They say you don’t have to be crazy to be a Goalkeeper, but it helps. On a cold frozen night at the Horsham academy I feel that saying was spot on. Out students weren’t fazed one bit by the freezing temperatures and freezing cold floor they were diving on! In these blogs I always talk Read more
On a wet and windy Monday, where Storm Brendon did it best to disrupt everybody’s lives, the goalkeepers of our Horsham Academy were determined to ignore the poor conditions and have a fun Session. We started off with a fun warm up and split the keepers into 2 teams for some football tennis. This went Read more
J4K DEVON & CORNWALL DOUBLE SUCCESS ? Congratulations to Dan & Joss who both signed for Plymouth Arygle FC academy tonight ? JOSS has been with J4K Saltash and also attended PAFC centre of excellence where I coached him for the past 2 years. DAN has been with me at Tavistock for last 6 years Read more
(Keepers – Man on – Tight Marking) are some of the words or phrases most experienced goalkeepers use during their play time. Like Katie Startup Englands U20 points out, knowing when how and what to say is a pretty handy skill just like diving is. Most goalkeepers will not learn this skill especially in their Read more
J4K Saltash (Cornwall) The smile says it all,proud as punch,and so he should be.Ethan is one of my youngest GKs and trains at J4K Saltash,he’s worked so hard,his commitment ,he’s there in all weathers,great attitude,wanting to learn,trying & practicing all techniques .Ethan received a new pair of J4K BOOST gloves for earning 5 keeper of Read more
CONGRATULATIONS JOSS From J4K to ACADEMY Joss started at J4K Saltash 2 years ago at the age of 9,he quickly showed his potential combined with his great attitude and work ethic this was rewarded with a trial at Plymouth Arygle CofE,for the next year I coached Joss at J4K and PAFC CofE.Joss worked exceptionally hard Read more
Monday 9th December Lots of enthusiastic goalkeepers with us tonight. The older group were working on long range shots and dealing with crosses in today’s session. Each keeper performed admirable with the long range shots and after some tuition on there positioning within the area every keeper was pulling off fantastic saves. We moved into Read more
HAPPY CHRISTMAS With this being a busy time of year and everyone rushing around at 100 mph I don’t always get time to wish my parents and goalkeepers a Merry Christmas ,just like to say thanks for all your support over the past year and look forward to working with present and New goalkeepers in Read more
J4K DEVON & CORNWALL Goalkeepers make amazing saves,how have they got up there(and back down again ?)you ask,at J4K Devon & Cornwall we spend hours coaching diving techniques,footwork,power,agility,balance,co-ordination just so we can make that match winning save.BUT,what goes up must come down,so we also teach the goalkeepers how to land safety so not to get Read more
It’s been a great couple of months for J4K Quorn GK Poppy Bastock. After recently getting selected for the national girls ISFA (Independent Schools FA squad, the Leicester City GK has just had a call up to the full England U16 girls squad for this months game against the Republic of Ireland. Everyone at J4K Read more
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