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The Goalkeeping Academy provides top quality, ongoing instruction for competitive
keepers who want to develop and improve their goalkeeping skills. Unlike a keeper camp or clinic,
the Academy provides ongoing and specialized training. The Goalkeeping Academy is
designed to reinforce the physical, technical, mental and tactical skills that will help the goalkeeper
achieve their goals.
The Goalkeeping Academy Philosophy
The Academy identifies and develops talented soccer players who have “chosen” goalkeeping as
their primary position. We offer these talented youth goalkeepers the opportunity to learn and
develop both soccer and "life skills" in "partnership" with their parents, coaches, schools, clubs and
select teams.
The Goalkeeping Academy Experience
The Academy provides a focused, supportive training environment where hard work and
dedication to excellence are ever present. The training approach considers goalkeeping playing
experience and provides developing keepers with the help needed to improve. The dedicated staff
are terrific motivators who understand how young players learn and the need to "keep training
fun"! This is the critical difference between understanding the demands of goalkeeping and
teaching it. Players train in small groups and one-on-one. They enjoy the training facilities and
the best equipment. Most of all, the players enjoy working and building relationships with their
peers.
Specialized Curriculum
Physical Dimension
Footwork, balance, quickness, agility, flexibility, vertical leap, fitness, nutrition and injury prevention
Technical Dimension
Receiving the ball, diving, dribbling, distribution, high crosses, 1 v 1 defending, penalty kicks
Mental Dimension
Leadership, composure under pressure, patience, concentration, confidence, communication,
training discipline
Tactical Dimension
Decision-making, positioning, "keeper-sweeper", counter-attack, speed of play, restarts, offside
trap, defensive structures and systems of play
