Player development program or PDP is a year round soccer training program designed to develop “A” players to place on various school and club teams.
PDP stands for player development program, our program strives to develop trainees into "A" quality trainees to be able to have confidence in themselves in highly pressured situations. We recommend that all of our goalkeepers work in an environment of the 4 components of goalkeeping to gain their ideal performance. We use the 4 Components (Technical, Tactical, Physical and Psychological) to develo
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Two trainees, one going to college as a freshman and the other going to tryouts to become a pro, experienced what the quote below really means during their training sessions today. Can anyone else relate to this? Please comment to share experiences/insight below.
"To be number one, you must train like you are number two."
Maurice Greene
07/16/2014
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The world cup has come and gone with the awards for Golden Boot and Golden Glove handed out. Yet the person who won the award for Golden Glove is unlike many of the goalkeepers in the world right now. One might say without Manuel Neuer in and out of the net for Germany they might not have won the World Cup. Why? Because Manuel Neuer did what Germany needed him to do which was be a goalkeeper and field player all at the same time. Unless Neuer has the ability to read the game, start higher, distribute just as good as field players, read the game just as good as a center back, and shot stop Germany may not have won the 2014 World Cup. Look at the link below for the proof that good keepers MUST be field players and Goalkeepers at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VoHQHIIPqg
Manuel Neuer - World Cup 2014 ᴴᴰ ▶ Manuel Neuer ▶ Germany ▶ FIFA World Cup 2014 ▶ Ignore Tags : Germany DFB Die Nationalmannschaft National Team Jogi Joachim Löw Hansi Flick Oliver Bierhoff ...
07/11/2014
Today marks a special day for Zach Morris who is one of PDP’s hardest working and longest tenured trainees to this date. After trying out twice, Zach has made the region IV ODP team. I asked him what made him continue on after not making the team twice. Zach’s response was, “I knew with every mistake or failure comes a chance to learn and grow. I knew I had a great opportunity to use each tryout as an opportunity to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses and continue to get better. I also tried to use the failed attempts to drive me to take on extra work.” I asked Zach if he was scared of failing for the third time. Zach responded by saying, “I was nervous to tryout but I knew I had done so much extra work away from regular practice that I was confident I could perform in the moment on a big stage.”
Zach has been a great trainee in the Player Development Program through his constant work rate, drive, positive attitude, willingness to train to the edges of his ability, yet always staying humble in who he is. PDP just wants to say Congratulation to Zach Morris for making his Region IV ODP pool team.
07/03/2014
Coaches always tell goalkeepers to take the best possible position for every situation. Why? So the save can look safe, sound, secure, and easy. Perfect example was on display yesterday from Tim Howard. His game awareness to see what was developing in front of him so he could take the best, the highest, and most aggressive position for that shot was the difference maker. By the time the shot was hit the shooters had a very narrow window to hit. Well done by Tim Howard.
Click the link below to see what I am talking about!
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11165912&ex_cid=sportscenterFB
WATCH: All Of Tim Howard's 16 Saves ESPN Video: Watch all 16 of Tim Howard's epic saves as he vied to keep the United States alive against Belgium.
Attention: Winners of the Summer Goalkeeper Camp Glove give away!
The winners of a $50 pair of gloves are: Hailey and Justin Swanson. They both took the challenge of analyzing the Tim Howard video below with great success.
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can have what others can’t.” - Author Unknown
06/24/2014
A link of Tim Howard's rebound save during the USA vs. Portugal game. To all my trainees the video below is the one you need to analyze for the free pair of gloves. http://youtu.be/yAEI0o0XM7E
Tim Howard USA Soccer Amazing Save vs Portugal! 6/22/2014 Description
06/17/2014
USA! USA! USA! Big game for Howard.
06/11/2014
PDP is happy to announce NEXT LEVEL GOALKEEPER CAMP!!
Starts Monday June 16th. Sign up now! Could you be the next Oliver Kahn (see link below)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hzf7KCffo
Top 5 Saves - Oliver Kahn - World Cup 2002 Wonderful saves by Oliver Kahn in 2002. Music: Heads N' Tails (Born to be wild COVER) - www.myspace.com/headsandtails
06/11/2014
PDP traveled to South Carolina this summer to do a little training session.
06/08/2014
USA vs. Nigeria! 2-1 for a send off victory. Hope all the trainees watched the game.
06/07/2014
USA vs. Nigeria Game today at EverBank Field in Jacksonville Florida. First National Team game, Go USA!