While watching the 1992 Olympic hockey final held in Barcelona, Simon Barnett listened to his hockey-playing friends criticize the quality of the goal keeping equipment being used. From this, and the wish to defend his existing hockey importing business from competitors with access to foam kickers, he decided that there was an opportunity to enter the goal keeping market on a global scale, utilising modern product design and manufacturing approaches, and using unique and high quality New Zealand made closed cell foam.

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Fluids
As a goalkeeper we are wearing so much protective equipment that our body cannot effectively cool itself. I am sure you all know the feeling of coming off the playing field after a hard training or game covered in sweat. It is very important to replace the fluid we lose so that our body is adequately hydrated and can perform optimally during the next session.

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The first thing you should do is nothing! Don’t even remove the old straps, because you can use them as a threader instead of having to make one yourself.

If you’ve already removed the old straps then you’ll need to follow the steps outlined below.

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