Kathleen F.

I have trained goalkeepers for four years. I was an assistant to the program's director, where we led goalkeepers through multiple drills in all skillsets. Along with working with the goalkeeper specific training, I ran my own individual private training sessions with a 12 year old girl who had never been a goalkeeper before but wanted to learn. I was also a volunteer head coach for an under privileged soccer program. I had to organize practice dates and times along with set up a plan for each practice. The team had one game a week. I have participated as a coach in many camps with all different age groups and skill levels. All coaching occured in Kentucky where I previously lived. I do not currently have any industry certifications but I was previously a certified referee. While I have experience with all different age groups, my favorite age groups to train with are 9 years old and older. I have experience training up to the collegiate level. When I start to train again I am looking for ages 9-18 years old.

I started to play soccer at the age of 4. I continued playing all of the way through my college years. I was a 4 year varsity starting goalkeeper. While I was mainly a goalkeeper, I have experience playing defense and forward up through the age of 17. I played college soccer at Division II Bellarmine University, where I was a goalkeeper. We were a constant in the national rankings and made it all of the way to the NCAA Sweet 16.

While my personal experience is primarily goalkeeping, I have experience training field players. For field players, I would first take into consideration what each individual player would like to focus on. It is essential to get an understanding of where each player is to start and where they want to be. For a field player, I would run sessions on footwork, shooting, defensive tactics, passing, positioning, dribbling, free kicks and fitness. For a goalkeeper, I would focus on what the player would like to learn/improve on and then, each skill individually. We would work on crossbar saves, diving technique and power, field command, footwork, fitness, passing, distribution, goal kicks, 1v1s (breakaways) and strategy.