{"id":652,"date":"2019-05-28T07:41:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T07:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drijvergoalieacademy.com\/?page_id=652"},"modified":"2025-02-13T16:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:39:45","slug":"martijn-drijver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drijvergoalieacademy.com\/en\/martijn-drijver\/","title":{"rendered":"Goalie Guru"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Passionate Coach with a Vision<\/h2>\n<p>Martijn has been training keepers across the world for over 35 years. It&#8217;s not without reason that he is known as the Goalie Guru. \u201cGoalkeeping is my passion, and I hope to bring this passion across to the keepers who I train and coach. There is nothing better than training with enthusiastic keepers who want to improve: whether that&#8217;s David Harte or the C2 team&#8217;s goalie\u201d, explains Martijn, who also coaches and advises keepers off the field. \u201cThis can be around studies, planning or life in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Junior World Cup in Paris<\/h2>\n<p>He inherited his love for hockey from his father Han, former record Dutch international. Martijn played for all the national youth teams. The high point: third place at the Hockey Junior World Cup in Paris (1979). He was also goalie for many years at Leiden Men&#8217;s 1 and HGC Men&#8217;s 1.<\/p>\n<h2>Top division<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"1154\">Many clubs in the Netherlands rely on Martijn as a goalkeeper coach, especially in the Hoofdklasse, Promotieklasse, and Overgangsklasse. He currently works with several teams, including:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1393\">\n<li data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1226\">Kampong (Ladies 1, Men 1, and the entire Youth Goalkeeping Academy)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1286\">Pinok\u00e9 (Men 1 and the entire Youth Goalkeeping Academy)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1287\" data-end=\"1311\">Den Bosch (Ladies 1)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1330\">MOP (Ladies 1)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1353\">Tilburg (Ladies 1)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1375\">Hurley (Ladies 1)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1393\">Laren (Men 1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>International experience<\/h2>\n<p>Martijn has worked with national men\u2019s teams from the Netherlands, Spain, India, Malaysia, and Ireland, as well as the South African women\u2019s team and the girls\u2019 division of the GB Hockey Elite Development Program. He has also coached the goalkeepers of Jong Oranje and the Dutch A and B teams (both boys and girls). Additionally, Martijn regularly conducts coaching courses abroad, including in Spain, Argentina, South Africa, England, Germany, and Belgium.<\/p>\n<h2>Achievements<\/h2>\n<p>As a goalkeeper coach, Martijn has participated in eight Olympic Games, 10 European Championships, seven World Cups, 11 Champions Trophy tournaments, and two FIH Pro Leagues. In 2008, Spain won Olympic silver with goalkeeper Quico Cortez, trained by Martijn. In 2012, Martijn coached the Dutch national team\u2019s goalkeepers, including Jaap Stockmann, who helped secure another Olympic silver. In 2016, Maddie Hinch won Olympic gold with Team GB, and in 2021, Josine Koning clinched gold with the Dutch national team! At the club level, Martijn has contributed to 18 national championships and 11 European club titles..<\/p>\n<h2>Top Goalkeepers and the New Generation<\/h2>\n<p>Some of the top goalkeepers who have thrived in the past 10 years thanks to Martijn\u2019s training and guidance include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2690\" data-end=\"3486\">\n<li data-start=\"2690\" data-end=\"2778\"><strong data-start=\"2692\" data-end=\"2707\">David Harte<\/strong> (Kampong Men 1, Ireland) \u2013 Best Goalkeeper in the World (2015, 2016)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2779\" data-end=\"2954\"><strong data-start=\"2781\" data-end=\"2798\">Josine Koning<\/strong> (Den Bosch Ladies 1, Dutch national team) \u2013 European gold (2023), World Cup gold (2022), Olympic gold (2021), European gold (2017), World Cup gold (2018)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2955\" data-end=\"3028\"><strong data-start=\"2957\" data-end=\"2976\">Babette Backers<\/strong> (Kampong Ladies 1, Dutch national team selection)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3029\" data-end=\"3084\"><strong data-start=\"3031\" data-end=\"3051\">Ayeisha McFerran<\/strong> (HC Tilburg Ladies 1, Ireland)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3085\" data-end=\"3136\"><strong data-start=\"3087\" data-end=\"3104\">Estiaan Kriek<\/strong> (Kampong Men 1, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3137\" data-end=\"3216\"><strong data-start=\"3139\" data-end=\"3158\">Sam van der Ven<\/strong> (HGC Men 1, Dutch national team) \u2013 European gold (2017)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3217\" data-end=\"3324\"><strong data-start=\"3219\" data-end=\"3235\">Maddie Hinch<\/strong> (Great Britain) \u2013 Olympic gold (2016), Best Goalkeeper in the World (2016, 2017, 2018)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3325\" data-end=\"3387\"><strong data-start=\"3327\" data-end=\"3343\">Savita Punia<\/strong> (India) \u2013 2x Best Goalkeeper in the World<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3388\" data-end=\"3424\"><strong data-start=\"3390\" data-end=\"3411\">Kumar Subramaniam<\/strong> (Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3425\" data-end=\"3486\"><strong data-start=\"3427\" data-end=\"3452\">Sreejesh P Raveendran<\/strong> (India) \u2013 Olympic bronze (2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 data-start=\"3488\" data-end=\"3514\">The New Generation:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong data-start=\"3517\" data-end=\"3537\">Ralph Grevenstuk<\/strong> (Pinok\u00e9 Men 1, Jong Oranje)<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"3570\" data-end=\"3588\">Marit van Buul<\/strong> (Pinok\u00e9 MO18, Jong Oranje)<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"3620\" data-end=\"3638\">Olivier Smeets<\/strong> (Pinok\u00e9 JO16, NL O16)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"3664\" data-end=\"3688\">Vision on Training<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3689\" data-end=\"4140\">Over the past 30 years, Martijn has developed his own training philosophy. The <strong data-start=\"3768\" data-end=\"3793\">Drijver Goalie System<\/strong> serves as the foundation for all his training sessions, including at the <strong data-start=\"3867\" data-end=\"3893\">Drijver Goalie Academy<\/strong>. This system works for every goalkeeper, regardless of age, level, or playing style. \u201cThe art of goalkeeping has evolved tremendously in recent years. That\u2019s why I constantly adapt my training philosophy. It\u2019s something I am always working on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passionate Coach with a Vision Martijn has been training keepers across the world for over 35 years. It&#8217;s not without reason that he is known as the Goalie Guru. \u201cGoalkeeping is my passion, and I hope to bring this passion across to the keepers who I train and coach. 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