hmm.. how can i missed this thread? been a keeper since 14, stopped at 21 and chose paintball. Reason ? Frustrated cuz no team to play with.

well, nothing really impressive under the belt, played for school team since secondary, then selected for college team ( never go for training after being selected in teh selection due to reason that the training ground was too far and i dun have transport )

achievements? 2 nose bleed, 4 stitches on my lower lips, plenty of cuts and wounds on elbow, knees and legs, Knock out in the field once ( got kick right at the temple ) and what else ? plenty of finger and wrist sprain?

glove used, uncountable. 8 years of playing as a GK does burn a lot of glove rubber. But i mainly go for PUMA gloves as they are more approachable/value for money for a student ( usually use those above RM100 gloves from PUMA )

that's wad i call a real GK, washes his glove right after each game! heheh

tenno, where did u get your reusch and uhlsport gloves?

yeah,, tried my fren's reusch once and fell in love with it but never seem to be able to find it here. sigh..

as for uhlsport, no comment yet as i've no chance of putting them on for now.

not to forget sit ups and back ups as well.

guys, try this out!!!

http://www.pumafootball.com/buffon.jsp

top scorer is making 35000 shots can u beat the score?

coming out one on one a lil bit early might be good might be bad, depending on your decision / situation. but by coming out, the striker have smaller angle of scoring and u're putting pressure on him, that's when u then see the chance of him making mistake or dribbling the ball too far away and prance on the ball.

however, do learn how to protect yourself as i ended up with bleeding nose several times, and got knocked out once ( striker strike on my temple instead of the ball ).

when ducking to catch a rolling ball, always bent one of your knees towards the middle to seal your kangkang area just incase u slipped.

as for taping fingers, how did u get that sprain ? Personally, i'm more towards punching it out than palming it away. if it's supposed to be palmed, it will be palmed out of play, but heck, that's my way of playing GK.
( when catching high ball, always let your two thumbs touching each other. )

Do more finger exercise to strengthen your fingers.


by the way, which school are u from ?

how short are u ? i'm only 173cm (approx )

go get someone to have a look at your thumb. a keeper with a sprained finger will give trouble in future if it's not taken care of now.

1% decided to revenge you on blocking their earlier shots, and u'll be taken out of field by the Medics with broken eggs.

well, i myself kena a few very bad ones ( but well still workable tho. )

i miss the days of Schmeichel and Kahn... oh.. those were the days... Barthez? Bleh! never like him.

as for this world cup, Buffon gets my vote, tho i would love to give it to kahn but since he doesn't have much chance to play... if not it would be 1st kahn then 2nd Buffon.

This post has been edited by exkay: Jul 11 2006, 01:50 AM

I've been playing as a goal keeper years back and lately i'm more active in the paintball field.

what crosses my mind is, paintballer wear protective apparels for elbow, knee and thighs.... and they are pretty wonderful.

i've always wanted to try those out in the football field.

for those who thinks competitive paintball isn't as aggresive as goal keeping in football, you're wrong...
average paintballers have to slide dive with a 2~3kg setup in one hand and another few kilos behind their back while running full speed.

below is the video showing one of the best front players diving during a tournament
check out 0:18 secs how he dives



attached below are some pictures of what we wear in paintball...

if anyone interested, let me know as i do know the suppliers.

This post has been edited by exkay: May 17 2009, 11:51 PM


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Well, I actually wear those on a full day basis during tournament days, which started from 9am to 6pm. each game lasted a lil longer than 15 minutes in a set, but i do play at least 6 sets during tournaments. Comfortable wise, it's a bit hot but i'm okay with it. It helps as it doesn't hurt knees or elbows when you fling yourself to the ground and it improves my performance since it wouldn't hurt to dive in more fiercefully onto the ground. yup, paintballers wear soccer boots in matches, some even go as far as wearing american football cleats since the pitch condition is pretty, much the same as a footbal pitch condition.

I agree bruises and wounds are normal for goalies. but each wound might cost you not to perform on your fullest, no ?

I have yet to try them out during a football match, but going to try them out soon one of these days.

was thinking about improvising since i've been diving a lot and it's always the same few places that gets cuts and bruises while playing GK and paintball, since the protective gears helps in paintball, why not try it out in soccer then? Cech does wear head protection made for rugby didn't he?