2016 COPA - Positioning and Set Position

This is match between Mexico and Colombia

Cause of lost goal

Goalkeeper's position and set position are wrong.

You look at the pictures and find out the cause.

Attacker pass to center.

Attacker dribble to side and goalkeeper moved allow to the ball.

 Attacker continue to dribble and goalkeeper also move too.

 Attacker just before the shot, but goalkeeper was moving.  

Do you see the goalkeeper's legs?

His stance is narrow.

Attacker just shot,  and defender block the one side attacker's shot range. But the goalkeeper did not aware and  moving continue.

The ball is coming to left side the goal, but the goalkeeper's legs are move to right side.

The ball is coming but the goalkeeper's left foot in the air now.

The goalkeeper start diving but his left foot continue stay in the air. 

The goalkeeper is now diving. 

His hand close the ball but did not touch the ball.

Finally, he lost the goal. 

How to prepare

There are many factors that goalkeeper lost goal, but the most important factors are positioning, set position and body balance.

Even if this basic skill is correct, goalkeeper lost the goal, but the ratio is very low, less than 15% the total goals.

In conclusion, basic factor in reducing the lost goals. 

Training

In the meantime, I have introduced a lot of training on positioning and set position.

This basic training have to be steadfast from childhood, and coaches should be able to continue their development through basic training.

Accurate basic skills keep players growing.

2016 EURO - POSITIONING AND SET POSITION

This is the match between Waies and Slovakia.

Cause of lost goal.

The goalkeeper take a mistake in his position and set position, 

and he could not cooperate with defender.

Let's see the pictures and find out the cause of lost goal. 

The attacker was outside the penalty area and the goalkeeper was on the goal area.

The goalkeeper was too far from the goal.

 The goalkeeper comes forward one step as soon as the pass connected.

 The moment the attacker shot, the center of the goalkeeper's body moved to one side.

 You can see that the goalkeeper's body has moved to one side.

And the defender's legs are wide open.

 The ball through the defender's legs and the goalkeeper's body moved completely to one side.

 The ball through near the goalkeeper but the goalkeeper can not use his hand at all.

 The goalkeeper lost goal while watching.

How to prepare

The goalkeeper has to be in basic position to watch the movement of the attacker and defender.

When the attacker shot, the goalkeeper take a set position and sees the ball and saves shooting. 

(The goalkeeper never be predicted and moved first)

The defender stretch his legs diagonally when the attacker shoot. 

Goalkpeer training 1

 The goalkeeper stands in a central position as shown above.
When the ball moves to the attacker and makes a one touch shot, the goalkeeper moves to the side and take a set position as shown in the picture and save the shot.

Goalkeeper training 2

 The goalkeeper stands in a sidel position as shown above.

When the ball moves to the attacker and makes a one touch shot, the goalkeeper moves to the center and take a set position as shown in the picture and save the shot.

Goalkeeper training 3

 The goalkeeper takes a set position facing A.

Move the right foot to the coach's signal as shown in the picture above, 

and face C and take a set position.

Moves to C according to the signal at position B.

Goalkeeper training 4

 The goalkeeper takes a set position facing C.

Move the left foot to the coach's signal as shown in the picture above, 

and face A and take a set position.

Moves to B according to the signal at position C.

Goalkeeper training 5

The goalkeeper is lying on C.

The goalkeeper gets up quickly to the signal of the coach, move to B, 

and take a set position.

Train again on the other side.

The above training is positioning and set position training to prepare for one touch shot.

The goalkeeper reduce the number of the lost goal by continuing the training like this.

"Accurate position and set position can reduce lost goal by more than 30%."

2014 Brazil World Cup Goals Staticstics

Cooperation defense 2 

Today is the picture where goalkeeper and defender are in line and lost goal.
The goalkeeper and defender have not been able to cooperate in this tournament,
with 47% of them having lost goals.

If we recognize the cooperation  with the defense and train the goalkeepers,
they will be able to reduce a lot of goals.

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2014 Brazil World Cup Goals Statistics

【Cooperation defense】

I will upload statistics about cooperation defense among Brazil World Cup goals.

The goalkeeper is disappointed that the ball passes through the defense legs and lost goal.

If the goalkeeper and defender cooperated with each other, it would have been possible to reduce the goals.
Although many people talk about cooperation,
However, there is a lot of systematic research and statistics on these areas and there is little education about them.
It is therefore very important for field coaches and goalkeeper coaches to be aware of the cooperation defense.


⸨COOPERATION DEFENSE STATISTICS⸩

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As you can see from the above statistics, if we change our training a little, we can reduce many lost goals.