We’re starting to look at goalkeepers now at under 12. Some lads want to do it.
Soccer/football seem to have more natural goalies earlier as it’s shot stopping more than GAA which tends to be catching and restarts.
Before that just rotate players in and out of goals. Put your best player in goals too.
A player without a decent kick out will struggle in goals at that age so look at that as it can zap confidence for some lads who have a weaker kick as it’s publicly exposed.
A perpetual issue and generally the fairest way is to implement a rotation system among the stronger/up to the age players. A serious headache and the stand out difference when you meet a club with a good settled keeper is a shocker.
Something I’m trying to introduce this year for the u6/7 to u10/11 is a specific goalkeeping skill drill each session for every player to participate in, this can evolve as required. Hoping that might attract players to the position long term or at least take the sting out of being ‘stuck in the goal’ as some form of outcast. By u12/13 this could be down to a small group of 2/3 that perform more advanced.
I’ll come back to you in 5/6 years!
I was at an U-13 match last year and we were playing Claughaun, a team who would be struggling for numbers at underage.
And they had a poor young fella in goals who had a decent puckout but was not confident at all under a dropping ball. And he conceded 4 or 5 goals from just point attempts dropping short and him fumbling them. After the first one, he just lost all confidence, I felt really sorry for him.
And it’s not like there is much you can do, it’s not like our lads were being cunts trying to humiliate him either, it was just the few times that balls dropped short rather than going over the bar.
It’s the toughest thing about underage hurling, confidence under that high ball is the most important thing really, because so many players aren’t. And it wouldn’t exactly encourage you to go in goal next week.
My first competitive game this Saturday.
I’ve the WhatsApp groups firing arranging players, bibs, balls, pitches, goalposts, refs, cones, reporting scores.
I think I’ll buy a big grey cardigan like Pep.
you need the Scott Parker cardigan
He was sacked that day !
Kilmacunt Crokes
A kilmacud half zip with your initials on the shoulder is a must.
The regulations aren’t clear if a half zip is a bib.
Bibs must be worn by all mentors – U8 to U12 –. Any person wearing a bib on the side- line, is deemed to be a mentor.
p. Team mentors failing to wear bibs will be fined €10 per team.
Best of luck mate.
A massive day.
No gilet?
Is it pronounced gil-eh or gillit?
Jeeel ay
You ginnit.
They don’t suffer losers gladly in those parts, he’ll need to get off to a good start or the SoCo crowd will be chanting sacked in the morning at him
Once he can count up to 15, he should be alright.
He’d be over qualified then surely?
It’s 13 a side. So 14 should do us.
How many Crokes young lads are involved ?