As is widely known, coaching and training goalkeepers is often neglected at every hockey club in the Netherlands. Especially at the youth level, hardly any time or attention is devoted to goalkeeping, with the result that young goalkeepers usually give up after one or two seasons and prefer to “just” play hockey.  This jeopardizes the progression of goalkeepers from the youth ranks to the senior teams and ultimately to the Men’s 1 or Women’s 1 teams, which is why many clubs recruit their goalkeepers for the top-level hockey (1st or 2nd men’s/women’s teams) from outside the club.

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One of the objectives of the ZERO! Academy is to provide high-quality training and guidance for goalkeeper coaches—ZERO! Academy style. ​The goal of the training and guidance for goalkeeper coaches is to ensure they feel confident in their role as coaches, that they are challenged to rise above their “normal level” and develop to their full potential, so they can fully enjoy providing goalkeeper training and make a significant contribution to the “promotion” of goalkeeping.

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The ZERO! Academy offers two options to elevate the level of the goalkeeper coach and, consequently, the goalkeeper training sessions to a higher level:

• ZERO! Academy “Goalkeeper Trainer Course”

• ZERO! Academy Exercise Database