GOALKEEPER ACADEMY

SF GLENS' Goalkeeper Academy Program

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Being a goalkeeper is a specialized skill and there’s an enormous demand for good, strong goalkeepers at all levels of the game. SF Glens' Goalkeeper Academy program is focused on developing goalkeepers from a very young age to a very high competitive level, giving all of our boys and girls skills, confidence and understanding for this unique position.

SF Glens' Goalkeeper Academy program has one of the top productions of youth goalkeepers in Northern California. We are proud to share that several of our goalkeepers have been selected to participate to Olympic Development Programs for CYSA and Player Development Program for NorCal Premier. We feel encouraged to do more and better.

We keep improving our programs and aligning them to learnings from some of the top Academies in the world, as well as our international Academy partners. All our licensed coaches played the position from a very young age and can share precious learnings from their college and professional soccer careers. Our structured methodology focuses on overall skills development, while making trainings fun in an age appropriate environment for a maximized learning.

For more information, please visit SF Glens' Goalkeeer Academy Q&A Page

2023/24 Program

2023-24 SEASON PROGRAM

In each soccer season (Fall and Spring), SF Glens Goalkeeper Academy is offering 4 levels of classes: Initial, Foundation, Development and Performance. Goalkeepers are assigned to a level based on a combination of factors, including age, experience, technical proficiency, and athletic ability.

Our focus is always the development of the player, and our aim is to maximize learning by offering training aligned to the ability of each goalkeeper. We want our Goalkeepers to feel challenged, but not overwhelmed. We want them to feel comfortable in making mistakes and learning from them. We want them to work hard, in a fun and age-appropriate environment. Ultimately, we want them to develop the confidence that is necessary to succeed in one of the most challenging, but exciting positions on the
soccer pitch.

We are always looking at the game and how it evolves and use quantitative and qualitative analysis to shape our program content and specific sessions. Some statistics that support our training structure: 76% of the goalkeepers’ ball touches within a game are with their feet. When we look at the remaining 24% of the touches they make while saving a shot, 40% of those saves are a combination of hands and mobility. The rest of the touches consist of 26% off a cross, 20% diving saves and 13% 1v1 challenges.

SF Glens goalkeeper sessions and methodology reflect our designed Goalkeeper Curriculum. Goalkeepers have one dedicated goalkeeper practice per week, which is run separately from their teams. They also practice with their respective teams twice per week, on average. This combination is critical in the development of both the technical and tactical component of the position. The modern goalkeeper needs to be a 360 degrees player and operate in sync with the rest of the team. For younger ages, the players to coach ratio is 8 or 10:1. For older ages it is 4 or 6:1.

At this time Fall 2023 program is in full swing.

No scheduled practices are planned for December and January, and activity will resume with Spring 2024 pre-season work in the second half of February, followed by regular Goalkeeper Academy sessions for March-May. Exact dates will be confirmed at the beginning of the new year.

If you are not a SF Glens player, you are welcome to come and check the program at any time. If interested, please send an email to Sebastiano Tevarotto at sebastiano@sfglenssc.org

GOALKEEPER CLINICS

REGISTRATION LINK COMING WHEN SESSIONS ARE OFFERED

We organize and offer Specialist Goalkeeper Clinics during and after our Soccer Seasons as we see need and demand. The sessions focus on development and improvement of targeted technical skills and often include Goalkeeper Coaches from out of state and out of country Academies.

If you already registered as SF Glens Goalkeeper you will automatically receive the information when those clinics are offered.

If you never joined one of our programs or you are not an SF Glens' player and wish to be informed when those clinics are held, please send an email to GK Academy Program Director, Sebastiano Tevarotto at sebastiano@sfglenssc.org .