Region 1 Girls ODP Goalkeeper Education Network


Last Updated
October 23, 2007
 

The Mission

     The Region 1 Olympic Development Goalkeeping Program  is committed to develop a stimulating and effective goalkeeper education environment in which is responsive to the diverse needs of its players and coaches. This environment's mission:

• To identify and network the best goalkeeper training and coaching resources in the Region to work together towards our common goal.

• To provide ongoing resources to our young female goalkeepers for improvement in their play.

• To help establish a coaching community which values licensing education as a commitment to improving coaching skills, capitalizing on present assets while focusing on the future  pursuit of excellence, and to create a pool of world-class goalkeepers.
  

12 Principles of Goalkeeping	Region 1 Goalkeeping Curriculum
Involving Your Keeper in the Training Session	Off Season Conditioning For Goalkeepers
Coaching the Goalkeeper
Keeper Fitness Training	Defending the Breakaway
Training the "Backpass"	Goalkeeper Lateral Agility Exercises
Goalkeeper Plyometric Training	Goalkeeper Fitness Test

*Coaching Education * Player Development *Coaching Network*

 from Tony DiCicco

What do you think is the most important quality of a Keeper? Rock ON! -- Shawn-Marie from Atlanta, GA

When I was recruiting 'keepers, I looked at two qualities. No. 1 is athleticism and No. 2 is mental skills. I can coach technique and tactics, but it's a lot harder to coach special athletic skills and real hard to coach mental skills that give the keeper and their team an edge. Briana Scurry epitomized this concept while I coached her with the Women's National Team.

Former Region 1 Goalkeeper and Current US National Team Pool Jaime Pagliarulo	Training demonstration at Regional Camp
	Region 1 Goalkeeper in action at the Inter-Regional Event