However, for many former professional goalkeepers who are now dedicating their time to working with youth, they believe, this can have negative effects. While it is true that some young children do have poor hand-eye coordination, these coaches feel that children can develop skills needed.
Kids love to dive, tumble, roll on the ground, and play.
Teaching goalkeeping movements will teach players how to tumble without getting hurt. Coaches, realizing this, will deploy a player or two to stand in front of the goal and guard it. Besides this inhibits from the development of that player since they are rarely involved in the play. Another possibility is to rotate players after every 2 to 3 goals or when the ball goes out of bounds. These rotating methods not only ensure that all players get the opportunity to play and learn about playing in various parts of the field, but also psychologically - the harshness of having to deal with a ball that went into the goal soon wears off and is forgotten.