Gold Coast

Gold Coast

Så er vi lige på en hurtig ferie på Gold Coast lige syd for Brisbane i staten Queensland. I lufthavnen da vi landede, mødte vi North Queensland Furys fodboldhold hvor Robbie Fowler(ex. Liverpool spiller) men vi nåede ikke at få hverken billeder eller autografer.

Nå men i går var vi på hval safari og det var en rigtig fed oplevelse. Efter en times sejlads spottede vi 2 pukkelhvaler eller måske var der faktisk tre, svært at vurderer De svømmede helt tæt ind til båden og hver gang de kom op efter de havde dykket, viftede de med deres finner(luffer eller hvad de nu hedder). Pukkelhvalerne emigrerer fra Antarktis hver vinter til det nordlige Queensland for at yngle og tager retur her omkring 1. november. De regner med at der er op til 17.000 af dem ud for Australiens vestkyst på denne årstid.

Bagefter var tøserne på shoppetur og Christoffer tog en 2 timers surf undervisning, mens jeg fotograferede. Det gik helt fint og han nåede op og stå på surf bordet flere gange.

I dag skal vi i Sea World hele dagen og i morgen står den på kano tur til South Stratbrok Island hvor vi skal snorkel med hav skildpadder og Delfiner.

Flytning, Danmark og fodbold

Nyt hus
Så er vi flyttet igen,igen. Den her gang er vi flyttet lidt tættere på byen og alting er pludselig kommet meget tættere på. Huset er nok det bedste vi har haft mens vi har været her. Det er bygget af dem der skulle bo her så der er tænkt over tingene og ikke som i de 3 første vi har boet, som alle var bygget med udlejnings formål.
Her kommer varmen fra gulvet og aircondition fra loftet, som det skal være. Ikke som i de andre huse hvor varmen kom fra Loftet og aircondition var monteret i stuen!!!

Huset er rigtig godt indrettet og jeg tror vi alle føler os rigtig godt tilpas. Jeg har fået meget nemmere ved at komme på arbejde og når man møder kl. 8.30, skal levere 8 timer plus en times frokost så bliver klokken altså mange inden man kommer hjem, hvis man skal bruge 1.5 time på det.
Christoffer fortsætter i skole i Rowville og må så tage bussen men det ser ud til at det går fint for ham. Camilla er startet i den sole som Christoffer gik på da vi sidst boede her og jeg tror hun har indset at det var meget beder end at blive på skole i Rowville.

Danmark
Som mange sikkert ved var vi lige en tur i Danmark på ferie. Det var dejligt at komme hjem og hilse på alle dem vi nu nåede. Børnene gik i skole i Viborg i en hel uge, ganske frivilligt, og var sammen med deres gamle venner. Det er utroligt hvor hurtig de fandt sammen igen, vi har trods alt været væk i mere end 2 år. Vejret viste sig også fra en side vi ikke helt kan huske, blå himmel, solskin og 20 grader i 2 uger...... Sådan husker jeg ikke Danmark.
Børnene var helt ude af den da vi skulle retur men det kan man jo ikke sådan lave om. Vi har planlagt at være her til midten af næste år, så alt er rette imod det. Der er også nogle ting vi lige skal have set inden vi rejser hjem.

Fodbold
Christoffer var med Victorias udvalgte U16 skole hold til Australsk stats mesterskab i indendørs fodbold lige efter vi kom hjem(Melbourne). Det foregik i Albury, hvor de boede i 5 dage og Christoffers hold nåede semi-fialen og endte med at live nr. 3.
Efterfølgende er han blevet udtaget til at repræsentere et Australsk junior skolefodboldhold som skal på tur til Brasilien til maj næste år.

Arbejde
Jeg har de sidste 3 1/2 måned arbejdet hos en af de store Utility firmaer her i Melbourne på deres AMI program. Jeg er der som ETL udvikler og er ed del af data migrerings projekt gruppen. Kontrakten er lige blevet forlænget med 12 måneder så jeg må jo have gjort det godt nok indtil nu.

Training with SønderJyske

Sønderjyske

SønderJyske is the professional part of several local clubs in southern Jutland and their senior team play in our top League. The club started 5 years ago but have already a very impressive setup.

They have, like AC Horsens, a sports academy where boys and girls can develop in their sport and at the same time live and study. Everything is located around Haderslev sports academy and the setup include 50m indoor slimming pool, modern fitness center, indoor arena, 12 outdoor soccer pitches, 2 full size Astroturf soccer pitches a stadium with the capacity of 9000 specatators and more.

Chris was training with Henrik Ipsen, their senior goalkeeper. Henrik have been playing at the highest level in Denmark for a long time and is now part of the goalkeeper training as well.

He were very impressed with Chris and said that he think that Chris is way ahead of Danish goalkeepers at his own age.

He said that Chris looked very promising and with great potential and told Chris to keep working and aim for his potential.

Again very positive for Chris and the work done by PFT and it help him mature and boost his confidence.

They would like Chris to start at their youth academy and be part of their U17 squad so that is certainly something we would look into.

Tomorrow is the last session at Brøndby IF for the 2nd time.

/Kaimer

Training with SIK

Training with Søndermarken IK
Chris was training with his old club in Viborg on Wednesday the 10th. September and they were very impressed with his skills. They currently have a golakeeper for the first team but he does not have the skills to play at that level, so they invited Chris to play the next game for them against the top team yesterday.

They still have his player registration so it was no hurdle to get him in the starting line up.
They play at the 3rd level for U17 team and a lot of them are 93's and many of those that are 94's have played at the highest level when they were U15 players. This means that the game will be pretty competitive and a good test for Chris.

Chris boosted his confidence thoughout the match and became more and more comfortable as the match went on. I beleive that this level is as good as the VIS and it showed me that he is ready for the FFV's U18 and even U21 next season.

