Soccer goalkeeper training : the comprehensive guide

296 Pages·2017·32.44 MB·English

by  John, Tony, Englund, Pascarella

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In Soccer Goalkeeper Training the authors explain and show through detailed photos and
Minneapolis, MN. Tony is author
coaching points the physical and technical skills required for novice goalkeepers to improve
of ten books on soccer coaching,
their current level with easy to follow progressions. Another topic is how to make decisions
6 1/2” x 9 1/4”
including Style and Domination: A
in tactical situations on the soccer field, for example using communication as a tool for or-
344 p., paperback, in color Tactical Analysis of FC Barcelona.
ganizing the field player of one’s team. The authors also delve into the more advanced and
199 illustrations scientific areas of periodization and mental preparation used by the most accomplished
ISBN: 978-1-78255-081-5 goalkeepers in Major League Soccer and the US National Team to achieve ultimate success John pascarella
$ 22.95 US/£ 14.95 at the highest levels of the game. Hereby, some psychological aspects covered by the book played professionally before he began
are the relationship between goalkeepers and their coaches and giving feedback. Also, coaching. He worked as Olympic
readers will find a training guide which is divided into exercises by various themes. Whether development program coach before
you are an aspiring young goalkeeper or a more advanced collegiate player, regardless of Tony Englund I John Pascarella becoming the head coach and
the level of goalkeeper you currently coach, Soccer Goalkeeper Training will have some- technical director of the Northern
thing to help bring out the best in you and your most important player. Virginia Royals of the USL’s Premier
Development League. John was
SoccEr Sporting Kansas City’s goalkeep-
er and fitness coach before he
6 1/2” x 9 1/4”
became assistant coach.
448 p., paperback, in color
$ 29.95 US Goalkeeper
573 photos, 83 illus., 57 charts ISBN 978-1-78255-107-2
ISBN: 978-1-78255-090-7
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Soccer Goalkeeper Training
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Contents
ConTenTs
ACknowlEdGmEnTS .................................................................................................................6
ForEword by dAryl ShorE ..................................................................................................11
InTroduCTIon ..........................................................................................................................14
ChAPTEr 1 buIldInG bloCkS: TEChnIquE ...........................................................................37
ChAPTEr 2 GETTInG ThErE: GoAlkEEPEr FITnESS ..............................................................81
ChAPTEr 3 dECISIon mAkInG: TACTICAl SITuATIonS .......................................................143
ChAPTEr 4 GoAlkEEPInG InSIdE-ouT: PSyCholoGICAl PrEPArATIon ..........................171
ChAPTEr 5 ThE TrAInInG GuIdE: ExErCISES by ThEmE ....................................................193
ConCluSIon ...........................................................................................................................288
APPEndIx A GoAlkEEPEr ProGrESS rEPorT Form ..........................................................290
APPEndIx b GoAlkEEPEr mATCh PErFormAnCE FEEdbACk Form ................................291
SourCES And rECommEndEd rEAdInG .............................................................................292
CrEdITS ...................................................................................................................................295
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ToN Y eN G L U N D
In 2015, I enrolled in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Master
Coach Certificate program. This was an outstanding program, featuring the opportunity
to network with and learn from elite coaches from around the world. The greatest take-
away for me, both professionally and personally, was the opportunity to meet and work
with John Pascarella of Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City. Coach Pascarella
is a coach’s coach: bright, charismatic, visionary, thoughtful, inquisitive and dynamic.
Through the NSCAA’s program design and Coach Pascarella’s remarkable generosity, I
have had the opportunity to observe many first-team training sessions and matches,
enjoyed tremendous access to the first-team and academy staff and, most critically, a
chance to learn much more about the art and science of goalkeeper coaching through many
lengthy conversations with John. He is a valued colleague, mentor and friend, and I will
always be thankful to him for undertaking this project with me in spite of his busy schedule.
