The Set Position

Rob Berkowitz, Head Men's and Women's Soccer Coach at East Stroudsburg University, and Meagan DeWan, Assistant Men's and Women's Soccer Coach at East Stroudsburg University, join Kohl and Zak to discuss Leadership. They talk about what leadership looks like and how players can use it to help the team be successful. Rob and Meagan talk about how they have groomed players to become leaders and the ones that were natural leaders. The group discusses some successes and failures within leadership and how things were corrected if there was failure. Kohl and Zak lead the conversation towards what leadership looks like from a coaching perspective and what we should be doing as coaches to help our players have success on and off the field.

Niko Roros, Former Goalkeeper at Point Park University, and Mark Sappington, Assistant Women's Soccer Coat at Campbell University, talk with Kohl and Zak about Protecting the Defensive Third. They discuss what they have done in their playing careers to help organize the defensive shape in front of them to see less shots. We ask them about what they are doing in the coaching world now to help their teams be successful in protecting the defensive third and seeing less shots.

Mark Duffield, Head Men's Soccer Coach at Penn State New Kensington, comes back for another episode to discuss Crosses. Kohl and Zak talk with Mark about what things he is doing with the goalkeepers at his club and the new curriculum they are developing to create a concrete pathway for the players to follow to get to the professional level. We talk about what ages crossing should be implemented and the types of training sessions that should be done at each level to help goalkeepers be successful.

Rob Fulton, Head Women's Soccer Coach at Shippensburg University, Matt Snyder, Head Men's Coach at Ringgold High School, and Larry Fingers, Head Men's Coach at Canon-McMillian High School, join us to discuss what it means to be a good teammate. The each describe some of their experiences through playing and coaching. They also break down what their culture looks like with their teams and the ways that they demonstrate to their players what a good teammate looks like.

Doug Cardosi joins us to discuss the World of Goalkeeping. He gives some great insight into ideas that goalkeepers can use to improve their game as well as things coaches can do to help improve their goalkeepers. We have some great conversations about goalkeeping and how it is constantly evolving and how we can keep an open mind.

Matt Harder and Garrett Watson, former goalkeepers at Shippensburg University, discus what their experiences were like at the college level. They talk about how they developed as a goalkeeper during their time at Shippensburg. They describe their success and areas of improvement; they share the importance of learning your game. We talk about some of their favorite goalkeeping sessions and how they used them throughout their career.

John Amorim, Director of Goalkeeping at FSA FC, joins is to discuss the Importance of GK Development at the Youth Level. We discuss what young players can do to develop themselves and what their coaches can do to help them improve. These youth level goalkeepers are at an age that the can soak things up like a sponge and help their development.

Amy Hough, Head Women's Soccer Coach at Elizabethtown College, discusses Dead Ball Situations and how she looks to approach them. She talks about her experiences as a goalkeeper and now a coach. Amy gives advice to goalkeepers on how to get better at these situations and somethings that they could work on. We discuss different scenarios and how we might approach them in a game.

Todd Hoffard, Goalkeeper Coach/Director of Goalkeeping at Real Salt Lake, and Zac MacMath, Goalkeeper at Real Salt Lake, join us to break down the importance of distribution. We discuss different types of distribution and the times when you might use a particular type. They give insight into some key steps to becoming more successful and about adding skills to your tool box.

Brad Benzing and Phil Saunders, Goalkeepers for Christos FC, join us to discuss how to Control the Space Behind the Back 4. They describe how to read the game to know different situations and strategies to be successful in making sure the space behind the back four is protected.