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Advice for Parents of Goalkeepers
My Top 5 Tips for Parents of Goalkeepers If you’re the parent of a goalkeeper, you already know this isn’t your typical football...
Keval Patel
Jan 134 min read
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3 Reasons Goalkeeper's Struggle with Anxiety and Fear
Football is often described as a game of confidence and mental resilience, and no position embodies this more than that of the...
Keval Patel
Oct 7, 20244 min read
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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...
Keval Patel
Apr 25, 20238 min read
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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...
Keval Patel
Mar 21, 202318 min read
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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...
Keval Patel
Jan 24, 20236 min read
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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...
Keval Patel
Nov 21, 202212 min read
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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 –...
Keval Patel
Sep 8, 20229 min read
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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...
Keval Patel
Aug 17, 202211 min read
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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.
Keval Patel
Jun 8, 20228 min read
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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...
Keval Patel
Mar 22, 202212 min read
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