soccerfan247
BRONZE
Great info on here. My son was converted to Goalie this year and we have gone to a few of Big Joe's Friday Clinics and the coach and myself have seen a great improvement.
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watchnsilence
BRONZE
Highly recommend Aline Reis. She's from Brazil and is the UCLA keeper coach. My 01/02 DD's train with her. She just played in the Rio Olympics, and also played college and pro. Super technical and worth every penny. http://www.alinereisfutbol.com/
Aline is great. She has been training our girls at Legends for the past couple of years. She obviously took some time away during the Olympics, but brings tremendous enthusiasm and passion for her position to the girls.
My daughter also uses West Coast gloves and they last significantly longer than most other top brands that she has used. Much better value for the price and they typically last 5-6 months with good care. She got maybe 2 months from Nike, Adidas and other brands at a higher price.
genesis
SILVER ELITE
Modesty I love it.
jdiaz
SILVER ELITE
Correct me if I'm wrong please.
jdiaz
SILVER ELITE
West Coast 02 Wallace
Goalie1310
SILVER
Great thread! My son 2007 and daughter 2006 have trained with multiple trainers since ours left to go play for the University of Hawaii Evelyn Fierros she is a great trainer she also has trained with Joe and highly recommends him he trains in the South Bay. If you are in the Fullerton area different breed Gk train at Troy and hold some fun goalie wars for 20$ And in my opinion hold legitimate Gk training. If you are in North OC La Habra High/El dorado high Jordan is your man another legitimate Gk trainer with Strikers Fc North. El segundo area Strikers Fc South Bay has multiple ex professional GK and hold some awesome Gk trainings. My kids use and love Reusch Gloves typically with finger protectors right now they both use the M1 and have used Reusch for years now they are long lasting with proper care. Storelli brand is awesome long lasting great quality! You can check both kids out on Instagram @ soccerkeeper1310 Thanks !
genesis
SILVER ELITE
BFD, I don't care if your son can dive or how good he is; the sarcasm was intended to draw attention to Dad's apparent need to cry out loud about how good he. Sorry bub, it's just sad and weak. It's just a matter of taste, now you can go ahead and justify your ego and tell us why it's cool.
jdiaz
SILVER ELITE
It's not ego . I'm very proud of what my son has accomplished for himself. Haters will hate. And life moves on. Come over and watch a game buddy and let my son prove you wrong. After the game introduce yourself. Always a handshake for a non believer.
soccermomlb
BRONZE
Thanks for all the responses. Looks like we may give Big Joe a try first.
Onto another question from fellow goalie parents. Has your child always played goalie full time? If not, when is it a good time to focus only on goalie? My son started playing club very young and growing up with two older siblings playing club would always say he wanted to be goalie. At 6 or 7 ( I can't remember exactly), he took a couple of hard hits to the face and head and decided he didn't want to do that anymore. He is a decent player on the field but about a year ago (he's 10 now) said he wanted to be a goalie again and shows some promise. He's still on the field mostly but is a back up keeper and has gotten to play a little more this season. My husband and I disagree on if he is too young to just focus on being a goalie.
Onto another question from fellow goalie parents. Has your child always played goalie full time? If not, when is it a good time to focus only on goalie? My son started playing club very young and growing up with two older siblings playing club would always say he wanted to be goalie. At 6 or 7 ( I can't remember exactly), he took a couple of hard hits to the face and head and decided he didn't want to do that anymore. He is a decent player on the field but about a year ago (he's 10 now) said he wanted to be a goalie again and shows some promise. He's still on the field mostly but is a back up keeper and has gotten to play a little more this season. My husband and I disagree on if he is too young to just focus on being a goalie.
Juggling
BRONZE
It is great that you are proud of your son. I hope, and expect, that would be true even if you didn't think he was a top keeper. By the way, I did see him in a game two years ago, and he played well.
Juggling
BRONZE
My son has played as a full time keeper ever since he started club at u9, and I really don't know if that has been the best for him or not. There are definitely pros and cons. However, he has always been absolutely passionate about being a goalie so we just try to make sure he's playing for a club/coach with good keeper training and with expectations that keepers will be just as good with their feet as the field players.Thanks for all the responses. Looks like we may give Big Joe a try first.
Onto another question from fellow goalie parents. Has your child always played goalie full time? If not, when is it a good time to focus only on goalie? My son started playing club very young and growing up with two older siblings playing club would always say he wanted to be goalie. At 6 or 7 ( I can't remember exactly), he took a couple of hard hits to the face and head and decided he didn't want to do that anymore. He is a decent player on the field but about a year ago (he's 10 now) said he wanted to be a goalie again and shows some promise. He's still on the field mostly but is a back up keeper and has gotten to play a little more this season. My husband and I disagree on if he is too young to just focus on being a goalie.
Regardless of whether your son plays full time as keeper or not, I agree that getting really good keeper technical training from the start is important. The philosophy of the club coach is the other important consideration. Good luck!
jdiaz
SILVER ELITE
Thank you. This coming year headed out to Seattle Sounders and real Salt Lake.
shales1002
GOLD
Onto another question from fellow goalie parents. Has your child always played goalie full time? If not, when is it a good time to focus only on goalie?
