PHF to hold seven-day camp for goalkeepers under foreign coach Bob Waldouf

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) will hold a training camp to promote hockey in the country and to train goalkeepers to international standards.

For the first time in Pakistan, a foreign specialist goalkeeping coach, working under foreign coach Bob Waldouf, will train 15 selected goalkeepers from the junior and senior teams in the latest techniques.

The special training camp at Nasir Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad will last seven days. Morning and evening sessions will be held every day to improve the goalkeepers’ performance and skills.

The training includes modern goalkeeping skills to international standards, technical skills, physical fitness and building mental confidence. Fifteen goalkeepers from the senior and junior teams and the camp have been invited.

According to a spokesman for the Pakistan Hockey Federation, the main aim of the camp is to build a bright future for Pakistan hockey and to further strengthen the defensive line. The training will prepare the goalkeepers to meet the challenges of modern times.