Patrick Morrison: Goalkeepers aged 32+


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 […]


Patrick Morrison: Fatigue influences a ‘keeper’s decision-making


This is the third part of Patrick Morrison’s levelled progression Currently we have discussed in previous articles about skill acquisition, learning the textbook skills and evolving them into performance skills, while also completing them at higher intensity levels to ensure that they are mastered fully. Once the goalkeeper has mastered the skills and is able […]