A goalkeeper in a football game pulls his hands backwards catching the ball shot at the goal. In this scenario, what is the rate of change of momentum?

• A large force that acts in a very short duration of time is referred to as an impulsive force.
  While catching the ball, the goalkeeper pulls his hands backward to slow down the rate of change of momentum while increasing the time.
• Force is directly related to the rate of change of momentum, this allows less force to be exerted on his hands and causes less damage to his hands. 

Therefore, we can say that the rate of momentum decreases in the given scenario.