GOALKEEPER ACADEMY

SFGE Goalkeeper Academy Program

JOIN 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

GOALKEEPER ATHLETIC READINESS

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. We ran a 8 weeks pre-season training program from February to March 2019 for goalkeepers born in or before 2007. Both SFGE players and coaching staff are very pleased with the results. You can see a testimonial from one of our goalkeepers by clicking on the following link: https://youtu.be/9CYn8_HkQvg

ON-GOING ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT DURING SPRING SOCCER SEASON
On the wings of the success of the SFGE-MAD pre-season program, MAD is now offering the option of in-season work to the SFGE Goalkeepers that wish to continue to evolve their athletic skills, without waiting for the next off-season work (Summer). The same special SFGE fees will be honored. If interested, please click on the link to the MAD site and follow the instructions.
Link: https://murray-athletic-development.sportngin.com/register/form/433336803

GOALKEEPER CLINICS

REGISTRATION LINK COMING WHEN SESSIONS ARE OFFERED

We organize and offer Specialist Goalkeeper Clinics during and after the Spring Season as we see need and demand for them. The sessions are about 2 hours long with focus on development and improvement of technical skills.

If you already signed up for one of our past programs, you will automatically receive updated information as those clinics are offered.

If you never joined one of our programs or you are not an SFGE player and please send an email to Benkay Kajihara at benkay@sfge.org . You will be added to our distribution list.

SPRING 2019 SEASON PRACTICE

YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AT ANY TIME
If interested, please send an email to Benkay@sfge.org

In each soccer season (Fall and Spring), SFGE Goalkeeper Academy offers 4 level of classes: Yellow, Orange, Green and Blue. We start from the very foundation of goalkeeping skills and evolve towards top of the class skills development, following our proven methodology.

Goalkeepers are assigned to a level based on a combination of factors, including age, experience, technical proficiency and athletic ability.

We believe in this way we maximize learning by offering training aligned to the ability of each goalkeeper. We want our GKs 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.

For Spring 2019 training started on March 15 and will continue until the May 23, 2019. The classes and methodology reflect our SFGE Goalkeeper Curriculum. Players born in or after 2007 practice once a week, while competitive players born in or before 2006 work on a 2 practices per week cadence. All goalkeepers are expected to practice with their respective teams at least once per week.