Tim Fauth enters his first year as FCGB Goalkeeping Director. As Goalkeeping Director, Tim will spearhead the goalkeeper program to help develop our club goalkeepers. The F.C. Greater Boston Bolts GK program will aspire to train and boast the most successful youth goalkeepers in the country.
NOTE: Training sessions will be offered to club members as part of their annual fee.
Throughout the season, each goalkeeper in the club will be exposed to training in the following areas:
Technique:
- Diving Saves/Collapsing Saves
- Goal Kicks
- Distribution
- Field Player Skills
- Stance/Set Position
- Catching & Handling
- Shot Saving & Redirecting
- Tipping & Parrying
- Crossed Balls
- Boxing/Punching
- Breakaway Saves
Tactics
- Anticipation/Decision Making
- Organizing the Defense
- Breakaway Saves
- Playing With Feet
- Angle Play and Positioning
- Starting Positions
- Restarts/Dead Balls
- Initiating Attacks
- Establishing Tempo
- Reading the Attack
- Knowing HOW to Win and Influence a Game
Mental and Physical Skills
- How to Handle Pressured Situations
- Leadership
- Self-Confidence *Devised by F.C. Greater
- Fitness and Nutrition Boston Bolts GK Director
- Strength and Conditioning for Goalkeepers Tim Fauth (August 2009)
- Self-Analysis
- Footwork and the Importance of it
