is with their feet; any pro keeper should be a decent shot stopper, I always think when someone says that about a keeper it is very much damned with faint praise with the way the game has gone.
I struggle to understand why any player wouldn't do it. If you get to a Scottish Premiership club youth set up then you are close to making very decent money and a step or 2 away from life changing. Not making the effort to be the very best you can be just seems madness. Same goes for the young guys bevvying and whatever.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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I do wonder if this has also shifted things in terms of who actually wants to be a keeper. While there have obviously been many wonderful keepers from bygone eras who must presumably have harbored an ambition to excel in the role, there was also a perception at school level that the least able/last-picked kid would be stuck in goals and would be expected to do little more than try and get in the way of the ball. The role is now a great deal more specialised and it's a big ask to find a kid who is not only a brave and confident handler of the ball but has the footballing ability to impact the game at a pro level. You just need to recall games of old when an outfield player had to go in goal to see how challenging a role it actually is.
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