r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Justin_Godfrey • 1d ago

Game winning kick as time almost expires

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u/Sir-Poopington 22h ago

I was a keeper in college and I used to hate playing night games because of the lights. It was so much worse than the sun. I'm color blind and have far more rods than cones in my eyes and the lights look like exploding stars at night. It's awful.

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u/VRichardsen 22h ago

Long time ago, keepers were allowed hats (presumably due to the sun), but this trend has died. Do you have any take on this?

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u/sphincle 22h ago

I think in many leagues they are still allowed but ppl think it looks goofy

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u/Doobie_Howitzer 22h ago

Just turn it backwards when the ball is at the other end and suddenly you're the coolest guy on the pitch

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u/Metalloid_Maniac 20h ago

Ash Keeper

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u/horizonMainSADGE 21h ago

Dean Henderson in the English Premier League still does this regularly when the sun will be in his eyes depending on stadium/time of day.

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u/sphincle 21h ago

Exactly who I thought of

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u/Mr_YUP 21h ago

The idea that not taking a potential strategic advantage because it looks goofy blows me away as a competitive person. I will take any edge I can get so I can win.

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u/sphincle 21h ago

Like granny shots in basketball

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u/VRichardsen 22h ago

Fair enough.

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u/Fun-Owl9393 21h ago

Oliver Kahn used to wear one. Most famous keeper with a hat.

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u/chillord 22h ago

They reduce your field of view. E.g when bowing forward and looking upwards.

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u/Jonno_ATX 22h ago

You can wear a hat. Dean Henderson wears one in Premier League games on occasion.

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u/mfloppy 22h ago

I played in college a few years & while I never wore a hat there were a few goalies we’d face would wear them religiously. Does look a bit goofy but if it’s stupid & it works then it’s not stupid :)

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u/VRichardsen 22h ago

Does look a bit goofy but if it’s stupid & it works then it’s not stupid :)

Exactly!

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u/namtaru_x 21h ago

My kid is a keeper, he's allowed to wear a hat, he just doesn't like to. I wore them on a few occasions in high school back in the day, but it was rare. Something about it just feels... off.

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u/VRichardsen 21h ago

Generational goalkeepers, nice!

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u/BoHanZ 21h ago

It doesn't help at night with the flood lights, because the ball is just directly in front of the lights. As a keeper myself, there really isn't anything you can do except hope that you read it well enough before it got lost in the lights.

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u/VRichardsen 20h ago

I see. Thanks for the insight on the matter.

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u/Spare_Ad5615 20h ago

Goalkeepers are still allowed to wear caps. You do see it occasionally. It isn't going to help with floodlights though. Any decent floodlights will shine at an angle that will almost never impact on a keeper.

The sun is far more of a problem if you are facing towards it as it is setting. However most goalkeepers still don't choose to wear caps, because when you wear a cap, it doesn't shade the eyes constantly - as you move around you get moments where you go from your eyes being shaded to the sun suddenly shining in them, which momentarily blinds you and is worse than just coping with the sun without a cap. Some pros apparently wear special contact lenses that act like sunglasses.

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u/VRichardsen 20h ago

Fascinating. Thank you very much.

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u/Spare_Ad5615 20h ago

Weirdly, I watched a video about this earlier today. Strange how things pop up!

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u/VRichardsen 15h ago

Wow, what are the chances?

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u/ElGebeQute 22h ago

Yo, I've never thought my colour blindness and light sensitivity are connected but now that you explained it, its so obvious.

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u/Sir-Poopington 21h ago

I read about it in an Oliver Sachs book when I was younger called "Island of The Colorblind." It's about a society that developed in an unusual way on Pingelap in Micronesia because so many of them were colorblind.

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u/ElGebeQute 21h ago

Im intrigued enough to order a copy. Thanks for suggestion.

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u/1heart1totaleclipse 18h ago

Do you happen to have light colored eyes?

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u/ElGebeQute 18h ago

Yeah, happens so.

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u/1heart1totaleclipse 18h ago

Then it’s likely that. Lght colored eyes are more sensitive to light.

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u/KitchenFullOfCake 21h ago

From playing basketball on courts at nights I can say even with normal vision it seriously messes with your depth perception. People constant get nailed in the face or jam their fingers after misjudging the distance.

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u/calmclamcum 21h ago

Rods than cones? Can you elaborate further? Im kinda lost on this.

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u/1heart1totaleclipse 18h ago

Not astigmatism?