Team Training for the Goalkeeper

Product Description Team Training for the Goalkeeper will show you how to integrate your goalkeeper into team training sessions. This doesn t mean that the goalkeepers simply perform the same drills as the field players. The drills, exercises and small-sided games in this book show you how to train the unique skills of the goalkeeper within the context of the team environment. Foreword by Jerry Yeagley. One of the biggest challenges we have as coaches is how to include our goalkeepers into team practices and give everyone the training that they need. Most coaches are much more comfortable managing the field players and leaving the responsibility of training the goalkeepers to the specialists. But what if you don t have a goalkeeper coach? Even if you do, it s important to have the goalkeeper train with the team often, whether for tactical reasons or to improve team chemistry. Team Training for the Goalkeeper will show you how to integrate your goalkeeper into team training sessions. This doesn t mean that the goalkeepers simply perform the same drills as the field players. The drills, exercises and small-sided games in this book show you how to train the unique skills of the goalkeeper within the context of the team environment. About the Author John Murphy has over twenty years in all levels of the game in the US and abroad as a goalkeeper specialist, staff coach and manager. By joining Livingston FC of the Scottish 1st Division in 2009, he became the first American born coach to work in British football. His time at Livingston was highlighted with a two month stint as head coach overseeing the Lions through a turbulent time where the club was pulled back from the brink of financial liquidation. Murphy holds the prestigious UEFA Professional Badge from the Scottish Football Association a U.S. Soccer A License, NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and is the first foreign born coach to earn a UEFA A Goalkeeper Coaching Badge from the English Football Association. As a National Staff Coach for the NSCAA, Murphy is a nationally recognized clinician.