Originally Posted by
onlooker
Speaking as a parent of a full time goal keeper albeit she is 11 so a little older then the age bracket you are discussing. I can tell you as much as she loves playing in goals there is always the desire to play half a game every so often on the field. And generally half a game here or there is just enough to keep her happy..
Her club this coming season trains 3 nights a week and one night she will be doing goal keeper training at no extra cost ( outside the rego I’m sure it’s included in there somewhere)
I think it’s important to encourage those kids with a desire to play in goals and give them every opportunity to do so, but also continue their development on the park as they could easily comeback next season and say I don’t want to do that anymore.