The Importance of the Goalkeepers at youth football

The Importance of the Goalkeepers at youth football

The goalkeepers are the big ones forgotten at football, both in trainings and in matches, also in all the categories.

At trainings, normally, there is not a specific trainer for the goalkeepers, for this, it does not exist the habit of giving them importance that really they have in the development of football.

It is very important not forget the goalkeepers, because they are the only one, the goalkeeper it is indispensable. All the exercise that we do at trainings, must involve the goalkeeper, especially at youth football, because they will get bored and they stop playing football, or what is worse, they will bore the sport.

The Goalkeepers have a value of 70 % for a lot of coaches, but alone 20 % is trained (Rojas, Miguel 2014).

It is necessary to combine exercises of one against one, counterattacks, air balls, and corners, shots on target, of long and short distance. We must work the anticipation of the goalkeepers, and their reflections, finally we must work the coordination with the defense, the goalkeepers must take part constant in the training, or they will be cold, and when we need them they will not be employed at ideal conditions.

The Goalkeepers training must be planned in order that the goalkeeper helps to the maximum his team, since if one does not work in a specific and individual way; it is difficult to develop his powers.