The third speaker of the day was Gökhan Güldag on the subject of "Warming up and preparing for the game". The head of junior goalkeeper training at Turkish top club Fenerbahce Istanbul first gave a very detailed presentation on the concept used to select youth goalkeepers for the junior performance center. Physical requirements (e.g. height, jumping power, speed) as well as coordinative skills play a major role in the selection process. Corresponding values are determined using different measurement methods.

He then used video sequences to show how goalkeepers warm up before a match in Fenerbahce's youth department. Preference is given in the warm-up phase to many conventional forms of exercise, e.g. shots (direct, as a touchdown, from different distances) on the keeper. Exercise parts for player opening or play-along actions are missing completely. Actually, exercises with the strobo goggles were also planned for the subsequent practical part. But for reasons of time Gökhan Güldag had to do without it. So he limited himself to showing how to improve the speed and reflexes of goalkeepers with interesting betting and exercise forms. These exercises will be published shortly on the homepage of our partner Goalguard.de.