GK Visuals
The best athletes watch, learn and mimic from the best visually. Goalkeeping is no different. For a goalkeeper to be confident and physically perform, he or she must have a mental image locked-in. This comes from watching, studying and mimicking.
GK Visuals is a high-performance video analysis service for youth goalkeepers in the modern game to visually lock-in on the many key concepts of goalkeeping in order to build up a library of “mental reps”, which accelerates development and ultimately boosts performance.
“The body doesn’t know the difference between an experience & a thought, you can literally change your biology, chemistry, hormones & genes simply by having an inner event.” — Dr. Joe Dispenza
I provide GK Video Performance Analysis for youth club and academies who are setup using VEO and Pixellot video technology.
Sevilla’s Spanish Nati’l Team Captain Jesus Navas has an opportunity to break Real Madrid’s defensive shape and is a teachable moment to all players; The GKs role to predict by helping guide his/her defensive shape, while the attackers role to be unpredictable in order to break the defensive shape. Take the space whenever its given to you!
Reading the attack and closing space for 1v1 attacks vs dropping deep: Analysis illustrates when a goalkeeper should close space for a 1v1 vs dropping back on the line to set for a reaction save.
Handling crosses and judging the flight of the ball: positioning and key footwork points to avoid getting beat aerially.
Maignan exemplifies patience and great footwork while mirroring the attacker on Christian Pulisic's Serie A debut match.
Watch Courtois navigate a tight area within his 6 yard box to make 2 outstanding saves across the goal mouth in the Champions League Leg 2 Semi-final match against Man City.
Could England's GK, Mary Earps have been able to tipped this shot over the crossbar? With more efficient and quickly adjusted footwork, I think Earps could have stayed under the ball better and had an extra fraction of a second to tip the ball over.
This clip of Australian GK illustrates the importance of quick footwork when navigating the goal mouth AND planting feet before the shot is taken. Otherwise the GK’s reaction time is delayed.
GK Visual teachable moment video on footwork - the underlying factor that often goes unnoticed behind a fantastic extension diving save!