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eric steele

Ex Man Utd Goalkeeper Coach under Sir Alex Ferguson. Also ex Man City, Derby County, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa and current England FA Coach educator.

The man who signed David De Gea for Man Utd, appropriately nicknamed the ‘Guru’ by the #Gkunion, due to his knowledge & experience in the Goalkeeping profession. 

GOALKEEPER IDP SESSION WITH STRIKER INTEGRATION

Working within a first team environment, Eric Steele showcases how he works with the younger goalkeepers of the squad on their individual development plans.

Eric works with these goalkeepers to improve decision making on whether to punch or catch from crossed balls and the decision on catching from low diving techniques.

As the session comes to an end, Eric also showcases how to combine the strikers and goalkeepers for an integration session, with key focus points given to both sets of players within the session.

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podcast record date- wed jan 27th

In this podcast, we will focus on developing goalkeepers within a first team environment, specifically the 3rd and 4th choice. We will discuss the potential in loan deals, training environments and the coaches approach to planning the weekly schedule. We would love to hear some of your questions for Eric on this subject, please comment in the section below with your questions and we will make sure Eric answers them 'live' on the podcast.

Session Plan

session key points

Positioning from crosses, handling, decision making on punch/catch, shot stopping, diving techniques, movement balance and game relative positioning

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