Articles on goalkeepers
SIA ACADEMY PLAYERS PLAYED AS STARTERS SIA Academy faced CD Ontinyent as visitors in the seventh matchday of the 2023-2024 league. Our players Giacomo Brunati and Justin Vallelian played as starters. Xavi Candel, coach of the SIA Academy team, highlights the participation of Giacomo on his good defensive performance after returning from injury. In the
The goalkeeper’s position on the pitch is one of the most complex that we can find. The evolution it has undergone in recent years has forced coaches to work in a more holistic way with the goalkeeper. Today we can divide the goalkeeper’s tasks into four main groups: preventing chances, preventing shots, preventing goals and,
Being a goalkeeper is unique. It is a special position. It is the one in charge of stopping the opponents’ attempts. The last piece before the other team scores. Many of the lessons absorbed by outfield players are of no use to goalkeepers because of their different nature. Goalkeepers therefore have their own golden rules.
The world of football is becoming more and more professionalised at all levels. Nowadays, in Spain, players in the 4th and 5th divisions can dedicate themselves full time to football and make a living from it. It is a sport that moves many millions of people around the world and that has evolved towards professionalism
Analysis of how psychology affects the football goalkeeper Ruben Gavira, a former amateur goalkeeper and a well-known blogger in the world of football and goalkeeping, described the goalkeeping profession as follows: “The goalkeeper is the lonely and misunderstood star of football. Hero or villain, friend or foe, but always brilliant and decisive”. With this description
The international football academy Soccer Inter-Action offers the possibility of being able to compete in Tercera RFEF, the fifth category of Spanish football. The talent and work developed at the SIA Academy can lead to playing against clubs such as Valencia CF, Villarreal CF or Elche CF and being scouted by professional scouts. This is
The international football academy of Soccer Inter-Action welcomes footballers from all over the world to the high performance centre in Enguera. Nathan Huerta is one of them. The goalkeeper with Mexican roots who lives in the United States came to the SIA Academy to become a professional footballer in Spain. Mexican football at SIA Academy
WHAT IS A WARM-UP IN FOOTBALL? Warming up is an activity that prepares the footballer’s body for a more powerful physical activity. This activity has a double function as it prepares the body on a physiological and mental level. On a physiological level, the warm-up prepares the cardiovascular system for the impending workload by increasing
The position of goalkeeper is one of the most special in the world of football. The solitude, concentration and perfection of a goalkeeper are the key characteristics of one of the most beautiful and complicated occupations on the pitch. Chilean football has proven to be one of the most important in South America and the
Tactical application of attention in goalkeeping Goalkeepers are those players who have to prevent opponent’s goals, either cooperatively or alone (as in the case of penalties, where the influence of teammates is low). They also influence the game indirectly by helping their teammates to organise themselves to prevent future dangerous actions by the opposing team