05/30/2026
Kids love sugar. But they need protein (and spinach 👍🏼) …
I’m what most would call old at this point so I may be getting a bit grumpy, but most everything I see out there from my GK coaching brethren is ‘dessert’.
Sure, all the kiddos want it … To go big across the goal for a ‘showtimer’. They love a session loaded with a hundred silly directionally pre-determined reps in mostly non-game real scenarios with little to no coaching correction. It’s fun … But it’s also chocolate cake.
What a young GK needs is what most don’t necessarily want … Slower paced, breakdown based, cerebral classrooms where ‘learning’, not chocolate cake, is priority … It’s the meat and potatoes (and spinach 😉) that build the GK.
Beyond the truth here ^ … Just a few (of many) points that set the GKU apart from the majority —
We are the only option out there that utilizes a TRUE classroom-style environment with emphasis on the ‘why’ in which every athlete is fully engaged in all activities, at all times. This is especially ideal for young GKs, as well as the older kids that have primarily experienced the usual ‘rep heavy, unrealistic scenario’ coaching philosophies.
We utilize a comprehensive, game-real scenario-based 18 week curriculum progression which has been built and fine tuned over the course of 20+ years of experience with an emphasis on the principal tactical differentiators in the position ... ‘presence’ and ‘speed of thought’.
We are more than just another coach for your athlete, but a partner on their developmental path, offering match analysis, family-coach conferences, and team placement services, in addition to our extensive, year-round programming options.
And most importantly, you won’t find a head coach that loves his athletes and what he does more than I do. Come check us out this Summer at YMCA Frisco … http://thegoalkeeperu.com/classes (or click here http://www.thegoalkeeperu.com/athletesandendorsements for testimonials from our families + college GK profiles)! 140 unique GKs in the past year + 39 college soccer dreams come true in the past 6 years tell our story 🙂⚽️
