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Offers age-appropriate, practice-oriented training units to improve basic offensive and defensive skills.
In the last few years, there is no other position on the soccer field that has seen so many deep-rootedc hanges as seen in goalkeeping. Good reflexes on the goal line and superb control of the penalty zone by the goalkeeper used to be the main characteristics of this position. Nowadays, however, additional skills are demanded because, in the new role of the goalkeeper, he must have good ball skills and he must be in a position to be able to 'read' the game and put structure into the play from the rear. This new function of the goalkeeper requires a further development of the training emphasis.
It provides exercise leaders and teachers with the ideas on movement, setting up apparatus and pedagogic aspects of working with children.
This text is for coaches and sports teachers in schools and clubs. It emphasises the games and practice aspects of soccer training for children and teenagers.
In Soccer Goalkeeper Training the authors explain and show through detailed photos and coaching points the physical and technical skills required for novice goalkeepers to improve their current level with easy to follow progressions. Another topic is how to make decisions in tactical situations on the soccer field, for example using communication as a tool for organizing the field player of one’s team. The authors also delve into the more advanced and scientific areas of periodization and mental preparation used by the most accomplished goalkeepers in Major League Soccer and the US National Team to achieve ultimate success at the highest levels of the game. Hereby, some psychological aspec...
Chancengleichheit von klein auf Mädchen und Jungen verdienen gleiche Entfaltungschancen. Die meisten Eltern teilen diese Auffassung heutzutage – ebenso wie Erzieherinnen im Kindergarten und Lehrkräfte in der Schule. Und sie sind überzeugt, dass sie beide Geschlechter gleichberechtigt behandeln. Doch schauen wir genauer hin, ergibt sich oft ein anderes Bild. Denn viele Rollenklischees von Männlichkeit und Weiblichkeit sind uns so selbstverständlich, dass wir sie gar nicht mehr wahrnehmen. Wir Erwachsenen leben ja selbst innerhalb dieser Klischees. Gut, wenn wir den Blick schärfen. Melitta Walter zeigt anhand so unterschiedlicher Themen wie Spielzeug, Geldverdienen, Stadtplanung oder Sport, wie eng unsere Geschlechterrollen oft sind – und wie wir schon früh im Leben von Kindern die Weichen für mehr Chancengleichheit stellen können.