How to Goalie

Learn how to be a goalie

Settings

Firstly let's fix a few settings.

You need to have the goalkeeper catch toggle ON Sometimes having the catch toggle on can be buggy, however, if you turn it off and just hold it when you want to catch you will catch without the ball occasionally going through you. This however is harder as it relies on more key presses at once.
The second is less important but my preference. Change the toggle to a key that is easy to reach as it will toggle off after you catch a ball and you don't want to take your hand off your mouse or reconfigure your fingers to re-activate it.
Next is camera settings. I find it's useful to have more height and distance so you can more easily see the ball in context of the field. Otherwise you won't know how close or far the ball is. I also like more distance so I can see my position relative to the goal when being approached from the side.

Gameplay Basics.

ALWAYS have your gloves toggled on. (except for the one time which I will tell you about.)


This is toggled on
This is toggled off

This automatically saves the ball when it is near you. Without it, everyone will point and laugh at you. This does not work when the X is through the gloves.
Positioning

Do not stand right on the line. You'll find yourself with very little room to manoeuvre. Instead, you'll want to work around in a circle. In front of the goal. This is the closest you should be to the line most of the time. You should always be protecting the centre of the goal. You create the hardest shots that way.

Avoid Diving at first as it will leave you out of position quite often. Instead, focus on being in the right position. Giving the strikers a hard shot is a good job in of it's self.

Breakaway

When dealing with the breakaway it helps to be unpredictable. The main thing you want to do is rush and limit the space. See the cone below. It is smaller the closer to the shooter it is. Get close and it's an easier save. Rarely can you get a reaction save in a breakaway. Instead, you must limit the player's options and then predict.

You will see this method use by pro goalkeepers. If the attack is coming from one direction, generally you should push. Wait until they are in the penalty box before pushing. Sometimes you will need to be unpredictable and wait longer. This may make that save harder but it will make it easier and scarier when you push for real.

Support and passing
Most of your teammates will suck. If you're playing indoor generally kick it far onto the wings. If you're playing outdoor blast it just short of full power to get it to someone at the half line.

When the ball is on the other half, push up so you can intercept a through ball or be ready for the pass.
Also when kicking the ball TURN OFF YOUR GLOVES. This is important on goal kicks as you will sometimes get a double touch.

Call for the ball
Hold 'E' to call for the ball. Do this when your defender is getting pressured and has no outlet. Just wack it as far as you can and you will have done a good job helping.

Ideas against advanced players.

As you play against better and better players, doing ranked, and pso matches, you'll find that these strategies work less and less well. The optimal, but harder/less fun strategy to playing well involves staying fairly center, and giving yourself as much room as possible. This means hugging the line to the center.
In just about any situation (except crossing situations), you should hug the line until its time to rush the ball. On Crossing situations you want to cover the inside post and then on the cross you want to move to the center.

In order for this style to work you must limit you looking around, and generally look towards the opposite goal. This allows you to have the most time to react to a hit ball. The con of this is that it requires more skill, as you are less likely to have a ball fly straight into your arms without diving. However once you play at the higher levels you should be expecting to dive for every shot anyways. (credit to kano on discord for teaching me this style).

I do not have pictures for this next part it hopefully makes intuitive sense, if it doesn't add a comment for specification. When a player shoots, they look where they want to shoot. In crossing situations this is SUPER useful because players are looking for a quick shot. However in 1v1s there is an important idea you need to know. The best player will look at the goal and turn as they kick it for curve and placement. Generally the good players look to the opposite side the goal is going to go to. Learning the patterns of the different players you play against can be very useful. Does their striker fake or always shoot where he is looking? In more important games this idea is very useful. Where ever a players looks at the end of their shot is where it will go. This idea is most useful inside the penalty box but outside the goal keeper's box.

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i read all of this and i do NOT wanna be a goalkeeper!

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