Specialized Goalkeeper Training

We offer goalkeeper specific training designed for both beginning and experienced goalkeepers. Our goal is to promote proper technical goalkeeping skills, and to assist Force goalkeepers in building upon their current skills.

Force goalkeepers are encouraged to communicate what they’re learning with their team coaches. Our goal is to work together as a coaching staff to help build strong, technical skills in all of our Force goalkeepers, and this is best accomplished when our goalkeeper specific training is also reinforced within the team training environment.

Anatomy of a Training Session

Training sessions typically consist of: warm-up, agility, technical training topic, small activity with progression to a larger scaled activity, and then adding tactical situations. Training topics are determined by the goalkeeper trainers based upon previous observations of the specific areas of improvement needed within the players.

• Beginning/Intermediate Goalkeeper Sessions are focused on building consistency with good technique in all aspects, while also working on speed and agility.

• Advanced Goalkeeper Sessions focus on building quickness, strong hands, power in dives, confidence, and communication.

Adam Douglas

Coach Adam was born and raised in Fort Myers Florida where he started playing soccer at the young age of just 8, as a Goalkeeper. By age of 12, Adam had joined a select soccer team, after finding his passion for goalkeeping while playing soccer with a childhood friend. Coach Adam went on to play at North Fort Myers High School. After high school, Adam joined the military and continued playing soccer during his years of service in the United States Navy.

Upon completion of his military service, Adam and his soon to be bride decided to move to Washington, where he has continued to play and train goalkeepers in the Snohomish County area for both Lake Stevens Soccer Club and Pilchuck Soccer Alliance’s Force select soccer program.

Kyle Kelly

Born and raised in Marysville, Washington, Coach Kyle started playing soccer at the age of 12 and soon discovered his love of goalkeeping. Having no formal training, Kyle began learning by doing, and eventually earned a spot as the Varsity Goalkeeper at Marysville Pilchuck High School. In 2000, he was invited to play in Europe in the Gothenburg Cup in Sweden, and also in the Manchester Festival in London as a starting goalkeeper.

Coach Kyle began training select level goalkeepers in 2008, and in 2010 he led the goalkeeper training for both the Varsity and Junior Varsity Lakewood High School Boys Soccer teams. In 2014, Kyle was named the Goalkeeper Trainer for Pilchuck Soccer Alliance in Marysville, Washington, training both beginning and advanced level goalkeepers.