Check out John Stevanja’s site: www.keeper-skool.com.
If you’re remotely interested in getting in shape, or learning more about the fine art of goalkeeping, this is a great, straight-talking, no-nonsense site for goalies and fitness fanatics in general.
A sample of his posts:
– Be An Egg Head…For Proteins Sake!
– Worst Goalkeeper Ever Drives Debate At digg
– Protein Hype: Do You Really Need It?
– Buffon Wins World Cup 2006 Best Goalkeeper
– Why Goalkeeper Fitness Is So Different
– Don’t Blame The Ref: They Are Human Too!
– Forza Italia: World Cup 2006 Champions
– Strength Training = Better Soccer
– Healthy Fats From Fruit?
Good stuff!
Stevanja’s been around the block:
– Sydney United Representative (Australian Premier League) (1995-97)
– Dinamo Zagreb [Croatia] Juniors (1995-96)
– Represented Australia in the Kvarnerska Riviera Tournament (Croatia) (1996)
– NSW (District) schoolboy representative, selected for Australian schoolboys (1996)
– Marconi Representative (Australian Premier League) (1998-99)
– Sutton United FC (Southern Nationwide Conference)[Training] (2004)
– Bury FC (English Premiership Division 2)[Assessment & Trial] (2004)
– Dulwich Hill (NSW Winter Super League) (2005)
And here’s what he says about his qualifications:
“I am a fully qualified Fitness Instructor, with international certification from FISAF. There is the link. This is what I have dedicated my blog to. Scientific principles that adhere to the art of goal keeping. You might not think this, but we as goalkeepers are a very unique breed. Therefore, we deserve very specific and unique advice on how to excel in our position.”
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