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3 Ways to Overcome Fear as a Goalkeeper

Fear is one of the most crippling feelings to experience as a goalkeeper. I can remember before games, I would sit in the changing room...

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My Top 5 Non-Negotiables For Academy Footballers

Academy football is a fast paced, high-pressure environment which tests young players to the absolute maximum. Each year, thousands of...

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3 Key Mental Skills to Teach Goalkeeper's

An account I follow on Twitter called 'The Academy Dad put a tweet out the other day highlighting the importance of mentality for...

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The Game-changing skill you need: How to Deal with mistakes as a Goalkeeper

“Being a goalkeeper is like being the guy in the military the makes the bombs. One mistake and everyone gets blown up.” – Arthur Boruc...

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Three Reasons Why Goalkeepers Struggle with their Confidence - And what they can do about it

“I just don’t feel confident right now” The number of times I have worked with goalkeepers and heard that phrase is crazy. I get it –...

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5 Mindset Tips for Non-League Goalkeepers

Non-league football is an incredibly challenging environment to navigate as a player due to the unpredictable, results orientated, fast...

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My Top 5 Mindset Tips for Scholars

My Top 5 Mindset Tips for Scholars that I wish I knew as a former Academy Footballer.

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Q&A with The Academy Dad: Supporting Children in Academy Football

Mindset coaching is a practice which is regularly raised by parents and coaches from grassroot to academy football but is then often...

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