Francois L.

I am currently the assistant coach for the men’s soccer team at Nyack college (NCAA Division 2).
I have previous experience of coaching youth soccer (U7 to U11) in France as well as coaching in summer camps both in France and in the United States.

I currently play for New York Athletic Club which competes in the NPSL.
I played 4 years at the collegiate level for Nyack college where I was a starter all four years.
During my time playing in Nyack, I earned all conference awards in my junior and senior year. I also led the nation in assist for most of the season in my sophomore year finishing 7th in assists per game with 12 in 15 games played.
Before playing in college, I was formed at one of the best soccer academies in France (Le Havre AC) where I got to play alongside players like Benjamin Mendy, Riyad Mahrez or Brice Samba.

For a one on one session, the main focus will be to develop the athlete technically.
A classic session would start with a warm up that will include a lot of touches on the ball (passing, juggling etc.)
After that, we would focus on one skill that I would try to teach the athlete and explain to him or her when to use it beat during a game.
From there, we would move on to using that skill in a more advanced training that would involved receiving the ball, dribbling and passing or shooting.

All of the above is adaptable to the different levels of skills as well as objectives that an athlete wants to reach.
The idea is also to work on different things in different sessions to improve the player’s overall level with the main focus remaining on technic.