Sunday 7 October 2012

!! Development night feed back - Coaching Youth Goalkeepers !!


Between the Sticks Development Night in association with Dorset FA
Coaching Youth Goalkeepers was held on Tuesday 25 September 2012 @ Canford Park 3G Astroturf, Wimborne (6.30pm – 8.30pm)
This event was open to all coaches throughout the County & the feed back has been excellent. Dorset development Officer Andrew Battison was delighted with the numbers attending the event at Canford 3G.
38 Coaches that attended making notes


38 coaches enjoyed the sessions delivered by Between the Sticks coaches Robbie Yates, Neil Moss, Gaz Stewart, Nick Hucthings & Dave Walsh.
Each BTS coach worked with grass roots goalkeepers from all over Dorset which were split into small groups with different topics.
Then the coaches were also split into small groups allow more interaction with the BTS coaches & coaches attending the night.

Neil Moss session was Set position, W, Cup & Scoop, Robbie & Nick's was Low & High Diving Save, Gaz session was Distribution with feet & Dave's session was Central & Angled Shot Stopping.
Each session lasted 20 minutes with debriefs at the end of each session for the coaches to ask any questions.
Nick & Robbie Delivering their Session to the coaches

Each coach  left the night with a hand book of the sessions relating to this event.

With the success of this event Dorset FA would like to organize more events for the future.

The night was filmed & a short DVD will be produced look out for the video on the BTS web site..

BTS would like to thank Andy Battison &
Dorset FA for their support in working with Between the Sticks to develop Goalkeepers & goalkeeper coaches.

Robbie, Mossy & the BTS team