If I had a dollar for every time another Soccer parent would say to me “I really don’t know how you do it,” I’d be able to buy myself a brand-new truck! The standard reply is always the same: “You’ll get used to it overtime.” I’m my son’s number one fan and I will always be proud of him. I…
All development comes from outside your comfort zone, especially from failure.
Goalkeeper AcademyI’ll start off saying: “We are all failures – at least the best of us are.” the words are from J.M. Barrie and I have to say he’s totally Spot-On. A comfort zone is a mental barrier that is based on what you (or your team) thinks you are capable of achieving or what you expect to achieve. Soccer players (Goalkeepers in particular) tend…
MLS NEXT – Full List of Participating Clubs
Youth SoccerMajor League Soccer’s newly formed elite youth development platform,MLS NEXT,will encompass more than 11,000 players across 113 youth soccer clubs,, including 30 professional MLS academies, 5 USL academies and 78 additional ECNL academies. The platform will feature competition across six age groups: U-13, U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-19 (U12 State academy league). Let’s take a look at the full…
Orlando City S.C. Pointing on becoming the Top Youth Development Program in the U.S.
US Soccer“We want to be the top academy in the country. We have a club commitment to develop players. We have the training facility, our academy is fully funded. We see that we have a lot of opportunities here.” Orlando City (currently consists of over 2000 players aged 4-19 years of age), wants to become the leader for homegrown player development.…
The Importance of Constant Footwork Training for Goalkeepers
Goalkeeper TrainingI love most Social Media platforms! I have to admit, I’ll spend at least a couple of hours per day on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. I read articles, collect fellow soccer coaches opinions and I love to share videos and information about our Goalkeeper Academy and Goalkeeper Glove Company Networking with other coaches from around the globe is very…
MLS academy, Homegrown players being exported
Goalkeeper AcademyEuropean clubs have just kicked off their 2020-21 seasons or are about to, and many Euro-Clubs have checked in on most of the MLS academy products and the “Homegrown Players”. As MLS Next took off a couple of weeks ago in it’s debut, what we have here is essentially all the strides that came before it the new MLS Academy…
MLS Next: Creating the New “Homegrown” Professional Soccer Players
US SoccerThe MLS NEXT academy leagues began 2 weeks ago The newly formed academy program is inevitably focused on the future given that some of its participants will be as young as 10 years old. Homegrown soccer players and it’s happening right now, before our eyes. Many quality soccer players are being given opportunity to enter and play in this program, and…
COVID-19 Cases Among Youth Soccer Players has not Increased Compared to National Pediatric Case Rate.
Goalkeeper AcademyA study involving over 120 youth soccer clubs from 30+ states, (more than 90,000 athletes) in various stages of training and competition throughout the country. was conducted by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Drew Watson, a physician at the university stated the following based on the data collected amid the COVID-19 pandemic: “Our goal…
The United Soccer Coaches 2021 Convention will be an Interactive Digital Event
US SoccerThe United Soccer Coaches digital convention is set for Jan. 11-15 The United Soccer Coaches last month announced that its 2021 convention will be an interactive digital convention. The convention was scheduled to be held south of LA in Anaheim, California. but the organization decided to cancel the actual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and create a web-based version…
NCAA Division I Recruiting Extended till January 1st 2021
Goalkeeper AcademyGreat news for soccer players hoping to play college soccer!The NCAA Div. I Council has extended the official recruiting dead period all the way through January 1, 2021. The Council has been reviewing the deadline period since late April. A deadline period precludes all in-person recruiting. Phone calls and correspondence can continue to occur till the end of this year.…