The optimal age for children to start goalkeeping training

The fundamental question when it comes to the position of goalkeeper is when children should start goalkeeping training.
It is thought that a child should first learn to use their feet to play, i.e. basic technique. Therefore, it is better
to train with other children, and goalkeeping training should be left for later. It is still too early for such a difficult and complicated training.
All this would be fine and proper, while training is going on where technique, leadership and passing are practiced…
until the goal is reached, where the children need to learn how to score a goal. And then everyone
goes to their position, and the goalkeeper goes to the goal to save the shot and learn how to be in that position.
And the goalkeeper is required to be just as good as the other children who shoot at the goal, to stop their shots, regardless of
how ready the child is to take on that role, so he has to improvise… how to defend.
how to hold hands and how to jump, fall to the ground and much more
In this situation, he has to think about the given situation and it is not bad for him that he develops intelligence and reflexes in a difficult situation.
The coach no longer pays much attention to the child, but leaves him at the door, letting
the child suffer from pain and fear of what will happen if the same thing happens again. If he hits the ball in the same place, the same finger, if he falls on the same side again, he feels the same pain…
On the other hand, he wants to play with his friends to show the coach that he is good for the upcoming game.
Given this situation, the coach should of course have started much earlier with
goalkeeper training and applied basic techniques that would help the child cope much better in such situations and enjoy playing with other children.play football

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