Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1. How do you position yourself to have an optimal angle against an oncoming shooter?
2. When coming towards an attacker (say in a 50/50 scenario) how close do you get to the play?
3. In regards to the last question, when you position yourself do you measure the distance from the ball or the player? Why is that your preference?
4. What do you tell yourself after you made a mistake?
5. I’ve been faced with a potentially career ending injury.  When you’ve suffered an injury bad enough to take you out of the game for an extended period of time, what do you do to keep your mind positive?
6. After coming back from an injury, what do you tell yourself after your first game back?
7. What do you feel is more important, the tactical or technical skills a goalkeeper learns?
8. What type of training do you feel you’ve benefited from the most, watching, teaching, or straight up training?
9. When your training has plateaued, what do you do to get yourself out of the rut?
10. Distribution is an important part of goalkeeping, but there are a few different techniques used by different goalkeepers.  Which do you value more, speed or accuracy?
11. What visual cues do you use to stop penalty kicks?
12. How do you analyze the players you’re going up against?  And with that information, how do you use it to your advantage?
13. When organizing your defense, do you focus more on the front post or the back post?
14. What do you feel is the proper way to set up your defense on a set play where the player is 30 yards out and close to the sideline?
15. How much should a goalkeeper depend on their defense to clear deflections?
16. Can a short goalkeeper with good jump height ever compare to a naturally tall keeper?  Don’t worry, I won’t take offense to your answer either way.
17. Is there something you do before a game that if you were to not do it, you would be taken out of your game?  How important do you think the idea of a pregame ritual is to your mental game?
18. When you realize that something is going wrong with your game, how do you change it?
19. Do the best goalkeeper come from alternate playing positions?
20. What do you see in a keeper’s mentality that is different from a field player’s mind?
21. How can a goalkeeper best avoid having goals scored against them during a soccer game?