Jeremy D.

I have been a club coach/private trainer for 10 years and currently work for Soccer Association of Columbia (SAC) in addition to assisting with the women's team at the Johns Hopkins University. I have worked with players ages 6-22, and varying levels of ability. I train beginner level players who want an introduction to the beautiful game, and I have also worked with elite level players who are always looking to improve! I was named Girls Travel Coach of the Year by SAC for the 2016-2017 season and am nationally licensed by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).

I have played soccer since I could walk and have always loved the game. I was fortunate to receive excellent coaching through my youth career from many different people who I still consider to be my mentors today. I love to pass on to kids whom I work with what I was so lucky to have learned during my development.

I pride myself on challenging each player to get the best of his or her abilities. My players know that I am invested in their development and they appreciate the intensity with which I conduct my sessions. I also recognize that soccer, and sports in general, are supposed to be fun, and I never lose sight of that. I push my players to grow as athletes and as people, and I tailor my specific activities to meet the desires of each individual player. My sessions, both in structure and in content, depend entirely upon the goals of each athlete. An example of a session with dribbling topic would be a ten minute technical warm up, an introduction to new moves/touch combinations for 15-20 minutes to allow for proper repetition (what and how), and then we would focus on proper application (the when, where and, why) for the remaining 30 minutes.