Classification of game actions of football players on the post of goalkeeper

Actuality. The goalkeeper is one of the most important figures in the game of football, his role being one that can lead to winning or losing a match. Although he rarely comes into contact with the ball, his intervention is decisive in the defense of the goal where the opponents try to score. A modern goalkeeper must be clearly superior to other playing positions in all components of sports training, such as physical training, technical training, tactical and psychological training. The purpose of the research consists in making a classification of the playing actions of the footballers in the position of Goalkeeper. Goalkeepers, like players in other playing positions, are usually analyzed through the lens of the four factors of sports training such as: physical training, technical training, tactical training and psychological training. Talking about the physical training, the goalkeeper, first of all must differ from the other players by the somatic parameters. They will often have a waist of 190-200 centimeters and an excellent level of development of the most important motor qualities in the game of football, such as be strength, speed, in all forms of manifestation (reaction speed, repetition speed, execution speed and movement speed), general and specific skill and others. Tactically, the goalkeeper must have the ability to anticipate the actions of the opponent, but also of his teammates regarding the game in attack and defense. He is the first player to start an attack from his own goal. The ability of the goalkeeper to position himself correctly, to leave the goal in time, to communicate with his playing partners is very important. There are several classifications in the specialized literature regarding the playing actions of the footballers in the position of goalkeeper, each being argued from several points of view. In the given research we aimed to analyze all the actions of goalkeepers in the game of football and come up with a detailed classification, where all their game actions, both in defense and in attack, will be described. Research methods. Modern research methods such as: video method, theoretical analysis method, questionnaire method, theoretical analysis, graphic method and others were used in the given research. Findings and results. Analyzing the actions of football players in the position of Goalkeeper, we made a general classification of them, which in the foreground highlights two types of actions. Depending on the game situations, these being actions in attack and actions in defense. Both types of actions are focused, depending on their displacement, on the fundamental position and displacement in the field. There are several actions are characteristic for the goalkeeper's attacking ball play, such as: Putting the ball back into the field. o Reset by hand o Returning with the foot For playing with the ball in defense, several actions are characteristic such as: Catching the ball. Boxing the ball. Ball deflection. Blocking the ball. All these actions or game elements are classified into several procedures of their execution. The goalkeeper will apply one or another element, depending on the game situations, like the team's level of preparation, as well as the score of the match at one stage or another, where the goalkeepers often act improvised, using different methods improvised by them. Conclusions and recommendations. A classification of the goalkeeper's actions was carried out as a result of the organized research, and its results can be used as scientific-didactic material for the training of the goalkeeper's footballers at different stages of training.