Developmental Goalkeeper Coach
We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Football Goalkeeper Coach to join our coaching staff. The successful candidate will be responsible for training, developing, and enhancing the performance of the club's goalkeepers. This role involves working closely with individual goalkeepers to improve their technical skills, tactical awareness, and physical conditioning. The Football Goalkeeper Coach will play a key role in the team's overall success by ensuring goalkeepers are well-prepared for match-day performance.
Key Responsibilities- Training Sessions: Develop and lead goalkeeper-specific training sessions focusing on shot-stopping, positioning, distribution, footwork, and communication.
- Individual Development: Work closely with each goalkeeper to assess their strengths and areas for improvement, creating personalized training plans to aid their development.
- Match Preparation: Analyze opposition teams and assist in tactical preparation for goalkeepers, including understanding opponents' attacking styles and set-piece strategies.
- Fitness & Conditioning: In collaboration with the fitness coach, design specific physical conditioning programs to improve goalkeepers' agility, strength, and endurance.
- Video Analysis: Conduct video analysis sessions to break down game footage and provide feedback on goalkeepers' performances, identifying areas for improvement.
- Collaboration with Coaching Staff: Work alongside the head coach and other coaching staff to ensure a cohesive approach to player development and match preparation.
- Monitoring Progress: Track the progress of all goalkeepers, ensuring they are improving technically, mentally, and physically.
- Goalkeeper Equipment: Ensure goalkeeping equipment is maintained and the goalkeepers have access to necessary resources for training and matches.
- Match Day Support: Provide tactical and technical guidance to goalkeepers during matches, offering on-the-spot advice and motivation.
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Qualifications: UEFA Goalkeeper Coaching License or equivalent coaching qualification.
Relevant coaching certifications (Minimum of UEFA or AFC ‘C’ coaching license equivalent). -
Experience: Proven experience as a goalkeeper coach at a professional football club or academy level.
Strong knowledge of the game, with an emphasis on goalkeeper techniques, tactics, and game management.
Previous experience working with players of various age groups and abilities.
Company profile
Kiddo Sports
Lion City Sailors Football Academy
Our elite programme provides young footballers with a modern, all-rounded development curriculum and consistent high-level competitive exposure in a structured, professional environment. The focus of the academy is to create a pathway for aspiring youth footballers to become successful professional players at the pinnacle of the sport.
We aim to filter, gather and centralise the best talent in Singapore (both locals and foreigners) as everything starts from the players themselves. Our next task is to provide them with a high-performance developmental environment as well as competition at the highest possible level. Then, it is up to the players to make the best out of the opportunities given to them, and bottom line – how hungry they are to make their footballing dreams a reality.
Our staff come from various top football organisations across the world, bringing with them working expertise geared towards elite athlete development, leveraging each individual’s capabilities to provide the best environment and coaching possible. Our goals are clear - to create a new generation of Singapore footballers, launch professional careers in top leagues overseas, and ultimately give Singapore a chance to compete with the international greats.