Sound techniques and efficient decision making are essential to the art of successful goalkeeping. The Soccer Goalkeeping Handbook is the authoritative and comprehensive coaching guide to realizing your top potential in front of the net. In this handbook, author Alex Welsh identifies the essential components of each of the goalkeeper's skills and outlines proven practices and training drills to improve match performance and produce results. Inside you'll find tips and techniques covering a variety of goalkeeping situations, including:

• Positioning
• One-on-one situations
• Distribution
• Dealing with high crosses
• Coping with back passes
• Shot stopping
• Sweeping up behind the defense
• Organization at set pieces
• Saving penalties

Bring peak performance to your game with The Soccer Goalkeeping Handbook. Alex Welsh has coached professional goalkeepers both in England and internationally. Prior to coaching, he enjoyed an 18-year career on the field. Alex is currently a county representative of The Football Association.