My daughter became a full time keeper at u11 when we hit the "big" field and it was by choice. I personally was totally against the idea. But, I'm not one playing the sport. She still plays on the field when we play league games (half goal/half field) and full time goalie at tournaments. We all know that being a Keeper takes a certain level of instinct and crazy. If that's something he wants to do, let him. Those that want to be in the goal are in short demand.
shales1002
GOLD
Thanks for the info. I've never heard and was shocked to see the quality and price. I will be ordering a pair, but they have so many cuts I'm confused . Anyone know about the cuts on these gloves? I usually buy the Nike Viper gloves.
Thanks for all the responses. Looks like we may give Big Joe a try first.
Onto another question from fellow goalie parents. Has your child always played goalie full time? If not, when is it a good time to focus only on goalie? My son started playing club very young and growing up with two older siblings playing club would always say he wanted to be goalie. At 6 or 7 ( I can't remember exactly), he took a couple of hard hits to the face and head and decided he didn't want to do that anymore. He is a decent player on the field but about a year ago (he's 10 now) said he wanted to be a goalie again and shows some promise. He's still on the field mostly but is a back up keeper and has gotten to play a little more this season. My husband and I disagree on if he is too young to just focus on being a goalie.
My son was a keeper in AYSO at age 8, then spent a year as a striker, because the the pressure at goal was too much for him. But when he joined a club team at age 10, he decided to go back to goalie. He has been at that position full time ever since. He has just completed his 3rd year in club, playing up. He still loves it. I think a GK needs a certain set of skills that are unique. The pressure is intense. I say, if a kid gravitates towards the GK spot, let them embrace it. There is such a high demand for quality GKs. I think its a great position to specialize in.
Goalie1310
SILVER
My two keepers play 50/50 during regular season and usually full time Gk at tournament games. Our GK trainer has always encouraged them to learn as many positions as possible because this will help their soccer iq and help them at Gk position and they will continue to develop their on ball skills with their feet. So we do two field trainings and two Gk trainings a week. I'm not sure exactly what age it will change but we will continue to have fun and see what happens.
Thanks for all the responses. Looks like we may give Big Joe a try first.
Onto another question from fellow goalie parents. Has your child always played goalie full time? If not, when is it a good time to focus only on goalie? My son started playing club very young and growing up with two older siblings playing club would always say he wanted to be goalie. At 6 or 7 ( I can't remember exactly), he took a couple of hard hits to the face and head and decided he didn't want to do that anymore. He is a decent player on the field but about a year ago (he's 10 now) said he wanted to be a goalie again and shows some promise. He's still on the field mostly but is a back up keeper and has gotten to play a little more this season. My husband and I disagree on if he is too young to just focus on being a goalie.
No one probably knows the right answer as to when to commit to goalkeeping, but it is a unique set of skills and keepers always seem to be in high demand. My daughter's club has 6 '05 girls teams and only 3 FT goalies. I believe that you need about 4 traits for it to work if your kid is a keeper: 1) they want to play the position & are willing to train as a keeper, 2) they can mentally handle getting scored on and getting knocked around, it is going to happen, 3) the mental toughness to know that if they have a bad game the team is probably going to lose 4) a pretty sturdy kid & the good luck that they stay healthy.
If the kid wants to commit to keeper, let them commit. But keep working on the foot skills. Good luck.
Mystery Train
GOLD
Thanks for all the responses. Looks like we may give Big Joe a try first.
Onto another question from fellow goalie parents. Has your child always played goalie full time? If not, when is it a good time to focus only on goalie? My son started playing club very young and growing up with two older siblings playing club would always say he wanted to be goalie. At 6 or 7 ( I can't remember exactly), he took a couple of hard hits to the face and head and decided he didn't want to do that anymore. He is a decent player on the field but about a year ago (he's 10 now) said he wanted to be a goalie again and shows some promise. He's still on the field mostly but is a back up keeper and has gotten to play a little more this season. My husband and I disagree on if he is too young to just focus on being a goalie.
Always an interesting debate about when to start focusing on being a keeper full-time. Over time, my views have changed a bit. Now I feel that it has to be a situational decision that depends on too many factors to sum up in a simple answer. For my kid, it boiled down to these things when she was about 10: 1. She absolutely loved being a keeper. 2. Although she was a good/decent field player, she was the best on her team in goal. 3. Her first club team had a fantastic GK coach. 4. I knew although she was tall, athletic, and strong, based on her genes she wasn't ever going to develop elite speed (sorry kid, that one's on me, lol) so I saw a very limited future for her in the field. So for her, it has ended up being a good call to start developing her as a FT keeper at around 10. Now in the older ages, keepers are so highly in demand and she's so highly trained that she has many options and opportunities to raise her level of play. But if she'd had a team with another keeper to share time with and maybe a less quality keeper trainer, she might have continued to play in the field longer. But ultimately, it came down to feeding her passion. If he gets a thrill from playing keeper (and not many do), feed it and see where it goes!