Yearly Archives: 2018

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Why college student athlete quit before they graduate?

Now that you've reached your goal, you need to work twice as hard to keep it Speaker-Blogger-Mental Coach Why college student athletes quit before they graduate? Facebook Twitter Instagram A large number of soccer players, quit college athletics before their senior year.  30% of college athletes will quit their sports before they graduate, among those an alarming [...]

By |October 22nd, 2018|Goalkeeper Tips|0 Comments

How to help a young athlete be aggressive

Helping young athletes be aggressive in sports Athletic aggressiveness is the intensity level in which athletes will performance during a game or training.  This athletic aggressions has NOTHING to do with being VIOLENT. If you want to help your young athlete be brave, you MUST first understand this statement: Being brave or an act heroism [...]

By |September 24th, 2018|Goalkeeper Tips, Mental Goalkeeping|0 Comments

Goalkeeper: playing up in older age groups

Playing up in older age groups, good or bad idea? Getting ahead doesn't always mean you will get better  By Zuriel Lozano, international goalkeeper coach, M.S Sport & health science. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Snapchat Let's take a look at some advantages and disadvantages to playing up in older groups .  First, every athlete or goalkeeper [...]

By |September 12th, 2018|Goalkeeper mental toughness, Goalkeeper Tips|0 Comments

4 signs of a stressed soccer parent

Stressed out soccer parent? Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Parents obsessed about their kids playing professionally or div IA study found that 26% of parents actually think their child will play professionally.  This is an incredibly sad number of parents who were probably told by a coach, club [...]

By |August 22nd, 2018|Goalkeeper Tips, Mental Goalkeeping|0 Comments

Goalkeeper training is changing

Changes occur in every world cup that we watch.  The players are faster, stronger, accurate, tactics are more advanced and their skill is out of this world.  The goalkeepers in the last few world cups, DO NOT catch the ball consistently as years prior.  In fact, many of them are now DEFLECTING or BLOCKING balls [...]

Choosing a youth soccer club

Share on facebook Facebook Share on google Google+ Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS!! Choosing a youth soccer club has become so political & the most difficult task that a parent will do. Make no mistake about it, everyone knows that most youth soccer clubs today are a big business.  Normally [...]

Youth is quitting soccer in America

Share on facebook Share on twitter 7 out of 10 youth soccer players will quit playing by the age of 13. Many more players will start losing interest in between the age of 13-16 and completely quit playing soccer by the time they are seniors in high school. As results, only few will actually play [...]

By |March 20th, 2018|Goalkeeper Tips|0 Comments

Athletic body language

Yout body language speaks louder than words. Share on facebook Facebook Share on google Google+ Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn FIRST TIME a coach meet a new player, they see player's BODY LANGUAGE.Many young soccer players have lost many opportunities because of their body language alone. They show up to a tryout, [...]

By |March 16th, 2018|Goalkeeper mental toughness|0 Comments

Vertical jump for goalkeepers

This blog will give a very quick view about gaining vertical jumps. The science behind the vertical jump is very complex but I'm hoping to give just enough information to help goalkeepers or any athlete reading this blog start thinking seriously about their jumps which is a very common problem with many goalkeepers today.To clarify, [...]

By |February 20th, 2018|Goalkeeper Tips|0 Comments

Mental toughness starts at home

Mentally tough athletes. Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Mental toughness starts at home. What if a child grows up in an environment where they get anything they want. They get toys, cars, nice vacations, money, expensive youth club, best education etc. literally, ANYTHING is affordable to them. At [...]

By |February 6th, 2018|Goalkeeper mental toughness, Goalkeeper Tips|0 Comments