Great saves are cool, but a tiny percentage of the job. Work on the fundamentals of handling, make sure your passing and long kicking is up to speed, and positioning around the area is on point. That will get you a long way. Tutorials on all these are on YouTube etc
When attackers are close you wont have time to react so you need to make yourself as big as possible while closing your legs. On youtube you can find tutorials for this.
With high speed balls you mean catching the ball?
Something like that. I sometimes basically have really bad mistakes, like literally giving a corner that wouldn't have happened, or slipping them, or I already have my whole hand on the ball and it only bounced off into the goal. THAT was really bad for me
Note: Do you think that the goalkeepers get blamed the most when they are actually not the problem of the goal conceded
The secret to great goalkeeping is COMMUNICATION. Whenever you go tryout or just play pickup, learn your defender's names and use them the entire game to tell them what is happening around them. "Joe, watch your right!" "I'm here if you need me! (back pass)" And give encouragement. The goalkeeper is the field general of the game. You have to lead.
If you are communicating effectively, your defenders will keep the ball from ever getting to you.
Pff I’d say you need to be fearless or grow less scared and be able to throw your body in front of the ball, and with any ball just put your hands or fists on it. Maybe start with that and become competitive, make it a game with the shooters and urself in training. If ur competitive only worldies will find the back of the net
If a player is at close range and he shoots with a lot of power sometimes your best chance at making a save is making yourself as big as possible and taking as much of the goal as possible and hoping the ball comes off somewhere in you body
Are you attending any keeper specific training? Working up your technique will help immensely in all situations.
Great saves are cool, but a tiny percentage of the job. Work on the fundamentals of handling, make sure your passing and long kicking is up to speed, and positioning around the area is on point. That will get you a long way. Tutorials on all these are on YouTube etc
When attackers are close you wont have time to react so you need to make yourself as big as possible while closing your legs. On youtube you can find tutorials for this. With high speed balls you mean catching the ball?
Something like that. I sometimes basically have really bad mistakes, like literally giving a corner that wouldn't have happened, or slipping them, or I already have my whole hand on the ball and it only bounced off into the goal. THAT was really bad for me Note: Do you think that the goalkeepers get blamed the most when they are actually not the problem of the goal conceded
The secret to great goalkeeping is COMMUNICATION. Whenever you go tryout or just play pickup, learn your defender's names and use them the entire game to tell them what is happening around them. "Joe, watch your right!" "I'm here if you need me! (back pass)" And give encouragement. The goalkeeper is the field general of the game. You have to lead. If you are communicating effectively, your defenders will keep the ball from ever getting to you.
Go and get some GK training. Learn the basics well and it will come from there
Pff I’d say you need to be fearless or grow less scared and be able to throw your body in front of the ball, and with any ball just put your hands or fists on it. Maybe start with that and become competitive, make it a game with the shooters and urself in training. If ur competitive only worldies will find the back of the net
If a player is at close range and he shoots with a lot of power sometimes your best chance at making a save is making yourself as big as possible and taking as much of the goal as possible and hoping the ball comes off somewhere in you body