The beach goalkeeper takes on greater relevance in offensive actions than the court goalkeeper, given that the speed of the game is usually much greater and the rules allow and encourage it. Direct goal throws or changes directly through the attacking zone force us to take on new skills that are not so common in court work. We must not forget, even if it is not an offensive task, that the goalkeeper’s main task is to save the ball.
After the shot, whether it is a goal or not, we must recover the ball as soon as possible. Here we have already had to perform some offensive task: who has shot and from which area? For example, if the specialist has thrown from the central zone or the opposite zone to the changeover zone, if we are in a hurry we will probably have time for a direct throw. If the specialist has not thrown and, in addition, he is on the changeover zone, we forget about the direct throw.If they have launched (a player other than the specialist) from our changeover flank, they will probably take longer to make the changeover attacking defence and give us time for a long counter-attacking pass to our changeover player. In short, it is vital that the goalkeeper understands the opposition’s attacking play, knows who is shooting, what type of shot they are throwing and from which area.
Once we have recovered the ball, we must be very quick to see if the other goalkeeper is already on the court. In that case, our next objective must be the long pass to the player who comes out to change. Finally, the last option (giving a bad pass is not an option) will be a short pass to a teammate.
When creating the offensive system of play, we must take our goalkeeper and his capabilities into account. If our goalkeeper does not recover the ball quickly or does not have a good passing quality, it will condition the system for the worse. If not, it will make our job much easier.
One last consideration we can make is that the goalkeeper also has the role of specialist. Usually the goalkeeper switches to the specialist teammate, but why not use the goalkeeper as a specialist from time to time? After an action in which the goalkeeper is closer to the court than the change, he can run to finish the action. Of course, we must have another goalkeeper ready to enter the changeover. We can also, especially in small categories, do this with players who are not bad at goalkeeping. It is another resource.