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Serena V., Naperville, IL Soccer Coach

Serena V.

Soccer

SILVER

I have 16 years of coaching K-8th graders in soccer, starting from fundamental skills up to advanced techniques that translates into their game performance. View all coaching experience

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Training Locations
  • Qualified Private Coach

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Midfield, Forward, Defense

  • Throw-Ins, Shooting, Penalty Kicks, Passing, One-on-Ones, One-Touch, Goal Kicks, Free Kicks, First Touch, Dribbling, Crossing, Corner Kicks, Agility

Credentials

  • Qualified Private Coach

Services

  • Adults, Kids, Teenagers

  • Midfield, Forward, Defense

  • Throw-Ins, Shooting, Penalty Kicks, Passing, One-on-Ones, One-Touch, Goal Kicks, Free Kicks, First Touch, Dribbling, Crossing, Corner Kicks, Agility

More About Coach Serena

I have coached a few different sports with the brunt of my experience is in Soccer working with PK to 8th grade.
Soccer: Boys 7th Grade and Girls 8th Grade at Zeeland (MI) Middle School, YMCA Preschool Chapter Allendale (MI), Lisle Dragons Club K-3rd Grade b/g.
Swimming: WSI and coach for Tot- Adult Forest Hills Public Schools (MI)
Track and Field: Disc Coach Forest Hills Central High School (MI)

I played soccer up until college, where I endured an injury my first game at GVSU that required my third knee surgery. I played on both boys and the girls teams (Jr and Sr yr HS where we qualified for Semi Finals for State), as well as Travel and Indoor Soccer. After my injury I refereed Indoor Soccer and coaching outdoor while I rowed for GVSU and on to the Ann Arbor Rowing Club (until age 29) after college.
I have rowed for GVSU and the Ann Arbor rowing club on a national and international level and have a number of medals.

My first session would be to evaluate the player on skill set and weaknesses vs strengths, and what do they expect to get out of the session. An average session will include warm up, review of past skills worked on, introduction of new skill or drill to build on last learned skills, then transfer that into a field play. Then assign homework on the skills covered.

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Client Reviews

Serena is very kind and personable. She is not only knowledgeable about soccer but also has great coaching skills. She went in depth in the drills she was teaching my daughter and why these would help her going forward and how they would build on them. She got more out of an hour of one on one with Serena than a season with her coach.

Coach Serena was awesome. She made my daughter feel comfortable from the start. My daughter had such a great time she is looking forward to her next training.
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Coach Serena was a great coach for my son. He has learned a lot and has improved his skills.

Coach Serena was great with my 9 yo daughter. She is a first time soccer player and Coach Serena helped build some fundamentals for her. I saw an active improvement in her games! Responses were quick and flexible with times too! Thanks Coach Serena!

Coach Serena is wonderful, and has been great for my 12yr old son. She does a great job on breaking down his lesson and sends great follow up emails after his lesson. She breaks down what they did and what he needs to work on for the his next lesson.

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Coach Serena is wonderful. She really takes time to assess and know the athlete. As a parent I felt she understood my daughter, her needs, strengths and opportunities. She honed in on what’s going well and where to focus. Plus my daughter had a great time learning and training. Thank you!

Coach Serena is a wonderful coach. My daughter connected with her immediately. As stated by Coach Serena, my daughter has to undo many bad habits and work on techniques that will allow her to become an effective soccer player. We look forward to working with Coach Serena in future sessions. I would definitely recommend Coach Serena!

Serena was absolutely terrific today. She immediately connected with her and got her and up and running on so many new drills she can work on at home now! Extremely professional and fun to be around. We will be going back to her many more times as my daughter’s love for soccer continues to grow. Thanks again Serena!

Athlete: She was amazing! I loved her she was great, she taught me how to do a correct pullback and I used it at my real soccer practice when we were doing 2 v 1!

Parent: Serena is easy to deal with and seems to have quickly developed rapport with my daughter. She went through a number of drills, including working with her on defensively fielding balls coming at her in a variety of ways, as well as working on dribbling the ball prior to outletting it.

My son really enjoyed the first session. He described it as challenging as well as fun. These are not words he typically uses in the same statment. We just booked a complete package and look forward to his progress and further love of the game.

My daughter is progressing and enjoy lay working with Serena!

Coach Serena has been great getting my 11 year old daughter ready to return to soccer after an injury & surgery.

Coach Serena is a fabulous coach! My son really enjoys his soccer sessions with her and has learned so much after just a few sessions. We weren't really sure how things would go initially, but we ended up purchasing additional sessions because everything was going so great. Coach Serena is very responsive, easy to schedule with, extremely knowledgeable, and is great with my son. She's an excellent coach and I'm so glad that we decided to sign up with her.

Coach Serena was fantastic! She instantly made my daughter feel comfortable and confident. The drills Serena worked on with my daughter were very detailed. My daughter was excited to learn so much from just one session. Coach Serena also provided a detailed report from the first training session. She told us what technical improvements could be made and her goals for my daughter. We can't wait to have more sessions with Coach Serena.

Coach Serena did great work with Riley! She thoroughly assessed Riley and even helped her catch some errors in her kicking technique to avoid injury. Coach Serena gave her some things to do at home to continue practicing between sessions. Looking forward to having Riley continue working with her!

Serena has been a terrific coach for our daughter. After just three sessions, our daughter was excited to tell us about how she used the new skills she learned in coaching sessions with Serena on the field with her team. We've found Serena to be very professional, easy to schedule with, and a terrific coach. We highly recommend her!

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Keso thought that the session was very useful and learned a few fundamentals in goal keeping

My son is a pretty inexperienced 4th grader who wants to join the neighborhood soccer team that his friends have been playing on for years. We are working with Serena to get him caught up to his peers. She is excellent at explaining and showing him how to move his body with the soccer ball and tightening up his footwork. Even after one session, we are seeing improvement! My son said he had a lot of fun working with her and we are buying a package today and scheduling more sessions. You can be a good soccer player and not a good coach, clearly she is both. She is excellent at breaking it down to his level in a way that he can understand what and HOW to do it. Thanks, Serena! Looking forward to working with you this spring!

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Fantastic skills, and very friendly that makes my daughter feel very comfortable learning. She's learned so much!

She is a very good coach with my son. I would recommend her to everyone who needs soccer coaching.

Coach Serena was wonderful to work with. She was accommodating with scheduling both time and location, was early to the session and spent a bit of extra time with our son. Coach Serena was clearly skilled and knowledgeable, and works the drills with the player. I would certainly recommend Coach Serena to players trying to make the jump from rec' soccer to club/travel soccer.

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