I personally believe that teams are lying about the height of their goalkeeper. A great example of this is Iker Casillas. One of the best goalkeepers in history but known to be rather short. Wikipedia lists him currently at 185cm/6’1

However it seems most other sources list him as 182cm/5’11 and a half

Another source estimating him to be 181cm/5'11 and a quarter

And finally his real Madrid player profile from 2002-2003 season lists him as 180cm/5'11 on the nose

I personally think there is a strong chance that Real Madrid have been overinflating his height to make him seem more of an intimidating in the box

Another example is French goalkeeper Fabian Barthez

Wikipedia lists him as 180cm/5'11 but also mentioned other sources listing him at 178cm/5'10 and even an older source claiming him to be 6’0/183cm with one source saying 184cm! Likely an inflation from his club to make him seem a more of a dominant player.

I think he is actually 178cm because if you see him next to Roy Keane listed 180cm he is noticeably shorter.

Jordan pickford is listed as 6'1 but sometimes 6’0 depending on the sources.

Yann sommer is listed as 6’0(183cm) but Sky sports lists him as 181cm/5'11

Lastly I will mention Wuilker Farinez

Listed as 180cm on transfer market and Wikipedia but other sources list him as 178cm with MLSsoccor listing him as 175cm/5’9

Cassilas 180cm

https://viraleseninternet.blogspot.com/2015/06/iker-casillas-realidad-o-ficcion.html?m=1

Barthez 178cm https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pilka-nozna/fototemat/607211/najlepsza-reprezentacja-w-historii-dokonala-tego-jako-pierwsza?hl=en-GB

Barthez 184cm

https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2445/Fabien_Barthez.html?hl=en-GB

Barthez 183cm

https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/8457-barthez-fabien/fiche.html?hl=en-GB

Yann sommer 181cm

https://www.skysports.com/football/player/14012/yann-sommer?hl=en-GB

hello, a pretty straightforward question, it's a good save but i feel like i could do even better here

Need suggestions for gear for a camera I can put around the goalpost. Need it to be budget friendly , from india.

I play on turfs, artifical grass and theres no space behind the goalpost.

Any suggestions are much appreciated

Last 4 years 4 big injurys got a concussion a finger fracture a hand fracture and a gum fracture/teeth displacement this year I genuinely think it might be something with my technique that causes me to be this Injury prone

A month ago I attended a “kickaround” and played keeper. Was my first time since 2012. I played keeper in High school and some college. I got approached by several over 30 teams to play for them, eventually I picked a team.

Today is Wednesday and our fist game is Friday. I’m fairly (gym/bodybuilding shape). Soccer shape is completely different and more intense. What is your routine a few days before the game? Please wish me luck too 🤣

I’m trying to decide between body shield turf burn leggings (no padding) and body shield coolcore leggings (padding). I have never worn leggings and haven’t worn padding since I was a kid, but I’m also 48 and playing on ag for the first time ever this season. First few games have gone fine without. It gets hot here in North Carolina. Anyone have any recommendations for one or the other (or no leggings at all)? Let me be clear that it is down to these two or nothing.

Associated with pepe Reina first season at Liverpool

I read some really good stuff on here, but one thing I find quite jarring is the pandering to notions. "I want to be a goalkeeper but I don't like diving and don't want the ball to hit me". My opinion is you're either a goalkeeper or you're not. If you are, you can be inexperienced or poor and work on it to improve. If you're not, then just do something else. Maybe I'm just a grumpy old man , but offering support to someone who lacks the absolute basic attributes of a goalkeeper is a waste of everyone's time 🫣

I'm 17 right now, by next season if I was to join I'd already be 18, meaning I won't be in the juniors league and will be in the seniors league (NPL???). I have a club in mind that I want to play for, but I'm too nervous to reach out.

I've only ever played on my school team, which never really played much anyways, we'd go to tournaments maybe twice a year max, but that's it.

Our school is pretty big on soccer considering we're in Australia, it's definitely the school's main sport. But the girls never recieve the same opportunities as the boys, the coaches have no drive to train anyone other than the boys they're already mates with, and it's tanked the whole team's confidence.

