Romain Bordas - How the brain anticipates the flight of the ball - FIFA Training Centre

Neurovision specialist Romain Bordas explains how we learn to anticipate the flight of the ball as children, and how goalkeepers and goalkeeping coaches can use these insights to improve their performance on the pitch.

In this series of short videos, renowned orthoptist Romain Bordas draws on his work as a researcher and international performance consultant to give us a fascinating insight into how our brains and eyes work together to anticipate the flight of a football, before suggesting how his research can help us develop more effective training programmes for goalkeepers.

Part 1: Romain Bordas and neurovision

Part 2: Clinical approach

Part 3: Trajectory anticipation

Part 4: Conclusion

Part 5: How to train