Arne Slot’s secret weapon? Liverpool’s goalkeepers noticed utilizing weird tools throughout passing drill underneath new coaches as pre-season coaching begins forward of first marketing campaign

Liverpool‘s goalkeepers deployed some uncommon tools throughout a pre-season coaching drill with their new coaches already stamping their mark on periods.

The brand new period at Anfield is formally underway with Arne Slot and his backroom employees placing a number of gamers via their paces after they returned from their holidays. 

Slot is presently prioritising enhancing health ranges, a way additionally adopted by legendary former boss Jurgen Klopp as he appeared to make his costs match prepared. 

Shortly after placing pen to paper on a three-year deal, Slot accomplished the make-up of his deputies. Aaron Briggs was employed as an elite growth coach whereas No 2 Sipke Hulshoff and lead bodily efficiency coach Ruben Peeters additionally arrived.

However essentially the most eye-catching addition seems to be Fabian Otte, head of first-team goalkeeper teaching. Aged simply 33, Otte joined Liverpool from the US nationwide aspect shortly after his spell teaching on the Copa America.

Otte minimize brief his vacation after only a week in a bid to hit the bottom working and he seems to have wasted little time in introducing groundbreaking new strategies. 

Certainly, the Reds’ stoppers have been noticed utilizing noise cancelling headphones and glasses that restrict their visual field, the intention being to enhance their confidence with the ball at their ft – a key hallmark of Slot’s most popular model of play. 

In a video posted on X, previously Twitter, academy goalkeeper Fabian Mrozek was handed a pair of the glasses by Otte earlier than collaborating within the drill. 

On the opposite aspect of the pitch, certainly one of his team-mates wore the big headphones. 

Every of the gamers took it in turns to finish a cross whereas being pressured by their coaches – with massive blow-up mannequins representing the opposition.

Otte has beforehand labored with goalkeepers at Borussia Monchengladbach and Hoffenheim in Germany in addition to the New Zealand girls’s nationwide group.  

Head coach Slot shared his delight with Otte’s early return to work.

‘He additionally had a match, he was with the USA group,’ he mentioned. ‘Sadly for him, they went out of the match. I gave him a number of weeks off however he mentioned, “No, I wish to come as quickly as I can”. He is already in now after a one-week vacation.

‘I feel that’s what you prefer to see. Though having a vacation is essential, you prefer to see employees members and gamers wish to are available in as early as they’ll to affix the group and assist us for, hopefully, an excellent season.’