TACTICAL TUESDAY 🧤⚽ · Total Goalkeeping

TACTICAL TUESDAY 🧤⚽

Every Tuesday, I’ll give you a goalkeeper scenario designed to help mentally improve your game.

One of the most powerful things a goalkeeper can do is visualisation.

If you can picture a difficult situation in your mind before it happens in a match, and think about how you would react, you are already preparing your brain to make that decision under pressure.

Visualisation is a technique used by professional goalkeepers and athletes to mentally rehearse situations before they happen.

So… picture this 👇

Your defender passes the ball back to you under pressure — but the pass comes onto your weaker foot.

At the same time, an opposition striker is closing you down quickly.

You only have seconds to decide.

What do you do?

A) Control it with your weaker foot and try to play out calmly.

B) Clear it first time and remove the danger.

C) Let the ball travel across your body onto your stronger foot before playing.

Drop A, B or C below — but more importantly, tell me WHY.

There might not always be one perfect answer. The correct decision can depend on the speed of the pass, the striker, your position and the options around you.

Visualise it. Make your decision. What would YOU do? 🧤

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TACTICAL TUESDAY 🧤⚽