A prime candidate for Italy’s back-up EURO goalkeeper is Emiliano Viviano from UC Sampdoria. This Reusch GK has been showing outstanding performances in the last months and saved no less than four penalties in the current Serie A season – league record! When out in the field, Viviano often favors the Reusch Pulse Pro G2, which you will notice in some of the video footage. His saved penalty on Sunday secured Sampdoria’s important 2-1 victory over Lazio Rome. See the video for the action and don't forget to come back to this blog to learn more about Mr. Viviano and other great Reusch GK's! To buy and learn more about the Pulse Pro G2 visit the Reusch USA website.
Above we see a great image of Jaro Drobny making a diving save.....and CATCHING the ball. When making photofinishing plays like this, Drobny often wears the Reusch Waorani Deluxe G2 glove, as you can see in the picture above.
Not enough GKs now-a-days catch the ball. Oh, I know all of the excuses.......the ball is all juiced up and goes faster.....the players are all bigger and stronger......the ball wobbles and knuckles in flight.......the ball is just coming way too fast. Yup. All good excuses. But they're just that....EXCUSES. How about we train more at catching shots, serves, crosses? Everyone who plays soccer at a high level wants to 'build out of the back', right? Our own National Technical Director has sent out a directive (that what Directors do...) saying that we should train all of our teams to build out of the back. OK. So, how about we train our GKs to catch the ball, thereby insuring possession so that we can now--wait for it--Play Out of The Back! NFL receivers catch a pointy ball thrown at them at over 60 mph, and then someone is allowed to try to kill them after they catch the ball, and they still catch it. NHL goalies can catch a small piece of black rubber shot at over 100 mph, coming through a PILE of bodies and legs. They catch it. MLB catchers can catch a small ball thrown (oh, and wobbling and knuckling) at over 90 mph. How come we can't catch a round ball, shot from a greater distance and decelerating as it approaches us? Answer: we don't spend enough time training at catching the ball. GK Coaches, I urge you...spend some more time working on the basic fundamental of catching the ball. Add in emphasis on this GKing aspect during your training sessions. It deflates the opposition when they hit a 'rocket' and your GK calmly catches and begins to distribute the shot that everyone thought was surely a goal. Plus, we now have POSSESSION! Just a thought. Thanks Mr Drobny. Great Catch! And don’t forget to check out the Waorani Deluxe G2 on our website, to learn more about this pro-preferred glove! |
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