Jeff Cassar and Daryl Shore of Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake graciously agreed to
write the foreword to the book and I am thankful for their contributions. Mateus Manoel,
the outstanding Head Fitness Coach at Sporting Kansas City, and Patrick Mannix of his
staff, as well as Josh McAllister of Swope Park Rangers added to and reviewed the fitness-
related information in the book, and their assistance is gratefully acknowledged.
Ian Barker at the NSCAA encouraged me to register for the Master Coach course, steered
me away from several other project ideas and assigned John Pascarella as my course
mentor, and I am very appreciative of his guidance in the course and his leadership of the
NSCAA’s coaching education in general.
Kristina Oltrogge at Meyer & Meyer has been a consummate professional in working
with John and me throughout the writing process, and we appreciate her patience and
diligence. Thanks to Manuel Morschel as well for his willingness to publish our work.
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Acknowledgments
Nathan Klonecki and my colleagues at Sporting St. Croix Academy and Soccer Club in St.
Paul have supported this project from its inception, and I am indebted to Nathan and the
goalkeeper coaching staff for their feedback and the ideas that have been incorporated
into the book.
Payton Spencer, Oscar Mulvaney, Lauren Thormodsgard and my stepdaughter Tess Wilder
gave considerable time to appear in the photos for the book. They are outstanding people
and goalkeepers, and I am thankful for their help.
Karen McCullough gave permission to use her photos in the book. Thank you, Karen.
Tony and Carole Englund, my parents, continue to be life’s best coaches, and their
influence is paramount in my coaching and life. Thank you both, as always.
My wife Beth has been a constant source of support and inspiration during the writing of
the manuscript. From endless trips and hotel stays across the country with my teams to
the late-night clattering of my keyboard, she has cheerfully adopted the soccer life. My
love and thanks to her for making the journey so much more meaningful and enjoyable.
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Acknowledgments
Jordan, my youngest, is the most energetic and brutally honest kid you’ll meet. That
combination always keeps me in check when my motivation to write waivers or the
quality of my writing is poor. She is also the one that enjoys hugging the most. Often, I’d
sit at the table and start writing only to get up 15 minutes later frustrated that I couldn’t
get down on paper what was in my head. Jordy would ask, “Are you done already, Dad?”
Invariably I’d say to her in various ways, I’m not enjoying this and really, not very good at
it. She’d look at me in that cute and conniving little way that all youngest siblings do and
say “Do you want to snuggle on the couch?” I didn’t need another excuse to walk away
from the writing. Eventually, while sitting with her, she would repeat to me something
along the lines of “Dad, you always tell me when I get frustrated just to stick with it” or
“Dad, you always say ‘action comes before motivation,’ so just start writing again and
you’ll get motivated as you go…right?” Suffice it to say, this book would never have been
finished if it weren’t for my wife and kids!
For the past eight seasons, I’ve been blessed to work for the most forward thinking (and
one of the most successful) clubs in Major League Soccer. I want to thank our manager
Peter Vermes for the opportunity to work with him and for the trust he has in me to allow
me to coach in a way that I see fit, allowing me to become a better coach along the way.
It takes a very secure head coach to allow you to work with true freedom, and he has
given me all the freedom I could have asked for in implementing my ideas. Many of the
training activities in this book have been tweaked and improved from my previous work
because he has created the environment and allowed me the freedom to experiment and
try to find the best formula for each of our goalkeepers.
I’ve also been spoiled to work with three tremendous conditioning coaches at Sporting
Kansas City. Over the last few years I’ve relied on Mateus Manoel, Patrick Mannix and
Josh McAllister to create functional training exercises and activities that mask the fitness
component while bringing about the technical and tactical aspects we are trying to
improve. Over time they’ve helped me become a better and more efficient coach as well as
contributing greatly to the areas of physiology, warm-up, cool-down and nutrition in this book.
There are so many good people working and volunteering their time for the NSCAA.
Their conventions, coaching courses and various forums have given me an outlet to share
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