Anthony Brenner Coaching

09/09/2026

Recent Division I graduate Stewart Patnaud from Wofford. Next stop: German Bundesliga trials next month.

He felt one piece was still missing—consistency, repeatability, and becoming truly clinical around the top of the box.

So we didn’t start with complicated finishing exercises. We broke it down.

Yesterday, we began from seven different locations on the right side of the box:

Static ball → shift the ball at the exact angle of approach → increase the tempo → reproduce that angle off the dribble → receive a pass → attack the defender → slight feint → cut inside at the same angle → finish.

Each layer built on the one before it.

And after two days, you can see the difference.

Whether I’m teaching a specific technique or recreating a game scenario, I will always believe in the same process:

Break it down. Become aware. Build it mindfully. Then add complexity and speed.

We often want to jump immediately to the finished product. But consistency and repeatability are built through digestible progressions performed with intention.

It takes time.
It takes patience.
It takes commitment to the process.

But when the foundation becomes repeatable, the game begins to feel a lot simpler.

09/09/2026

He Stewart Patnaud told me he stopped working on this because he was too inconsistent with it.

So for the final 20 minutes of today’s session, we brought it back.

As a left-footed player, the ability to generate a long-range laces strike or knuckleball from inside 30 yards—with very little space required to create the shot—could become an incredibly dangerous addition to his bag, both in the run of play and on free kicks.

We broke it down, simplified the movement, and gave him a few very specific technical cues.

Watch until the very end.

I’m still astonished by how quickly he picked this up.

Sometimes a player doesn’t need more repetitions.

They need to understand what they’re repeating.

09/09/2026

What are we actually seeing and what are we missing entirely?

The player who arrives five minutes early but never speaks. The one who laughs loudest but performs worst under pressure. The one whose body language shifts the moment they make a mistake.
These are not distractions from the coaching. They are the coaching.
The technical and the human are not two separate conversations. They have always been one.
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09/08/2026

PART THREE: WHERE IS THE POWER GOING?

In Part Three of my analysis of this high-level 16-year-old goalkeeper from England, we finish with several details that can have a significant impact on both distance and consistency.

First, look at the foot at contact.

There is a lack of toe depression and ankle lock, which tells me the ankle is not remaining completely stable/solid through contact. A more rigid striking surface allows more of the energy created by the body to be transferred into the ball.

Next, watch what happens immediately after contact.

His weight and momentum travel almost straight up rather than continuing downfield along the intended line of the kick.it should be going in the direction of the intended ball flight.

Then watch his head.

It comes up too early, which promotes the kicking hip forward prematurely and contributes to the leg cutting across the ball. The result?

The slice you see in the video.

And finally, the rear view may tell the story better than anything else.

After contact, his entire body and momentum carry him to the left, while he is trying to send the ball in a different direction.

My philosophy is simple:

If the ball is going one direction, why should your energy be going somewhere else?

To maximize efficiency, distance and consistency, I want as much of the goalkeeper’s available energy and momentum as possible traveling through the ball and toward the intended target.

They are all connected.

These details can be almost invisible to the naked eye—but they are often exactly where the missing yards are hiding.

I’m beginning to receive more inquiries from professional and high-level goalkeepers around the world.

Please keep them coming.

You can send me a couple of videos from anywhere in the world, and I’ll help you discover what you may not be able to see yourself.

The power may already be there.
The question is: how much of it is actually reaching the ball?

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

The ball is always communicating. Most players simply haven't learned its language yet.

Every touch tells you something. Every misplaced pass, every moment of lost control none of it is random. The game is constantly giving you information. The question is not whether you are good enough to receive it. The question is whether you are present enough to hear it.
That presence begins here.
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09/03/2026

As soon as the blade leaves your fingers, snap your fingers. The physical act of releasing the grass now becomes connected to an auditory cue. The athlete sees the blade fall. The athlete feels their fingers release it. And the athlete hears the snap. Over time, these actions begin to become associated with the same message: It is over. Return to the present. The complete process becomes: Pick it up Acknowledge. Hold it Accept. Drop it Release. Snap Return. The snap is important because eventually it can become a shortcut to the entire process. First, the blade teaches you. Then, the snap reminds you. Eventually, your mind knows the way home on its own.