Evening everyone, My son suffered a nasty injury to his nose yesterday after being kicked in the face whilst on the floor resulting in his nose bleeding quite heavily and needing hospital assistance. Thankfully nothing is broken, just some swelling and bruising (he handled it like a champ). He wants to get back into football, but is a bit nervous in case he has another bang to the nose. Has anyone ever used one of these masks? Are they allowed? What's peoples thoughts? Thanks 🧤

Thought this would make for a good debate after reading an article earlier. I've attached a screen grab of what was being said. My experience was a 5/6 year old coming to me and saying she wants to be a goalkeeper, not play football what she actually said is I want to be a goalkeeper and I want to play for England (aim high I guess). I now have an 8 and a half year old who is totally goalkeeping obsessed, her favourite players are goalkeepers, the posters in her room are goalkeepers, her club, academy and 1-1 stuff has all been goalkeeping. If the goalkeeping coaches isn't around and she has to train with the rest of the squad we have to hear about it all the way home. Her first grassroots club used to rotate every 10 mins regardless of whether the child wanted to go in goal or not, while I had to watch a miserable 6 year old stood up front or playing on the wing. My personal opinion is it's a specialist position and completely different to anywhere else on the field, moving between defence, midfield and attack seeing where you fit but Goalkeeping is a completely different set of skills. Obviously there are kids that will discover it older and be naturals but I always feel if you learning solid basics and good habits from a young age it will stand you in good stead moving forwards.

Max was made captain for today's games and even managed to get a cleansheet whilst playing up a year. Everyone is always so shocked when they realise he's an 8 year old boy taking on some really big and strong 9/10 year olds and he doesn't back down 👏🏻❤️

Each week, I invite you to share your biggest win. This isn't about the scoreline, but rather what aspects of your goalkeeping you improved or what new product you got to enhance your game. Additionally, can you name three things you are grateful for? These don't have to be goalkeeper-related. The reason I do this is simple: everyone has tough weeks. Reflecting on and writing down your recent wins and what you're grateful for is a PROVEN way to realise that life is pretty great and you're a very lucky person. To get you started, here’s my win and what I'm thankful for this week: MY WIN: Getting over 7300 members and growing in this community, WHAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR: 1. Finally getting the free course live for you guys. 2. The amazing weather we have been having. 3. Adding another 9 goalkeepers to the J4K goalkeeper glove sponsorship program. Share your win below and what you’re grateful for. Let's keep INSPIRING each other - Comment below, whats your wins.👇👇👇 And Remember, you are ALOT better off than what you may think ❤️

He loves rushing off his line, no fear or hesitation at all with a few war wounds to prove it 💪🏻🧤