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ANOTHER J4K Success story! Below is ex J4K Student Vinny Tasca who started with Just4keepers as a child, and over the past few years he has achieved his dreams of gaining a college scholarship and now has singed professional forms for Austin Bold FC in the USL Championship in the USA.

In our passion to bring more products to help the J4K Community and the launch of the J4K Goalkeeper DIY section, we would like to explain about one of our new products, the J4K Balance Board.

The J4K Balance Board, can really help goalkeepers strengthen their ankles.

Young Goalkeepers Playing In Big Goals As the new season looms and keepers move up an age group, some will soon find themselves in big goals. This can be a big worry for young keepers and especially parents. Even adult goalkeepers struggle with the big goals, so for a young keeper moving up the big goals for the first time, this is a massive massive challenge for most!

Another J4K Success Story!

Here is yet again another Just4keepers Success Story!

Archie Watts has come through the ranks as a young J4K student and has now achieved his dreams of playing soccer in the USA. On top of this, he has started his own J4K Goalkeeper schools in Long Island USA.
Check out: https://www.facebook.com/J4KUSA/

Myself and the Just4keepers team look forward to continue to help Archie in the next stages of his goalkeeping career.

J4K - Proud Ro Be Different!

How To Deal With Egotistical Coaches

Now training is starting in full flight, already I have emails in from parents who are having to deal with egotistical coaches. Thankfully most coaches are decent people who just want the best for their students, and over my twenty plus years running Just4keepers, I would say the majority of coaches are good people. Whose hearts are in the right place.

However sadly, there is the minority who are not. They do have issues with a poor attitude and they do treat children and their team like a professional premiership team chasing a Champions league position!

As parents, we must deal with the minority of egoistical coaches, for the most part who are failing in their own lives, so being a coach and winning is they're only chance to feel good. So it is win at all costs with no real consideration for their child players.

If sadly you have got an egoistical coach, you MUST do something about this, because this can cause untold damage to your Childs self confidence. So if you are having to deal with a coach with a poor attitude, please watch the video below that will hopefully guide you through this process.

You can also see more videos to help you, and or your goalkeeping chid here: https://j4ksports.co.uk/free-advise-for-gk-parent

I remember when I first signed as a professional goalkeeper. The feeling was a mixture of relief and pure joy and if someone was to offer me a million pounds right now, I could not duplicate that amazing feeling when all my hard work paid off and I achieved my dreams to become a professional goalkeeper.

I think what was so special about my journey, I never attended and professional clubs centre of excellence or academy, I just played for my local teams and focused on having fun, and I started off when I was just 12 years old on my mission to become a professional goalkeeper.

I then had 6 years of rejection after rejection, with so many people laughing at me stating I was crazy to think I would ever achieve my dreams, so can you image how great I felt when I become a professional goalkeeper aged 18, and then had a career that spanned a decade. In fact it was only a freak training ground injury that finished my career aged just 28.

If you want to read my story how me and my father went on a mission from when I was just 12 years old to becoming a professional keeper, download my ebook from free ‘How to become a professional goalkeeper’ here https://j4ksports.co.uk/j4k-ebooks. My ebook will inspire young keepers (and parents) to never give up on their dreams, no matter what the nay sayers say!

I have been running Just4keepers now for over two decades and it is amazing to see students from Just4keepers go onto professional clubs, and when I see images of Manchester United goalkeeper Ondrej Mastny who came through the Just4keepers system, it makes me so proud what myself and fellow J4K coaches are doing to help the young keepers of today to achieve their dreams.

No other goalkeeper schools in history even comes close to the success that J4K has for our proven record in helping our students to either become professional, semi professional and or even gain a college USA scholarship.

And when I see these Just4keepers students achieve their dreams, this gives me the exact same feeling of excitement, just like when I signed professional all those years back.

So if you are a young goalkeeper wanting to achieve your dreams, (and you are a parent of a goalkeeper, wanting to help your goalkeeping child) I can tell you with my hand on my heart, that dreams do come true.

With my personal experiences to achieve my dreams, and seeing so many of our just4keepers students come from adversity to also achieve their dreams, I am here to tell you dreams do come true!

So find a Just4keepers venue nearest you today and let J4K help you to achieve your dreams.

We loo forward to reading your success story one day!

Ray Newland

Founder Just4keepers

Ivan Ivaylov Dermendjiev who plays for PFC Slavia Sofia, getting ready for his training session. Only in his J4Ks. www.j4ksports.co.uk

J4K is happy to be supporting the keepers of Solihull Moors Women F.C. Please see below, Francesca Vitale, Megan Donohoe, Lucy Gardner sporting their J4ks. www.j4ksports.co.uk

Finger Save Goalkeeper Gloves - Or No Finger Save

Over the years I have been asked this question thousands of times, and even though I am not a fan of finger save goalkeeper gloves, there is a time and place that these gloves can and or should be worn. The video below explains in more detail. 

Also if you are a parent of a goalkeeper, this is a MUST watch. 

CHASING YOUR GOALKEEPING DREAMS