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Burnley FC Australasia – Pre Season Assessment Clinic
We have just completed a Four day Clinic at Guildford Grammar school where some 150 Academy & Development players went through a number of Technical , Tactical , Physiological , Psychological test & lectures. The Goalkeepers Technical sessions consisted of assessing the GK on their consistency of basic techniques using static , phase of play & […]
Bedtime reading!
Injuries are, of course, part and parcel of the game of football and the risk of serious injury is an ever-present threat. But for some strange reason goalkeepers have a habit of picking up bizarre knocks. Most of the following were self-inflicted. Some are simply downright stupid. A surprisingly large number involve goalies who played […]
Interesting facts about goalkeepers!
Awards, Gongs & Other Achievements International honours England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s most capped players are all goalkeepers, namely Peter Shilton (125), Neville Southall (91) and Pat Jennings (119). Scotland’s most capped player is Kenny Dalglish, who picked up 102 caps during his International career. Italy’s Walter Zenga holds the record of longest unbeaten run […]
Match Day Assessments for goalkeepers.
As an addition to the GK Centre of Excellence’s coaching programs Paul Turvill and Dave Whalley are available to watch your game and provide a wriiten assement of your performance. For more details contact either Dave or Paul.
Chris Barty Australian Paralympic Goalkeeper Update.
Just had this info passed onto me: Australian Pararoos go down to silver medalists Iran 4-0 in a hard fought contest. Man of the Match Chris Barty (WA) and Michael Debenham (WA) Great to hear!
Chris Barty – Australian Paralympic GK.
I have just received a great email from Dave Cantoni who is one of the main driving forces behind Football West’s Disabilty/Inclusive program regarding Chris Barty who has received his first call up to the Australian Paralympic Soccer squad after only starting out in the sport 15 months ago. ‘Just thought I’d pop you a line saying […]
Blast from the past!
See who you can recognise from our camp at Forrestfield a few years ago. Some have gone on to be part of the N.T.C.system whilst others are playing senior football around the state.
Chris Barty – Australian Paralympic Goalkeeper 2012.
This is an article that Chris sent to myself (Dave Whalley) explaining his football journey so far and was written before his recent selection for the Australian Paralympic Football team. Crossover athletes have been all the rage recently, with athletes such as Karmichael Hunt and Israel Falou garnering large amounts of media attention. However over the […]
GK Centre of Excellence First Session of 2012.
Our new block of training started tonight with a decent turn out considering that most clubs do not start until next week. Tonight’s session really concentrated on the basics such as Set Position,moving efficiently and making the appropriate saves all at a decent tempo. Issues were had when trying to ‘Set’ and mistakes were made because of that […]