Gloves On

Lars Bjerring, is the goalkeeper coach at Odense Boldklub and he is our guest in this week's episode. We are nerding about the position, talking about the young goalkeepers he is coaching at the moment, how he is helping them develop and the realistic goalkeeper training he implements in training. We chat about OB’s current goalkeeper, Oliver Christensen and how he has gone from being a youth GK to first team GK and of course, a talk about gloves. Enjoy!

Matej Delac, we are joined by former Chelsea and now AC Horsens goalkeeper. Matej takes us through his career and the many loans spells, about the experience and the up’s and downs. We talk about he relationship between competing goalkeepers and the relationship between goalkeeper and goalkeeper coaches. Last but not least, Matej tells us about his favorite gloves and future goals. 

Michael Caulfield, is a sports psychologist who primarily works with professional football players currently including championship club Brentford FC. The Gloves On hosts and Michael talks about coping with social media, the pressure of being a goalkeeper and how important it is to have a routine. The routine is both before, during, and after the game, turning on your “match day mode” and being able to have a mental reset. Since Michael is not a goalkeeper, we do not talk about gloves in this episode but instead Michael tells us who his favorite athlete is from a sports psychology point of view! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Gloves On podcast.

In this episode, we have UEFA GK A goalkeeper coach Jonathan Craig, who currently is the goalkeeper coach of Real Kashmir in the Indian Premier League. He talks about how he got to India, about the level of the Indian goalkeepers and how goalkeepers in general fit into the teams style of play and how that is implemented in training.

Conor O’Keefe is back! And he is telling his story of how he found a new club, how he developed through the season, handled the pressure, and  how he become goalkeeper of the year! He talks about being home, training during this pandemic and walks us through the preparations for his new season in Sweden. This episode is a great one and if you liked the first episode, you are going to love this episode!

In this episode, we talk with mental performance coach, Henrik Hjarsbæk, about staying focused for 90 minutes and how hard it is, to stay focused. Henrik shares his knowledge on how you can enhance your focus, some key tips on how you can help yourself staying focused and just an overall great episode with a clever man. @hhmentality @hhmindset

In today's episode, we talk with professional goalkeeper Cody Laurendi, who plays at Oklahoma City Energy FC and the Puerto Rican National Team. We talk about hard work and dedication and what it takes to become a professional goalkeeper. We talk about Cody's “bumpy” road into the professional world, signing the first contract, getting his debut at the National Team as well as his favourite gloves.

In this episode, we have Lasse Heinze, goalkeeper coach of FC Midtjylland on our podcast for the first time. Lasse used to play professionally in Denmark and now he is a passionate goalkeeper coach. We talk about the goalkeeper as the 11th player. About how the goalkeeper has to be the guy who gets the ball out of pressure. What a “modern” goalkeeper looks like. We also talk about game preparation and how the goalkeeper communicates with the head coach. Enjoy listening! 

We are finally back with the Gloves On Podcast. It is January 1st and we are ready to kick off season 2. In this episode, we have Goalkeeper Specialist, Rochdi Karaa as our guest. Rochdi was the first Tunisian professional goalkeeper in the UK. Our main topic is continuous development. We talk about what Continuous Development is overall, What a GK Training week could look like, Confidence, self-belief & mistakes, The goalkeeper DNA, Psychology, and The importance of getting out of your comfort zone in order to develop.