The United Goalkeeping Alliance (UGKA) emphasizes a goalkeeper culture while supporting goalkeepers around the world through every stage of their development. The UGKA is an ever-growing network of goalkeeper coaches with agreed upon goals of educating generations of goalkeepers. Our goal is to create a goalkeeping culture and further develop every aspect of goalkeeping for participating coaches, goalkeepers and parents alike. Primarily, focus is on the 5 elements of a goalkeeper's development. those 5 areas are: tactical development, technical knowledge, physical growth, psychological balance and social connection.