Bruno Z.

I am a soccer performance coach and physical education professional with over 20 years of experience working with athletes at every stage of development, from young beginners discovering the game to competitive players pursuing elite-level performance.
I hold a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Physical Education, three postgraduate specializations in sport science, a NASM CPT credential, and a US Soccer D License. My research on plyometric training and HIIT applied to soccer players has been published in peer-reviewed journals, grounding every session in methods that are tested and proven.
As the founder of Zwarg Performance in Orange County, I specialize in youth soccer performance training for players aged 6 to 18, blending Brazilian soccer culture with evidence-based athletic development methods. I also serve as a Physical Education teacher at Newport-Mesa Unified School District, where I work daily with elementary-age students to build movement literacy and a lifelong love of sport.
Whether your athlete is just starting out or ready to break through to the next level, I bring the expertise, the passion, and the system to help them get there.

My athletic journey spans three sports and reflects the same discipline and competitive drive I bring to coaching every day.
I competed in soccer throughout my life at the club and university level, including at UCDB, where I balanced it alongside volleyball. In volleyball, I built my foundation at Clube Campestre Ipê and Colégio Latino Americano before competing at the university level with UCDB, where our teams earned regional tournament titles.
My most decorated individual sport was judo, where I became a regional champion and earned the honor of representing my state at the Torneio Beneméritos in São Paulo, one of the most meaningful competitive experiences of my athletic career.
Later, I channeled that athletic background into building my own gym in Campo Grande, MS, where I worked with a wide variety of athletes focused on improving their physical conditioning. Alongside the gym, I also operated a soccer franchise, an experience that drove me to pursue my Master’s degree with a focus on power and strength development in soccer players. That research took me inside professional clubs including XV de Piracicaba and Guarani de Campinas, where I worked directly with competitive players and saw firsthand how science-based training transforms performance at the highest levels.

Every session with me follows a clear, purposeful structure designed to develop the whole athlete, not just one isolated skill.
We begin with a dynamic warm-up that prepares the body for the demands ahead, activating the right muscle groups and priming movement patterns specific to soccer. From there, we move into the heart of the session: technical work built around the fundamentals. I believe that ball mastery is the foundation of everything in soccer. When a player truly learns how to control and play with the ball, their confidence on the field transforms, and everything else, decision-making, positioning, and creativity, follows naturally.
The physical conditioning component is individualized to each athlete. Depending on the player’s age, level, and goals, I may focus on speed and agility, strength and power, or movement efficiency. Every choice is intentional and grounded in sport science rather than guesswork.
We close every session with a proper cool-down and a quick debrief, so the athlete leaves not just physically worked but mentally clear on what they improved and what to focus on next.
Beyond individual sessions, I use formal assessments to establish each athlete’s physical baseline and track their development over time. This means parents and players always have a clear picture of where they started, how far they have come, and where we are headed next. My goal is not just a good workout. It is measurable, documented progress.