Soccer Goalie Drills & Skills

Video Transcript

"My name is Tim Boucher soccer coach of LaSalle Academy for Expert Village. The position we want to talk about last is the goal keeper. Not because they're the least important but because they're very important. A goal keeper is the one person who is allowed to use their hands. They own the 18 that we talked about, anywhere inside that 18 on the defensive end of the field, the goal keeper is allowed to get that ball. You have to make sure that you control the ball, it's a person that has to dive and make saves and has to probably get a little dirtier than everybody else as well. Making sure that you're making sure that that ball never gets into the back of that net, that is your job. Your job is awesome because you can see the field, you kind of need to be the field general, telling your defense where to be, seeing the different players and where they need to put the ball, making sure you move your players into right position. When you get the ball and you receive the ball and control it, you're able to throw the ball out to your offensive and defensive players, you're also able to punt the ball out to other people making sure that you are keeping the ball in control and controlling the game back there as you're a goal keeper."