“The area of immense interest to me was the importance of detail, not just any kind of detail but the development of things that would and could set us apart from any other team in the world. We had to assume that our main competitors would also have the same quality of players, the same […]

With action due to return within the next few months, Patrick Morrison has a plan to help you reengage.

Patrick Morrison realised a lesson for goalkeepers when he was watching the Last Dance documentary about Michael Jordan.

Patrick Morrison explains why one on one coaching sessions for goalkeepers are so important.

Last week while vegetating on ‘Lockdown TV,’ I watched a show entitled Premier League Legends. I was about to turn the channel until I found out it was about a childhood hero of mine, Peter Schmeichel. A fantastic goalkeeper and arguably one of the greatest ever to play the position, this half hour documentary gave […]

This week’s article focuses on our final stage within my Levelled Progression Model. Up to this edition we have discussed the ‘Formative’ levels (1-4), the ‘Functional’ levels (5 & 6) and now we will discuss the ‘Future’ level, so called because it will highlight the stage of a goalkeeper’s career that deals with their retirement […]

The first four levels of this model are aimed at the mastery and development of the various skills that a goalkeeper will want to learn. From learning the skills and then replicating them at speed, under fatigue as well as under pressure; these four stages are all ‘formative’ in nature. After mastering the skills through […]

Now into our fourth week of my Levelled Progression model, we have already covered learning/performing skills, performing them at speed and performing them under fatigue. Again, once the goalkeeper has mastered the skill under these conditions and is comfortable on both sides, they are now then ready to be introduced onto the nest stage of […]