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A place for players to grow, build confidence, and fall in love with the game.
If your training never shows up in the game, what are we actually training for?
This is the connection players need to understand.
A movement we trained individually with Bella Alamo shows up almost identically in this clip we found.
But the goal was never to teach a move.
The goal is to give the player a solution they can recognize and use when the picture appears.
Train the technique.
Understand the problem.
Own the solution.
After four straight days with our offseason group, we added a focused No. 9 finishing session with Cierra Wyche no need to add extra load, so we kept it simple but intentional.
We focused on the details that matter for a striker:
Can she move the defender before her run?
Can she use a double movement to create separation?
Can she arrive into space instead of waiting for it?
Can she use her body under pressure and still finish cleanly?
Al lot of repeatable actions that decide moments in the box.
For a No. 9, it’s never the big things that separate you.
It’s these details.
11/08/2026
Player development is shaped by more than drills, sessions and games.
It’s shaped by the adults around the player.
How much we control.
How much pressure we create.
How quickly we remove struggle.
How much freedom we allow.
As coaches and parents, our job isn’t to manufacture the player we want.
It’s to create the environment where they can discover the player they can become.
These images are meant to make us think.
PLAY FREE 📈
10/08/2026
Confidence isn’t built by telling players they’re great.
It’s built by helping them understand why they were good, where they struggled, and what they can do next.
Praise the player. But give them something real to hold onto.
Build confidence with evidence, not empty words.
Comment SPECIFIC and I’ll send you 10 real feedback lines you can use this week.
09/08/2026
By Thursday, I’m not interested in adding another heavy session just because harder looks better.
The work has already been done.
Thursday is about proving you can use it.
This week was aerial balls.
So we competed through receiving, volleys, crosses, aerial finishing and possession.
Every exercise had a score.
Every exercise had a winner.
Every exercise asked the same question:
Can your technique survive competition?
That’s the standard.
You can tell when someone has been in professional environments.
It shows in the small things.
The concentration.
The work rate.
The way they receive information.
The way they compete without making everything about themselves.
We worked on opening the hips, first-touch control, passing accuracy, and some left-sided actions.
But the biggest takeaway was her mentality.
Good players have quality. Great players bring standards.
This summer, I’ve really enjoyed working with KELLIE PAGADOR .
Stanford experience. Philippines National Team experience. Left-footed. Technically clean.
But none of that impressed me as much as the way she trains.
She puts her head down and works.
Whoever is beside her gets better too
07/08/2026
Thank You For The Summer ❤️🙏⚽️
HOW TO HIT A LOW DRIVEN SHOT 🎯
The goal is power without losing control.
Plant beside the ball.
Keep your head over it.
Lock your ankle.
Point your toes down.
Strike through the center with your laces.
Keep the follow-through low.
Your hips and shoulders should stay facing the target through the strike.
Don’t try to lift it. Drive through it.
Save this and work on it during your next finishing session.
Everyone loves the “now.”
Almost nobody stays long enough for the “then.”
Years of work.
Thousands of touches.
Countless corrections.
Tough days.
Big smiles.
Great memories.
That’s the part that changes players.