If the ball is shot and the goalie’s hands make contact with the ball and it gets tipped out, is it Goal Kick or Corner?
Corner.
I love short answers.
Alex
Heh.
On a corner, should I try to get infront of the other teams potential headers or behind?
P.S. Anyone know the outcome of Bolton vs. Liverpool?
Well, Bolton play Liverpool about two weeks ago, and they win 2-1.
Yesterday, Liverpool beat Everton away 3-1 and Bolton lose to Southampton at home 0-1.
A goalkeeper usually stands near his goal line for a corner, very often near the goalpost furthest away from where the corner is taken.
I assume that you are a goalkeeper, as am I, so I’ll answer from that perspective.
On a corner, you should stand about a foot off your line around the middle of the goal and have a defender marking each post, just in case they try to curve it in on you.
When the ball is kicked, you must decide whether to go for it or not. If you do go for it, you have no choice but to get it away from you or catch it. I have punched many a person in the face going for the ball, and I have seriously injured myself in other cases. If you fail in either case, you’re a sitting duck, because you’ll never get back in time to stop a rebound.
If you’re a defender, it is entirely up to you how you want to play defense. I tend to stay behind them, but that’s just my personal preference. Just stay goal-side of them if at all possible so you can try to defend a headball.
Without a doubt, a corner is the hairiest play in all of soccer (football, if you will). There are so many possibilities, and the vast majority of them can lead to injury. But that’s the risk you take by playing the game.
I agree with Airman Doors’ general advice on goalkeeping at corners. But this worried me:
Since you can easily outreach an opposing forward (he’s stuck with using his head, you can use your hands), you should go for the ball by jumping in front of him, not directly at him.
Punching another player gives away a penalty kick (and you might get sent off).
Goalies last the longest of any position in the team because they should avoid injury.
I’ve been told that in football (soccer) it’s a goalkeeper.
In hockey, it’s a goaltender.
Goaltending is anything.
Goalie is hockey in my opinion, Keeper is soccer. Goaltender is more or less universal because you’re tending the net in either game. Thats my take on it.
Of course, goaltending in basketball is illegal.
Glee, you do have a point, but when there are 20 other people going for the ball and you’re focused on getting the ball, things happen. You have to fight through the obstructions to get to the ball.
I’m not saying that I pooped those people intentionally, but accidents happen.
Man, remind me never to play soccer with you.
I’ve got soccer tryouts tomorrow (sheesh, I should be sleeping) and am questioning as to weather or not I should sport my shin pads to the tryout. Does a keeper really need them?
Yes, and gloves.
Every goalkeeping coach I’ve ever had told me to bend my leg and point my knee right at an oncoming player on aerial balls. I also stick out my “upper” leg after making diving saves. Attacking players will go after you. They want to score goals and hurting you would make their job easier.
Definitely. You may have to make a sliding tackle or use your legs to stop an attacker. This happens quite often outside the box. There is also a good chance that opposing players(usually) will slide into you foot-first as you pick up the ball.
Look here chaps, we invented the game. We also invented English, which you speak a version of.*
So it’s football** and goalkeeper, OK?
*actually I like the way you simplify our spelling. It’s an honour to be part of the centre of things.
**no doubt the influence of Hollywood and the Internet will make soccer the standard eventually.
About 40 years ago (when I started watching football), it was legal to shoulder-charge the goalie, who had just caught the ball, into the net. That’s now stopped. Also e.g. the tackle from behind is penalised (unless, miraculously, you get the ball).
If an attacking player tries to hurt the goalkeeper (or anyone else), he gets sent off by the referee. This is not American Football!
It is rare for the goalkeeper to go outside the box. Where are the defenders?
And I repeat myself: any player sliding into a goalkeeper will be sent off.
Does there remain a General Question here?
Hi!
America has 275 million people. Australia has 19 million people. Both places refer to it as “soccer”.
The United Kingdom has 59 million people, and refers to it as “football”.
I’d say that in the English-speaking world, you’re outvoted . . . 
I’ll take that as a no.