Goalkeeper Profile #1:
- Technical
- Collecting, handling and serving with hands and feet
- Receiving aerial service (all angles, distances)
- Tackle, regain possession 1v1
- Stopping shots and dominating 1v1 situations (bravery)
- Receiving and passing under pressure (short and long)
- Limits rebounds
- Deflections directed toward the side
- Strong Punching ability
- Tactical
- Command, direct team during re-starts
- Organize, direct team actions in own half
- Transition to attack-possess or penetrate
- Anticipating and intercepting crosses and balls behind defensive line (starting position)
- Reading pressure and initiating build-up
- Vision to locate open teammates
- Moves and creates angles to support attack
- Switch field to weak side
- Communicates and directs to organize buildup
- Physical
- Power, acceleration and explosive movement and jumping
- Aerial mobility, maximize health and reach
- Maximal speed of reaction
- 188 cm min
- Strength
- Aggression in movement
- Mental
- Alert and focused, constant assessment of play
- Lead- confident, decisive mentality
- Resilient- re-focus on targets, objectives
- Big Voice and command on field at all times
- Be the first attacker
- Communication to organize players defensively
OFFENSIVE
BUILD UP PHASE OFFENSIVE
OFFENSIVE
ADVANCEMENT PHASE OFFENSIVE
OFFENSIVE
CHANCE CRETION/ SCROING PHASE
TRANSITION
ATTACKING TO DEENDING
- Vision to locate open teammates
- Moves and creates angles to support attack
- Switch field to weak side
- When unable to play short, play long to Wingers or Forward
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- Communicates and directs to organize buildup
- Push the Back line to ensure compactness
- Available for backward pass
- Awareness of field position (ready to go)
- Push up the defensive line and organize (coach) teammates to position themselves to prevent counter attacks
- After loss of possession
- Position behind defensive line to take preventive defensive action
- Organize (coach) to leave the line address the ball
- The back line has been established and we have a numerical advantage
- The opponent is in dangerous shooting distance (22 yards)
- In wide positions, defender closing down the ball denies far post angle and makes the shot predictable
DEFENSIVE
DEFENSIVE THRID
DEFENSIVE
MID BLOCK DEFENDING
DEFENSIVE
PRESS
TRANSITION
DEFENDING TO ATTCKING
- Secure hands when catching
- Command the box. Organize (coach) teammates when to switch from zonal marking to player tracking
- Positioning to make saves based on location of shooter and crosser
- Read opponent’s body shape to anticipate crosses and shots to stop or regain the ball
- Organizes set piece
- Organize (coach) teammates to player tmove forward when opponent plays backward
- Position and ability to read balls behind the line, ready to come offline to intercept
- Communicates and directs to prevent opponents running behind the back lin
- Organize (coach) teammates to position themselves to prevent counter attacks
- Ability to read long balls, ready to come offline to intercept
- Complete first pass. Furthest safe pass possible, preferably forward or diagonal
- No pressure
- Pass – Longest forward, safe pass available, exploit 1v1 situations.
- Under pressure
- Pass out of pressure
- Organize (coach) teammates to position themselves to prevent counter attacks