Keeper! Soccer Safekeeping with Coach Tony Waiters

One of the best Soccer Skills Tapes I’ve ever seen.
Almost three hours of GKing detail. There is so much detail in each topic that I need to go over each topic at least 3 times to get most of it. I’ve seen college math texts which were less dense in the amount of detail they included. This is in direct contrast to high profile DVDs done by Beckham and Man U that are more sizzle than steak.Demonstrations are done with a young adult male, a young teen girl, and a younger boy so show what are reasonable to expect for different age groups. He also has clips from professional games analyzing in several replays with slow motion and stop action what works and what doesn’t and why.There are a ton of details on goal keeping I never knew. I thought I had read a lot and I’ve been to several GK-ing clinics run by professional GKers and GKing coaches for pro teams but this goes into a lot of detail about the stance, how to come out for the ball, how to hold your hands, when to react, when to wait and even the stance while waiting.There are also practices for the GKing coach which go into great detail on what to do and what to avoid in running the practice and doing the exercise. How many times to do the exercise for each age group, what success is and what is unacceptable in the player.Wisely he says that until 15 or 16, there is no need to specialize, and especially at the younger ages, every player should play every position.This is made from a set of VHS tapes but it is still very nice and clear to watch and hear – assuming you don’t mind mild Scottish accents.FWIW, I coach my two sons in age groups 8-9 and 13-14. Some love GKing and some do it because its their turn to do it, but they all are becoming better Gkers and this DVD set helps, especially the older players.

Easy to understand video.
Great video. Recommend for any soccer goalkeepers.

Good but Perhaps TOO Detailed
One of the earlier reviewers said that he has seen college math exams that were less dense in the amount of information covered. However, the problem I found with Keeper! is that it is maybe TOO dense.Like that previous reviewer, I too had to review each disk several times to be able to commit it to memory. There are a few reasons for this:1. While it does offer some exercises and drills, it is heavy on theory and shorter on “hands on” ideas2. I don’t know if it’s the accent or something else, but the narration does tend to become droning.3. On many of the examples they show using professional goal keepers, they repeat the clip several times when once would suffice.That being said, the information that IS given is complete, accurate, and “spot on”.Pros: You get A LOT of information in one DVD set; the information is accurate and up-to-date (some old clips, but the principles have not changed); it’s available to begin with (look around on here, there are not a lot of goal keeping DVDs to begin with); Waiters uses a combination of his own live players and clips from professional players to emphasize his pointsCons: Becomes very tedious to watch / drones on; not a lot of drills for individual goalie trainingBottom Line: It’s not so much as a DVD-based “handbook” with steps to train a good goal keeper as it is a DVD-based “textbook” with theory and some ideas for making a goal keeper better.

Good info on DVD
Looks to be filmed awhile ago, but soccer has not changed either! Good info on DVD.