Iwan Williamson is probably the only goalkeeper in the national league (Alexander has moved clubs and is in TK) to be using the Obo rhp mod and not only that but its extreme version (!), following the Jimi Lewis' adaption of the Obo Hi Rebound glove, as has been mentioned in another blog post. Tommy Alexander was using a very similar adaptation, but with a thumb hold rather than the wrist strap Williamson uses. Rather than keep the bottom of the glove, this is cut off ruthlessly, to get as much possible wrist rotation and movement as possible for strong and accurate redirects when saving to the right.
As can be seen here:
And Alexander's mod whilst at Surbiton (before his move to Indian Gym):
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