HOW TO BUILD CONFIDENCE; HAVE NO FEAR

The phrase have no fear is used to psych goalkeepers in big games.Every successful journey starts with positivity. The shooter has a big advantage over the goalkeeper mostly on close range. But that also means there’s more pressure on the shooter than the goalkeeper.

Nobody wants to be remembered for failing to score on close range. So the shooter is likely to be nervous. The goal starts looking smaller and smaller when the stakes are high. A goalkeeper who has trained and prepared well can actually look forward for saving close range shots.

If the shooter scores, he’s done what’s expected. If the keeper saves, the keeper has beaten the odds and is a hero mostly on close range shots.To build up their confidence, goalkeepers should remember the saves that they’ve saved in past games and in practice. They should consider how much the shooter fears the failure and tell themselves,

“This one’s mine!”