Joe Hart: How to make it pro

With four Golden Gloves awards, over 50 national caps and the Manchester City goalkeeping position locked down, Joe Hart is in a great position to advise about how to make it to the top.

He worked his way up from playing for Shrewsbury Town as a youngster to the Premier League, and his love of the game has shone through at every level – meaning that he is always seeking to improve and sharpen up his game.

Here, he shares his keystones for making it as a pro – from a good relationship with your coach to not trying to be too flashy. Wisdom all round.

Joe Hart trained using the Nike Ordem 3 Hi-Vis with The Nike Academy, a full-time, pro-level training programme run by Nike based at St George's Park

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.