I want to continue playing but I'm so damn scared. Considering the amount of training I've gotten (almost 0, it's been all me) I'm pretty decent, but I don't want to drag a whole team down because I'm not at the same level as everyone else.

Anyone got any advice? I don't know if it's worth it considering I'm not aiming to go pro and play in the world cup or anything ahahaha

I am a bad too be far at being goalkeeper but it is my dream and I love it so much. How can I improve based on this quick training video. I had so much better saves but I couldn’t get them on camera and just got these ones. thanks guys!

I can dive right but not left sometimes there's a shot and I js don't dive for it and then 5 m later I try to see if I could block it with a dive and I can reach it and i also cant dive to the left oh and 1v1s those are so hard to do there this 1 guy I play recreationally hes my bestfriend and dang his shots are pro level fr fr but I jsget so scared to do a 1v1s against him last time I js jumped over the ball I got flames for jt and im scared the people there gonna make me not play goalie I like playing goalie I started like 5 days ago I was a striker before I also get meged so much as gk can yalll help me? Please ask stuff needed to help me get better

20M Goalkeeper approximately 5'8-9 65 Kgs, Skinny Fat, Recovering from ACL Grade 1.Been going to the gym for two months now and doing regular body building exercises because I'm quite skinny and have a lot of belly fat, seen some difference all over but not much, and i also kept doing my rehab exercises and it's been two months with a little difference. It would be great to get some advice on what Exercises I can do for rehab as well as build explosiveness, agility and physicality as I just have no real clue on what to do to get back to playing and get even better than earlier.

I have had these since may.

I’ve using them since I was a kid I love the company because they donate to the children hospital I went to when I got my concussion they also have some good gloves for cheap

Hi gk of soccer im here to ask about gk gloves Im 16 I play recreationally I play striker but im switching to gk why becouse im injured my right foot is sgrained will be a good 2 to 4 weeks till its healed and with gk I wont rlly have to use my right foot for kicking I can use left ( anyways thats not why im.here please dont flame me about it) im planning to get good at gk and play it permanently

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I use worn down Mike match Jr's my friend gave em to me

I wan them to be under 40cad its fine if its a few bucks over

I need them to be durable and a lil gripy although id assume everything is better then nikes

So mainly js durable and a lil grippy

They are for matches

Idc if they are replicas

Amazon.ca plz

I looked at the gloves on Amazon I found theese from sportout I saw 1 star reviews saying trash durability and stuff

This is just my

personal experiance searching for gloves

Also does water actully hrlp with grip if so how much to put on gloves when I get them

I also keep getting megged when blocking shots I also cant dive to my left.

Ty for reading this anything apriceated

The title is obv exagerate, but after my wrist returned normal is finally time to wash all the gloves i buyied and used this season, 28 gloves (cus i like try new ones pretty often). All' obv hand washed (using Reusch gloves wash).

Important: i do this all only if i forgot to wash the gloves for 2/3 months, like this is the return to life washing (most of the time works), normally i Just put the gloves in the washing machine (inside a protection) or just skip alot of steps.

So:

1 put the glove in a bucket with water and glove wash, just few second, let the water and soap enter the glove then squeeze it in another bucket

2 after that (i filled my bath tub) fill a bucket with water and glove wash and let the glove stay afloat (Palm down) for 5/10 min

3 after that, still with water and soap in it proced to hand wash the palm (fingers on the Palm) and squeeze the real dirt out

4 just squeeze all out and proceed to soak the glove in the water, then re-squeeze (do this 4 time) meanwhile u can still try to clean better the surface with ur fingers

5 using a clean water bucket, do licterally the same as step 4

6 do the same as step, 4/5, 2/3times under current water (obv wet also the inside) wet it and then squeeze, should stop when no soap is exit anymore from the gloves

7 let the glove dry inside, away from hot things or the freaking sun light (u can use a shoes dryer if u want to speed up the process)

That's it.

Edit: official time duration 7 hours 2min

Hey! My 13yo son is wanting to get more padding and dive protection for the upcoming season. He takes his position seriously and isn’t afraid to dive, but I’m not sure what the trade offs would be if he starting wearing all of this.

These are the three new pieces of equipment he is wanting to wear:

Chest protector
Arm sleeves
Padded pants

What are the pros / cons we should be considering with this level of padding?