CH 01 · The Founder Story

Hi, I'm Jochen.

25 years in goal · Goalkeeper · Founder of GloveBag

For over 25 years I played goalkeeper myself. Week after week I washed my gloves — or more accurately: I had to wash them. I never felt like it, but I needed maximum grip to play my best.

With the GloveBag, I want to solve a small but incredibly annoying problem for millions of goalkeepers — for good.

Est. 2024 Oberkirch · DE 2 min read
CH 02 · The Experiments

I have everything
tried and tested.

It started with washing my gloves in the sink with regular detergent — and soon wondering why the latex was getting hard and brittle so fast.

Then came the first goalkeeper glove detergents. Of course I bought them. And sure, the gloves came out cleaner and held their grip longer — but the effort was still there. And the detergents weren't cheap either.

For a while I washed the gloves in the shower straight after training. Sounds like a time-saver — but I was always the last one out of the changing room.

METHOD 01
Sink + regular detergent
Latex dried out, grip gone.
METHOD 02
Specialist detergent · Hand wash
Expensive, time-consuming, cleaning that barely scratches the surface.
METHOD 03
Washing machine · without protection
Gloves destroyed.
⸺ The Aha Moment
"Why is there
the GloveBag
not already?"
— Jochen Ziegler · after the first prototype
CH 03 · Development

From the Prototype
to the product.

The more I looked into it, the more I wondered why the GloveBag hadn't existed for the past 20 years. So I got to work:

01First designs sketched
02Need validated through a survey of 250+ goalkeepers
03Reliable supplier found
04Concept perfected — microfiber, volume, zipper
CH 04 · Today

Who the GloveBag
Used today.

From youth football all the way to the Bundesliga — the GloveBag has become a staple piece of keeper kit across Europe.
6,000+
Keepers across Europe
12
Keepers from Bundesliga clubs
250+
Goalkeepers in development
CH 05 · Mission

Better Game
through better
Grip.

The GloveBag isn't a gadget. It's a washing system that takes care of the maintenance keepers never really wanted to do anyway. Less effort, double the lifespan, better grip when it matters most.

We're a small team of goalkeepers, coaches, and designers. Every product gets tested by us first — in training, not in a lab. And if something doesn't work, it's out.

Maximum Grip. Zero Stress.
CH 06 · KEEP THE GRIP

Now you.
Give it a try.

The Glove Care Set: Bag, specialist detergent, grip spray. Everything I wish I'd had back then.

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