GOALKEEPER ACADEMY

Goalkeeper Academy Program

The best and most complete GOALKEEPER PROGRAM in San Francisco

Being a goalkeeper is a specialized skill and there’s an enormous demand for good, strong goalkeepers at all levels of the game. SFGE 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.

SFGE 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 SFGE Goalkeeer Academy Q&A Page

Winter-Spring 2019 Program

PRE-SEASON ATHLETIC READINESS

SIGN-UP TO PRE-SEASON ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT CLASSES

The requirements placed on the goalkeeper are unique, with components of both fitness and athleticism playing critical roles at all ages. Fitness training for the GK starts with injury resistance and resilience as the primary concern. Second is the development of athleticism and performance, with a long-term objective of increasing ability and strength of movement.

SFGE has partnered with a specialist organization, Murray Athletic Development (MAD), that has years of experience in the field of youth athlete development and has designed with us a program specific for SFGE goalkeepers. This pre-season training is highly recommended for players born in or before 2006. Players born in 2007 and 2008 are also welcomed to join

The program is organized in phases over 8 weeks and starts in February.
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GOALKEEPER CLINICS

Registration Link coming soon

When the Spring season starts there will not be much time between start of practices and games. Some players kept themselves fresh by playing in their school league or attending SFGE winter practice program. Yet and regardless, it is good for everyone getting the gloves wet a few times in February and March.

We are working at offering goalkeeper clinics over weekends, starting in the second half of February. Clinics will be offered in the pre-season as well as during the soccer season as we see fit. The sessions are about 2 hours long with focus on development of technical skills. Fields availability in San Francisco is currently being finalized. If you already signed up for one of our past or current programs, you will automatically receive updated information as soon as we lock the space.

If you are not an SFGE player or never joined one of our programs, and wish to be added to our distribution list so you will be informed about our clinics offering, please send a message to Benkay Kajihara at benkay@sfge.org

SPRING 2019 SEASON PRACTICE

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For Spring 2019 we continue offering 4 level of classes: Yellow, Orange, Green and Blue. We believe it is the best way to maximize learning with training aligned to age, GK position proficiency and current physical development of each athlete.

Training is scheduled to start in mid-March and continue until the end of May 2019. The classes and methodology reflect our SFGE Goalkeeper Curriculum. Much like last season, players U12 and younger will practice once a week, while older competitive players will work on a 2 practices per week cadence. All goalkeepers are expected to practice with their respective teams at least once per week.

Schedules, locations and group formations are still being worked and will be communicated on a later date and before you’ll be asked to commit to join the program for this Spring.

Please pre-register by SIGN-UP TO SPRING 2019 CLASSES. By pre-registering you will book a spot and you will be asked to commit or cancel on the first week of March.