Personally I reckon handball, but other ideas I had included maybe a basketball player due to how athletic they are after training for a while would be good. Bad with ball at the feet though
Which sports goalkeeper would make the best football gk?
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Petr Cech is a half decent ice hockey keeper.
No goalkeepers in beach volleyball, but I would think most elite players could make a decent career as a football goal keeper.
I think a lot of the stronger Gaelic football goalkeepers in Ireland would convert to soccer really easy. Someone like Stephen Cluxton I reckon could have probably made it in the prem. Of course Shay Given had a GAA background
Probably the closest thing to top level football goal keepers.
Probably the closest thing to top level football goal keepers.
If we’re not going the most obvious one, which is Gaelic football, then the answer is probably field hockey. They use their feet so ok with ball at feet. They dive, unlike handball keepers. The goal they defend is bigger than an ice hockey goal.
Mind you, we should go with the most obvious one really. So the answer is GAA.
Mind you, we should go with the most obvious one really. So the answer is GAA.
Futsal 
Extending it to sports players who aren't keepers at all, I'd quite fancy one of the taller MLB shortstops to do a decent job.
Good hands, reflexes and agility, have to dive after the ball, could probably throw it miles and likely have the best eyesight and hand/eye co-ordination in sports.
Good hands, reflexes and agility, have to dive after the ball, could probably throw it miles and likely have the best eyesight and hand/eye co-ordination in sports.
Hockey goalies are now supposed to be tall and athletic. Some are as tall as 6'5. I'm sure the Russian ones are decent at football.
Ice hockey. Sure, they tend a much smaller net, but their reaction speeds are off the charts. A childhood mate of mine was signed to Hull Vikings when he was about 17/8 or so, also on the books at Hull FC briefly, proper Billy Sport he was, but he wasn't much for football - much like a lot of young lads in Hull aren't or weren't at that time, it's very much a rugby league City.
Anyway, whenever we'd have a kickabout in the park on the Sunday league pitches, or even just play heads and volleys against a shop wall, he'd always go in goal being he was a hockey keeper and I swear on my life it was almost impossible to get the ball past him at times. He wasn't the tallest lad, about 6'0" dead on, as well as being a unit width wise like most rubgy lads, but he was like a cat. To this day I genuinely think he could have made a decent career out of football if he'd gone to a few keeper trials and tryouts. He was all about the contact sports though.
Anyway, whenever we'd have a kickabout in the park on the Sunday league pitches, or even just play heads and volleys against a shop wall, he'd always go in goal being he was a hockey keeper and I swear on my life it was almost impossible to get the ball past him at times. He wasn't the tallest lad, about 6'0" dead on, as well as being a unit width wise like most rubgy lads, but he was like a cat. To this day I genuinely think he could have made a decent career out of football if he'd gone to a few keeper trials and tryouts. He was all about the contact sports though.