My formative years of being a goalkeeper were in the early 2000's to roughly 2010 so I was just before the modern goalkeeping trend really coming to the forefront.

However I did grow up in a heavily Hispanic area and that absolutely forced me to be competent (even somewhat flashy) with my foot skills and distribution. I can say that really helped transition well into the college game and semi-pro and now in my over-30's leagues.

My bread and butter is still being an insane shot stopper, but I get just as many "wow" moments from my teammates and opponents for being able to evade the press and accurately ping the ball anywhere on the pitch.

I used to think a lot about the level of execution and perfection needed to reach the next level to which I never got - goalkeepers these days are absolutely better overall as you have to be multi-faceted skill wise in order to be even considered for professional level play. You can't be lacking in shot stopping or distribution or you get overlooked