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Standards Videos

Hand-picked videos worth studying, queued to the exact moment worth watching.

How to use these videos

  • Watch with a parent or coach where you can. Talking about what you see is where the learning happens.
  • Some videos start part-way through. That is deliberate: they begin at the passage worth studying.
  • Read the watch-for points first, then watch the clip twice: once to enjoy it, once to study it.
  • YouTube videos play here through YouTube's privacy-enhanced player and load nothing until you press play. The academy's own clips play straight from the page.

Catching techniques

The shapes behind every clean catch, and how the hands change with the height of the ball.

What to look for

  • How the hand shape changes with the height of the ball
  • Eyes stay on the ball all the way into the hands
  • The body gets behind the ball as a second barrier

Open on YouTube if you would rather watch in the app or cast it to a TV.

The W catch, through the keeper's eyes

A camera at the keeper's eye line: every catch starts with the gloves arriving behind the ball in the W shape.

What to look for

  • Both hands arrive behind the ball, never beside it
  • Thumbs close together, fingers spread wide
  • Eyes look through the W at the ball all the way in

Visualising taking high balls

Two clips filmed at the keeper's eye line, so you see a high ball the way you will in a match. Watch them, then close your eyes and picture taking the ball yourself.

The cross: judge the flight early, then go forward to meet it
The high ball: pick up the flight against the sky

What to look for

  • The early look at the flight before any movement
  • Feet travel forward to attack the ball, never backwards underneath it
  • The catch happens at the top of the reach, in front of the head

Coaching elite keepers: Martyn Margetson

Former England goalkeeper coach Martyn Margetson reveals the secrets behind coaching elite goalkeepers like Jordan Pickford.

What to look for

  • How an elite coach breaks a big skill into small details
  • The standards top keepers hold in ordinary repetitions

Open on YouTube if you would rather watch in the app or cast it to a TV.

The Arsenal GK Union

Inside the goalkeepers' union at Arsenal: keepers who compete for one shirt and still train as a team within the team.

What to look for

  • Rivals for the shirt who still push each other to improve
  • The habits that repeat in every drill, whoever is working

Open on YouTube if you would rather watch in the app or cast it to a TV.

England Goalkeeper Union

England's goalkeepers on working as a union: rivals for one position, teammates in all of the work.

What to look for

  • How the keepers support each other
  • How determined each goalkeeper is
  • How fast each goalkeeper gets set before the ball is struck
  • The hand positions for different types of shots

Open on YouTube if you would rather watch in the app or cast it to a TV.

Middle 3rd Mastery: Barnsley Goalkeeper Union

The Barnsley goalkeeper union on mastering the middle third: the keeper's job while play is a long way from goal.

What to look for

  • Watch each set position just before the ball is struck
  • How the keeper remains balanced, set and ready

Open on YouTube if you would rather watch in the app or cast it to a TV.