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4th December 2007
NCF gives young Goalkeepers off-season tuition
Prime TV clip now available - see end of article
Photo: Alannah Rosewood (yellow shirt) shows her diving technique during a drill with Jason Hillier
North Coast Football may have packed the 2007 season up already, but for a handful of dedicated young football players, the game goes on.
Six boys and girls from NCF clubs are taking part in a four week specialist goalkeeping program being held at the York Street playing fields on a Monday afternoon, having already gone through an initial four week program in October/November.
Each of the players is involved in the Junior Representative Development Program, having already been recognised for their outstanding work with the gloves in their club games however, the clinic is not limited to elite players.
Photo: Georgia Allen (blue shirt) makes a diving save for the camera in a drill with Jason Hillier
"Generally goalkeepers in junior club games are selected on a rotation basis. Everyone gets a go and they almost never get specialist goalkeeping tuition unless their coaches happened to be goalkeepers themselves at some point," Dave Curley (clinic instructor) said.
"This program aims to take talented young goalkeepers and improve their technical ability. Hopefully, we will start encouraging more juniors to love the position of goalkeeper. The off season is a great time to work on your technique while you do not have the pressure of playing competitive games." Dave Curley said.
This week, Prime TV News came to one of the sessions to tape the drills in action and will feature the clinic in its nightly news at 6pm on Tuesday December 4th.
Photo: Dave Curley being interviewed for Prime News
Thanks to Prime TV News we now have a copy of the interview available for download...
:: Prime TV clip
(wmv file, 7mb - to download video, right click & choose 'save target as...)Terry Allen
Publicity Officer
North Coast Football
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