Tip 2 for keeping warm in the cold weather: snoods!
Quite the fashion accessory for goalies (well, not catwalk like or anything!), they seem to be very popular in Italy with Buffon, Abbiati and Casillas all wearing them at some point (with Reina also, mainly when at Liverpool); Cesar wearing one in his time with Inter, and so on and so forth! And they have been seen being worn by English goalkeepers like Hart and Ruddy who have both worn them in cold morning training sessions. Although there were complaints from the media/pundits/writers and the usual smack talk from fans whinging about how sissy it looks (as you'd expect), there were a few concerns about health & safety, but with the snood being worn on the head or around the neck, I personally don't think it's a choking hazard as it can't really snag or get caught as it hugs the neck.
At the least it gives you a bit of extra warmth, which should help keeping your vocal chords from chilling up; useful for shouting at your defenders all game long without wearing your voice out! At worst it gives your team mates, the oppo and anyone else a topic of conversation, but it is an extra option for keeping cold in those wintry games when you wonder why you bothered to ever get out of bed so early on a Sunday!!
Quite the fashion accessory for goalies (well, not catwalk like or anything!), they seem to be very popular in Italy with Buffon, Abbiati and Casillas all wearing them at some point (with Reina also, mainly when at Liverpool); Cesar wearing one in his time with Inter, and so on and so forth! And they have been seen being worn by English goalkeepers like Hart and Ruddy who have both worn them in cold morning training sessions. Although there were complaints from the media/pundits/writers and the usual smack talk from fans whinging about how sissy it looks (as you'd expect), there were a few concerns about health & safety, but with the snood being worn on the head or around the neck, I personally don't think it's a choking hazard as it can't really snag or get caught as it hugs the neck.
At the least it gives you a bit of extra warmth, which should help keeping your vocal chords from chilling up; useful for shouting at your defenders all game long without wearing your voice out! At worst it gives your team mates, the oppo and anyone else a topic of conversation, but it is an extra option for keeping cold in those wintry games when you wonder why you bothered to ever get out of bed so early on a Sunday!!
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