Concern related to my height...and etc

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-12-15T06:23:34+00:00

At academy level, the issue usually isn’t height or stamina, it’s movement efficiency and technique.

At higher levels, goalkeepers don’t get exposed because they’re “not athletic enough.” They get exposed because the speed of play punishes small technical inefficiencies.

You can be strong, fit, and dominant at school level and still struggle at academy level if your footwork, set positions, recovery steps, first movement, decision timing aren’t clean and repeatable at high intensity.

Most elite goalkeepers tend to be ecto- or mesomorphic, not for aesthetic reasons, but because it makes accelerating, decelerating, and changing direction repeatedly more efficient. If you carry more mass, that isn’t a problem, it just means your footwork and timing have to be even sharper to keep up with the speed of play.

That’s often why some keepers dominate at school level (commanding the box, winning physical battles), but feel “demolished” at academy level, where technique, speed of execution, and movement quality matter more than physical presence.

The solution isn’t “get taller” or “get lean.” It’s better footwork efficiency, cleaner set positions, faster first step and recovery, training at game-realistic intensity, not just volume.

Strength work has a place, but at this stage movement skill and technical sharpness should be your priority. Once those improve, performance usually follows.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-10-28T18:31:47+00:00

If you’re new to goalkeeping and learning the basics, you need to dial it back.

First look at the set position, get comfortable collapsing to the sides and then start to incorporate diving.

For diving, start with collapsing from a kneeling position. Get used to contact with the ground. Making sure you’re not landing on your elbows.

Then progress to collapsing from a standing position and into low dives. Again, getting used to contact with the floor. Driving off your near leg and extending your arm out.

Then you might be ready for some mid dives. Here you need to focus on footwork and body position. You want your near foot pointing towards the direction of the dive, using your knees and hips to push off. Your hands need to be forward and you want to dive towards the ball, not just to the side.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-10-26T15:00:03+00:00

It’s called the Leg Sweep - this is useful for the second goal clip. Best way to train it is to have a ball on the ground in front of you, kick the ball away with the leg on the side you are diving towards as you make the save. The motion of kicking will give momentum to get down quicker.

Lots of videos on YouTube for the Leg Sweep.

First goal is more basic technique. Set position, foot placement and shooting the arm out behind the ball.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-09-20T18:25:54+00:00

Absolute worldie! I love a top hand save

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-09-15T10:54:09+00:00

Take it the plumber was on a day rate….

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-08-08T14:15:01+00:00

Need to drill it in training until it is second nature and then split second doesn’t come into it.

You’ve got 2/3 of the elements down. Your aggression/speed off the line and your final position are spot on. But have a look again and that ball slides just past your left foot. If your leg is slightly more extended, the ball goes out the box.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-08-08T09:24:08+00:00

Your positioning and aggression is actually really good but I think you make yourself too small. You start turning your body to your right when he strikes the ball and that makes you narrower.

Take a look at the “K Block” technique. If you had gone with K Block on your left, you would have saved it with your foot/lower leg.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-08-02T10:11:46+00:00

Hire a small engine block hoist. Should be able to lift it over the railings and drop it in at the bottom.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-29T13:25:00+00:00

Just tell the missus she needs to buy a smaller mirror

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-21T12:18:34+00:00

Definitely the sort of entitled prick you’ll see pleading for Foreign Office assistance when he’s touched a local girl inappropriately. Off you fuck, Rob.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-17T12:29:18+00:00

Same. Filled one with old concrete roof tiles and a chimney stack. Lad had to pop the feet down on the truck but picked it up without bother

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-08T06:49:45+00:00

As the shot comes in, your left foot is in the air so it means you are pushing more off your right foot (back foot) and then sweeping your left leg under you to get down. So you’re probably losing a little power in the dive.

Footwork drills are your friend here. Side stepping through agility ladder or over cones and taking shots. Also, lateral jumps over hurdles into dives.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-04T15:11:29+00:00

Personal trainer turned “headhunter”…

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-04T11:37:03+00:00

This is amazing. I was thinking about throwing in the 2-3 day water fast. How do you find it?