The match ended 3-1 and Chris had several very good interaction and saves.

/Kaimer

Training with AC Horsens & FK Viborg

AC Horsens

Chris was invited to train with AC Horsens goalkeeper coach and the U17 coach. The first half of the training was with the goalkeepers and both the U19 and the reserve keeper were there. the session last an hour and then the second part were with the U17 team.

AC Horsens play at the 2nd best level in Denmark for all their youth teams, U17, U19 and seniors but the seniors was relegated last year and are top of the ladder and looks like they return to the Super League next season.
They have a very impressive set-up with college, sport academy and lots of soccer grounds. The youth academy include buildings with apartments where students can live at the same time as they are studying and participating in their sports at the sports academy.

the goalkeepers from U15 and up are training 4 times a week with the Goalkeeper coach and are also training with the team. That is one of the reasons why goalkeepers at the age of 14 starts to develop faster than the Goalkeepers in Melbourne as most of then only train goalkeepers skills once or twice a week.

Nicolai, the Goalkeeper coach gave us some very good feedback and he were very keen to start a relationship with PFT after what he saw. They also told Chris that he was welcome to the academy when we are returning to Denmark.

FK Viborg

Friday this week the training was with FK Viborg which is the youth academy for talented players within Viborg FF. The U17 team play at the highest level but will be struggeling to survive in the league and to avoid relegation.

Chris was training with the Goalkeeper and the two of them did some goalkeeper practice by them selves. There are only one goalkeeper session a week so this club is not focusing on goalkeepers as much as some of the other clubs.

It is important to know thinks like that before you chose the club to play for as goalie. You want to be in a club where you can develop and were goalkeeping have attention and focus.

The training went well and Chris was invited to train with them for the rest of our holiday but all the days are booked next week so he can't.

We watched FK Viborg play a League game on Saturday against FC Midtjylland, whom supposed to have the best U17 Goalkeeper in Denmark.

I know that it is hard to judge from only one game but what I saw was not better than the 4-5 Goalkepers that PFT have in that age group.

Monday is game day with SIK

/Kaimer

Training with Brondby IF U17

Chris was training with Brondby IF's U17 team and with the youth academy goalkeeper coach.

The youth team is located in one of the stands of the home ground stadium. When we arrived one of the first we meet was Per Nielsen, a former Broendby IF first team and national player. The team manager showed Chris the change room where he was handed all the training gear needed. So no PFT clothes, sorry Roy, only Brondby t-shirt, shorts, socks, etc.

The first part of the training was together with other youth academy goalkeepers and the goalkeeper coach. The goalkeeper’s ages were 94 and older and one of them was the U17 Danish National goalkeeper. Chris did well in this part and the goalkeeper coach said that is could see the talent and the potential in Chris and they could certainly make something big out of him. He also had some positive feedback in improvements needed at this stage, such as quicker feet movement when taking that one step before diving after a shot.

The second part was with all the 94 in a small sided game. I think that the speed of the game surprised Chris and he was probably struggling to follow the speed of the game for the first 5-10 min. But he improved as he picked up the culture that exist in this environment, were everyone are extremely committed and work there buts of to get into the starting line up in the next game.

The Goalkeeper coach invited Chris to attend the golakeeper training Thursday this week and hoped to see him more and the team manager also invited him to atend training Friday, Lets see what we can do but the calendre is pritty bookes so we might not have time.

I will put some pictures up by the end of the week. Next session is with his old team in Viborg and I expect him to better than the goalkeepers as they play at the 3rd best level in the U17 tournament.

/Kaimer

Danmark here we come

Danmark
Så er der kun 3 dage til vi flyver den halve jordklode rundt for at komme "hjem" på besøg hos venner og familie. Det har vi set frem til i noget tid og det bliver rart at hilse på alle dem man ikke har set i et par år. Godt nok var jeg i Danmark i August sidste år men det var ikke mange besøg jeg nåede så det er noget der skal indhentes. Både Camilla og Christoffer har planlagt overnatninger i Viborg og de har også valgt at gå i skole i en hel uge.
Der er vist også nogle ting vi skal hjem og smage på, noget som vi ikke har fået i mere end 2 år. Ja det er de mærkeligste ting man kan komme til at savne, men sådan skal det vel være.

Der er også ting vi ikke savner og her er hvad der falder mig ind først, skatten, vejret og bilpriserne er ikke noget vi ligefrem står og savner...

Fodbold
Christoffers målmands akademi vil gerne i kontakt med danske klubber for at udveksle erfaringer men også for at få muligheden for at komme til danmark med målmandstalenter fra Australien. I den forbindelse har jeg taget kontakt til danske klubber for at introducere PFT(Premier Football Tution) og får at de kan vurdere Christoffer.
Det er nu blevet til at han skal til træning med AGF, BIF, AC Horsens, Silkeborg, FK Viborg og så forsøger vi at få en dialog i gang med Lars Høegh som har et privat målmands coaching firma i Danmark, hvor han kan vurdere Christoffers niveau.
Det skal blive spændende at se hvor stor forskellen er på de bedste i Australien og de bedste i Danmark, specielt træningen i BIF bliver spændende da de har en af de målmænd der er med i DBU's U17 trup.

Jeg er sikker på at der er forskel på de allerbedste i Danmark og så det niveau han har men jeg tror samtidig han har niveau til at spille i U17 divisionen lige under U17 ligaen. Både Tempoet og intensiteten er højre i DK men på det tekniske er jeg overbevist om at han er fuldt på højde.
Det skal blive spændende at følge og jeg skal nok skrive noget mere når jeg har noget nyt.

Først skal vi lige have overstået 24 timers flyvetur.....

/Kaimer