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
