ASAP Soccer Academy

Coaches have too much on their plate to develop their players completely. They have to divide up the practice time and devote precious segments for varying priorities.

Yet, important areas demand more time to develop the needed muscle memory to obtain peak performance. Hence, the sessions of Agility, Skills and Performance (ASAP) were designed, first, for my own kids; then, opened up for others.

Each session is performed in a dynamic fashion, meaning to achieve more than one objective. For example, agility and stamina (conditioning) are obtained by performing a course that ends back up at the start for a short break and another trip through the course.

Performance objectives work at improving running form, strengthening fast twitch muscles and increasing speed/stamina for longer distances. Agility objectives focus on fast footwork (without the ball) around/over traffic cones, hurdles, and speed ladder; developing stamina at the same time. Skills objectives seek to create hundreds of ball touches with multiple parts of both feet to develop muscle memory/comfort, controlling the ball around traffic cones, hurdles and speed ladder; also, developing stamina at the same time.

Each intense session lasts an hour at a local park. Each type is usually offered at least once per week. As participants improve to form a pool of sufficient numbers, more advanced/difficult sessions will be added.