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This new edition features more information and better on-field applications than its predecessor. The book includes innovative new drills and tactical information to give goalies the edge in every situation. Insight and examples from top goalies and key coaching points by the authors are included to give players and coaches with the performance applications they need to excel. University of Pittsburgh soccer coach Joe Luxbacher and former Pittsburgh Riverhounds goalkeeper coach Gene Klein have more than 55 combined years of playing and coaching experience. Luxbacher is an author of several successful soccer books, including "Soccer Practice Games" and Klein has coached youth and professional goalkeepers for many years. From drills and tactics to equipment and fitness, this book aims to cover the whole field for goalkeeping success.

Joe Luxbacher, PhD, has more than 30 years of experience playing and coaching soccer at all levels. A former professional soccer player for the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League, and Major Indoor Soccer League, he is the head men's soccer coach at the University of Pittsburgh, a position he has held since 1984.

Twice selected Big East Conference Soccer Coach of the Year, Luxbacher has authored more than a dozen books and numerous articles on the sport of soccer. His soccer articles have appeared in national publications such as Scholastic Coach and Athletic Director and Soccer Journal.

Coach Luxbacher was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, and was designated a "Letterman of Distinction" by the University of Pittsburgh in 2003.

Luxbacher resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife Gail and children Eliza and Travis.