GK Academy
TKO GK Academy
TKO GK Academy provides our club’s goalkeepers with the specific technical, tactical, and mental skills required to perform at and above the level their team competes at. Our session topics scale in level of detail and intensity as our goalkeepers advance, to ensure that each age group is being appropriately challenged and instructed. As players progress in age and skill level, the training focus transitions from primarily technical to situational topics.
Program Goals
The goal of the program is to supplement goalkeepers’ team training with specialized goalkeeping sessions to increase repetition of specific goalkeeping concepts beyond what team trainings allow for. Team training often gives a GK limited reps and generally gets little to no instruction - as the focus is understandably on the outfield players - which is why our GK sessions are so important. We get the chance to mold and strengthen the most important position on the field with coaches who have played it themselves.
Our sessions are built around our 7 pillars of goalkeeping:
- Handling & Footwork
- Diving Technique
- Distribution with Hands & Feet
- Dealing with 1v1 Situations
- Dealing with Crosses & Owning the Box
- Quick Reactions & Reflexes
- Mental Toughness & Intelligence