Joshua B.

Coach Josh Blodgett

COACHING EXPERIENCE
CLUB LEVEL
U14 Age Group Trainer: PRIDE Soccer club, Colorado Springs, CO 2006-2008
Goalkeeper Coach: PRIDE Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 2006-2008
Assistant coach/Goalkeeper Coach: Barstow Heat U15 Girls, Barstow, CA 2012-2013
Head coach: Apple Valley Soccer Club Boys '05 (U12) 2016 - present
CLUB GOALKEEPER COACH:
Apple Valley Storm Soccer Club
2016-present

HIGH SCHOOL
Goalkeeper coach: Coronado High School JV and Varsity Girls teams, Colorado Springs, Co 2007
Assistant Coach: Silver Valley High School Boys and Girls varsity soccer, Yermo, CA, 2012
Head Coach: Silver Valley High School Boys and Girls Varsity soccer, yermo, CA 2013/2014
Head Coach: Silver Valley High School Boys Varsity Soccer, Yermo, CA 2014/2015

ADULT
Head coach: Fort Irwin Men's military team
(IRWIN FC) 2012-present.
2014 & 2015 Defenders Cup military tournament National Champions
ASST Coach: 2015 Men's ALL ARMY soccer
ASST Coach: 2016 Men's ALL ARMY soccer

LICENSES
USSF E License: August 2012
NSCAA Goalkeeper level 1: Oct 2012
NSCAA Goalkeeper level 2: Feb 2013

REFERREE
GRADE 8 USSF OFFICIAL LICENSE

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
High School: 4 Year Varsity Starter at Papillion LaVista Senior High School, Papillion, NE
1993 Nebraska All State team, Team Captain for North Side Senior All Star game
2 time Tournament MVP at the 1991, 1992 FRIT (Front Range Invitational Tournament) as a guest player with the Lincoln Red from Lincoln, Nebraska
Member of the United States All Army Men’s Soccer Team 1999-2012
All-time leading scorer in History of the Men’s Armed Forces Military tournament.
Member of the All Army Men’s Soccer team in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Member of the 2000, 2007, 2010, 2015 United States Armed Forces Men’s Soccer team, representing the USA in CISM international Military tournaments and the 2015 world Military Olympics playing against international military soccer nations including, Algeria, Braxil, Qatar, France, Canada, South Korea, and Oman

I am a field player and Goalkeeper specific trainer. I recently was the #1 Keeper for the United States Armed Forces men's military team at the 6th CISM World Military Games in South Korea.
Training with me will help your player develop speed, power, Agility, field awareness, and fundamentally strong skills.
For goalkeepers, I can provide an insight, training, and mentorship that is very hard to find in all aspects of being a goalkeeper, which is the most important position on the field. Through my goalkeeper Training, we will focus and sharpen your fundamentals in footwork, balance, catching, diving, parrying shot stopping, field leadership, positioning, one on one situations and how to properly close down angles and use them to your advantage.
Through my training you will get pre training game evaluations, focused training sessions based off of what is seen in the game evaluations, and a diverse amount of skills that can only be properly taught by a trainer that has played the goalkeeper position for over 30 years.