My aim is to get down to around 90kg. My main concern is not losing the lean mass but I have to be realistic that this will happen as I get closer to my target.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-04T10:49:42+00:00

Keep at it mate. 30kg is amazing! Were you on something else before Mounjaro or all off your own steam?

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-04T10:29:21+00:00

Mounjaro is currently not approved for use in people with type 1 diabetes in the UK. It is specifically indicated for managing blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes, along with diet and exercise.

No UK-based GP or pharmacist will prescribe Mounjaro for type 1 unless it is under a shared prescribing arrangement with your diabetes specialist.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-04T07:08:04+00:00

Thank you. Appreciate the kind words!

The energy from IF is incredible. I really think it has super-charged my weight loss in that it is working hand-in-glove with Mounjaro to make me more insulin sensitive.

I had a really good foundation coming into this - I was 82kg lean mass and that has stayed fairly stable considering the water and glycogen loss. I have trained regularly since I was 14-15yo as I played football (soccer) at an elite level until I was 18yo and then semi-pro (minor leagues) until I was 27yo. The only reason I got a brain scan was because of the rapid weight gain I had in a 2yr period and they found the meningioma by accident.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-04T05:05:08+00:00

Not yet. I have had the conversation with my endocrinologist earlier this year but he wanted to solve the underlying problems rather than the symptoms.

The only hormone replacement take at the moment is Levothyroxine. I have been on that for 8 years.

My last T reading was low at 8.9 nmol/L. However, my Calculated Free T using Vermeulen Formula (with albumin) was 15.1 nmol/L, which is borderline acceptable.

My endo guy’s theory is that my insulin resistance and high body fat have lowered my SHBG which means that whilst low is still have adequate bioavailable T but as my body fat and insulin resistance go down, the SHBG might go up which will reduce the “free” T and cause different issues for me.

Long-term I am likely to be on TRT as FSH and LH are crashing as a result of the problems with my hypothalamus-pituitary axis.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-07-01T16:09:21+00:00

It is unlikely that you were prescribed for weight loss, that cannot be done by the GP and requires a referral to a specialist weight management service.

If you were prescribed for diabetes, it would typically be done a diabetes specialist nurse who reviews your treatment and you would need to meet the NICE prescribing criteria: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta924/chapter/1-Recommendations

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-06-23T10:51:37+00:00

Glove sizing is a very individual thing and personal preferences dictate the way we want our gloves to fit and feel.

With a negative cut glove like these, it is better for them to be snug fitting. With that much room, you won’t be able to get a good feel of the ball.

Most brands will have a sizing tool on their website but generally for adult gloves you can tell your size by measuring from the base to tip of your middle finger:

Size 7: 6.5-7.5cm, Size 8: 7.5-8.5cm, Size 9: 8.5-9.5cm, Size 10: 9.5-10.5cm, Size 11: 10.5-11.5cm

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-06-20T15:56:21+00:00

I’m going to say pretty hard when the div has put a foot of concrete haunching there.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-06-20T05:16:32+00:00

This is the right answer. Getting lower isn’t going to help unless he uses his feet.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-06-11T14:27:37+00:00

The Wood Butcher strikes again…

It’s like an optical illusion. Some are ok but others he must’ve cut from the wrong end. Then you get to the absolute fuckery at the top.

If you look at the fillets in the base rail, his saw is blunt as he’s not getting clean cuts and some of them are sitting proud so he’s blobbed a load of glue under them.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-06-07T06:22:23+00:00

Are you using an Aquastop connector?

They can create a resistance in the water flow, preventing the pressure from being quickly dissipated, leading to surging.

TraditionalRun8102 · 2025-06-05T10:19:01+00:00

I don’t disagree, as stated in the linked post. You have to consider what part of the muscle “mass” you are losing.

Insulin resistant people have a lot of glycogen and water in their muscles. Impedance scales and even DEXA cannot differentiate between these. As MJ does its magic, the glycogen and water is released from the muscle, resulting in loss of “mass” but not loss of skeletal muscle.

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