Connor W.

I was a youth club soccer coach for 4 years from 2008-2012. I coached anywhere from 8-15 year olds. Since coaching club soccer, I have been doing individual training sessions for kids around the same age range.

I played division I college soccer at UC Davis for 4 years. I played mainly as a left back but also as a center back and left midfielder. I have also played for FC Davis, a semi-professional team in Northern California.

A client can expect a session strongly oriented towards individual talent. A typical session begins with a dynamic warmup where the client will do a variety of ladder and come work while getting multiple touches on the ball. After warming up, we move into a variety of individual talent drills (cutting, stopovers, cruyff turns, moves with the sole of the foot etc). After getting practice with the skill, we move onto game-like scenarios where the client will be able to apply the skill in a situation that they will encounter in a game (center back receiving a ball under pressure and completing a pass, forward receiving the ball under pressure and creating space to shoot). We would end the session with approximately 10 minutes of soccer appropriate fitness.