Catching a High Ball: Soccer Goalie Tips

Series Summary

The exact origins of the game of soccer are a bit muddy. However, it is known that a soccer-like game has been played around the world for about 3,000 years. The game as we know it was conceived in England. Soccer, or football, was a very violent sport that had no rules. There were actually laws passed to stop the game, but they failed. Soccer later adopted rules and became the game it is today, though hooliganism remains as a vestige of simpler, more brutal times.

Soccer is the world’s most popular game! It is said that there are more than two billion soccer fans around the globe. In these free beginner soccer skills videos, get goal keeping tips and moves to improve your game. Our expert soccer coach will show you how to defend a high shot, cross shot, how to do a long barrier save, how to punt the ball, and how to throw. Watch these online soccer lessons and learn how to keep the announcer from shouting “Goal!”

Video Transcript

"We are looking at some soccer techniques, and now we are going to take a look at some goalkeeping. First of all we are going to have a look how the goalkeeper takes a shot that is high. To show the basic handling technique taking the high shoot, we want to have our hands like so; our thumbs are always close together. You can see that it is almost in a W shape, with our index finger positioned as follows. If we are taking the ball high, and we can see that our hands have to be slightly over the top of the ball with our elbows outward so we can absorb the shot. Let's show that with our goalkeeper receiving a high shot. Okay you have your hands out; you want them to be close a little bit more. One more. Do one more. And that is how as a goalkeeper you deal with taking shots that are coming in around head height."