Description In 101 Goalkeeper Training Practices, goalkeeping coach Andy Elleray follows up his previous trilogy of goalkeeping books to provide fellow football coaches and goalkeepers with a wide variety of new Practices that cover many aspects of goalkeeping.
Andy is the author of the previously published titles: Scientific Approaches to Goalkeeping in Football , 65 Goalkeeper Training Exercises, and 50 More Goalkeeper Training Exercises..
Holding UEFA qualifications, Youth Awards, and a Master\'s degree, Andy blends different approaches into his current coaching projects.
He is also involved in different regional and youth international coaching environments.
Andy also coaches in the boy\'s academy at Birmingham City where he works with young goalkeepers in the club\'s pre-academy and full academy programmes.
He is currently responsible for the goalkeeping development at Birmingham City Women Football Club where he works at all levels of the club with youth international goalkeepers in the female game.
His former clubs include Cheltenham Town, Liverpool and Chelsea, working at different levels, and in a variety of roles.
About The Author : Andy Elleray is a goalkeeping coach who also specializes in performance analysis and sports science.
The variety of Practices and exercises will provide goalkeepers at all levels with the opportunity to hone their skills and not just become a brilliant protector of the goal, but also the 11 th player on the ball - a prominent member of their team\'s strategy and dynamic.
They can all be adapted based on the numbers of players and resources available to the coach, while fundamental factors such as time and space allow the coach to be creative with how the exercises are implemented.
All the listed Practices are real-world and have been used at a variety of levels within football to enhance Goalkeeper development of all ages.
There are also sections on key coaching observations and how to progress/regress the practices.
Each practice is weighted to develop these elements to greater and lesser degrees, and exercises include 1v1 techniques, decision making, shot stopping from different angles/distances, travelling around the goalmouth, re-positioning, cutback scenarios, and more.
The Goalkeeper Training exercises in the book - illustrated with colour diagrams - focus on five main viewpoints - technical, tactical, psychological, physical, and social/environmental.
The overall intention is to provide realistic, varied, relevant, and innovative Practices that stimulate the Goalkeeper in every element of their game and performance.
Practices are broken down into three areas: working with an individual goalkeeper, small groups of goalkeepers Training together, and fuller team-based exercises.
Description In 101 Goalkeeper Training Practices, goalkeeping coach Andy Elleray follows up his previous trilogy of goalkeeping books to provide fellow football coaches and goalkeepers with a wide variety of new Practices that cover many aspects of goalkeeping
