Summer R.

Currently have my 4v4 and 7v7 Grassroots License's, as well as NJYS Coaching State Certificate. I have experience coaching ages 2-8 years old. I am a EDP futures U8 girls coach.

As a pre-collegiate athlete, I was fortunate to have been selected to play with the highest levels of soccer teams including Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), Girls Academy (GA), National Pro League (NPL), Olympic Development Program (ODP), and the National Center of Excellence (NCE). I was a 4 year varsity starter and two year captain. I led the squad in assists as a junior, breaking the school record for most assists in a single match, earned the coaches MVP award, and as a freshman helped lead my team to the conference championship. I was also carded a year up with a NL PRO Club team helping them earn their championship title with my game winning assist in the final seconds of the match. I was on Match Fit Academy ECNL, NJ before I attended and graduated from the prestigious IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL. To compete with the IMG Girls Academy and IMG International U19 teams was an opportunity of a lifetime. I helped the teams to win the Florida State Cup championship, the Tampa Bay Super Cup title, and a historic first for the U19 girl’s team earning the coveted IMG Championship Cup title. At IMG combining honors academic classes, with a very competitive game/tournament schedule, individual and team development, strength and conditioning, mental toughness, nutritional coaching, and leadership development provided me with invaluable resources and confidence to reach my objective of competing at the collegiate level. I was recruited to compete with the women’s Division 1 soccer program at the University of Tennessee.

First I would have the player do a quick warm-up. Then, I would do a player assessment if this is their first session with me to see what their skill level is and what they need to develop. I'd focus on helping them master their technical skills. A typical hour and 15 minute session, I'd work on helping them improve ball control, agility, speed of play, passing and receiving, shooting and some game like drills.