11-11-2024, 13:18
Can anybody tell me the sense of warming up a goalkeeper to the point he gets injured doing it?
Few people can have devoted more thought to their own time keeping goal than me, even if it was at a not very high level. I took it / take it seriously.
Of all the thoughts I ever had, of all the mistakes I ever made ........ I never put a ball going past me down to NOT having warmed up sufficiently. ALL I ever did, even for finals at Saltergate was a kick-in and some handling on crosses. I NEVER dived, I NEVER sprinted. BUT I did always try to think about the game beforehand and all the things I'd be required to do, I relaxed and cleared my head.
Our young, apparently superfit keeper injured himself on Saturday in the warm-up. It's quite common these days. It used to be a NEVER event. I've no objection to Ryan Boot playing. That didn't make us rubbish - every other team knowing what to expect did. BUT what is the point? He'd be better off telling the goalkeeping coach it's rubbish and he'd rather meditate quietly alone in the dressing room.
Being warmed up enough to prevent immediate injury shouldn't be very vigorous. Sport requires your brain to be on-song, not coping with a breathless, panting body. We need good alert decision-makers out there, not lactic-acid junkies.
I can say that at cricket I've taken several first-ball slip catches off fast bowlers without injury on a gentle warming up and a bit of catching practice. AND never dropped one. Like much of professional sport extensive warm-ups are for the benefit and justification of the coaching staff only. Philip Larkin got it wrong, it isn't only your mum and and dad who xxxx you up.
Few people can have devoted more thought to their own time keeping goal than me, even if it was at a not very high level. I took it / take it seriously.
Of all the thoughts I ever had, of all the mistakes I ever made ........ I never put a ball going past me down to NOT having warmed up sufficiently. ALL I ever did, even for finals at Saltergate was a kick-in and some handling on crosses. I NEVER dived, I NEVER sprinted. BUT I did always try to think about the game beforehand and all the things I'd be required to do, I relaxed and cleared my head.
Our young, apparently superfit keeper injured himself on Saturday in the warm-up. It's quite common these days. It used to be a NEVER event. I've no objection to Ryan Boot playing. That didn't make us rubbish - every other team knowing what to expect did. BUT what is the point? He'd be better off telling the goalkeeping coach it's rubbish and he'd rather meditate quietly alone in the dressing room.
Being warmed up enough to prevent immediate injury shouldn't be very vigorous. Sport requires your brain to be on-song, not coping with a breathless, panting body. We need good alert decision-makers out there, not lactic-acid junkies.
I can say that at cricket I've taken several first-ball slip catches off fast bowlers without injury on a gentle warming up and a bit of catching practice. AND never dropped one. Like much of professional sport extensive warm-ups are for the benefit and justification of the coaching staff only. Philip Larkin got it wrong, it isn't only your mum and and dad who xxxx you up.