About Us
Hi,
My name is Tommy Kiely
UEFA licenced Coach
Soccer Goals Academy - Owner - Head Coach
I spent 30 years playing the beautiful game. During that time I always done some coaching courses (completing the old format Level One Licence in 1995 at 17) and helped out with underage teams and summer camps in my area.
My "motivation" as 22 year old working with kids was to "help" and that's the same "motivation" that created Soccer Goals Academy, to "help young players".
I learned over the years that "talent wasn't a problem" there was always lots of very good players in our area. Them players had a lot in common for not "reaching their potential" they hadn't been coached by experienced coach's, and they didn't have the ability to react to disappointments with the right behaviours on and off the pitch.
Personally, when I was aged 4yrs - 16yrs, I spent a lot of hours with the ball frustrated because I always done the same thing and didn't know how to do skills that could improve my game, especially when dribbling past a player, I didn't know how to do different skills and relied on the same ones all the time, I was predicable after a while.
My academy was created to stop this from happening, so I could give young players the platform to express themselves where everything they needed to develop was available to them.
Our members have their own App with drills done by myself and a lot more content. In there they can look at the correct detail to do the skills they "need" to use regularly when playing competitive games, so when they train on their own they are not wasting time (doing fancy skills for Tick Tok that they never use in a match) but improving what will benefit their game and the position they play in. A small thing with "huge benefits".
Soccer Goals Academy is available all year round, we have the option of 3 or 6 month commitments on our "Young Stars" program and 4 and 8 months on our Advanced "High Performance" Group program.
Players that are serious about their development have been with us for over two years.
I would take 5 players for a year instead of 100 players for 3 months.
The 5 players would achieve more, and that's what we are about.
Working with players that want to "Use Their Potential To Reach Their Goals" and go as far as they possibly can.
We don't have to, but we go watch our "members" play for their clubs so we have an idea of what is working well and what needs to improve.
Our "members" have a short window with us. Our age groups run from 4yrs - 16yrs. We aim to give them every opportunity to be confident people from their experience on "Soccer Goals Academy".
Consistent actions is "key" in a players development.
A positive environment is "key" for that consistency to be developed to reach it's highest standard.
Soccer Goals Academy "takes pride" in creating a "positive environment" so the players can develop properly.
What we Develop
Techniques with/without Ball - we develop everything from basics to advanced skills - Improving Dribbling - Passing - First Touch - Shooting - Tackling - Attacking - Defending - Goalkeepers
Strength & Conditioning - We develop players overall Strength - so they can be stronger on the ball and winning it back
Agility & Speed - this gives the players quicker feet and more power and balance when sprinting and balance of the over all mechanics - improving ability on the ball and when moving without the ball
Football Fitness - Here we work with the ball on 1v1 - 2v2 - 3v3 - 4v4 to 9v9 small sided games to improve fitness - sharpness and awareness
We do this on the pitch with our qualified coach's and online with our online training.
Our online Training
Mindset Training - Here we improve communication and behaviours on and off the pitch - resulting in players having a better understanding of what matters and what doesn't - this improves reactions to the emotional ups and downs players go through on and off the pitch
Tactics Board Training - We develop players knowledge of the game and give them a better understanding of their roles & responsibilities in the positions they play in
Drills Online - Here we upload drills every month for players to work with, on our app - this helps players look at skills in detail that they want to master and practise in their own time - Our App can be downloaded on any device or just log in when you create your account for full access
ONLINE SCHOOL
Meet Our Coach's
We are a group of passionate and fun coach's eager to share our knowledge, and "improve" the players that want to be the best they can be.
Stuart Freeland
Young Players Development - Coach
Eammon o Dwyer
High Performance - Coach
Jacinta Mullins
Child welfare officer
Jack Moore
Young Players Development - Coach
USE YOUR POTENTIAL TO REACH YOUR GOALS
Soccer Goals Academy is a positive - fun and challenging environment for boys/girls from 4-16 years old
Soccer players that enter our Academy will "develop" from their current level to the next level of their ability and become more "educated" and "confident" in what to do, when they enter the field in a match type situation.
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