POSITION IS TAKING UP A STANCE IN PREPARATION FOR WHAT ACTION YOU MAY NEED TO TAKE NEXT, CATCH, DIVE ETC. IN THIS POSITION YOU WILL BE READY FOR MOST CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU WILL ENCOUNTER AS A GOALKEEPER. GOALKEEPER HAVE TO SEE HIS SET POSITION IN EVERY SITUATION. DURING A GAME YOU WILL MOVE AND POSITION YOURSELF, THEN 'Set' ON MANY OCCASIONS, FAILING TO SET OR SETTING INCORRECTLY COULD RESULT IN A SLOWER REACTION, BEING UNBALANCED OR WRONGLY POSITIONED.
THE 'set position' IS THE FIRST TECHNIQUE A GOALKEEPER NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND AND MASTER.