SB GOALKEEPING CLASSES

The SB Goalkeeping Classes is a brand new way of approaching this position. Samir spends a lot of time studying different game situations and creatively thinking of how he can recreate those situations for his goalkeepers. 

“When planning a goalkeeping session I take everything into consideration. I enjoy the creative part of planning the session.” - SB

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About SB GOALKEEPING

SB Goalkeeping Classes Include..

SB Goalkeeping 3 important attributes of a professional goalkeeping session: 

  • Repetition: Repetition often varies from exercise to exercise. Sometimes goalkeepers get a lot of reps to gain comfort and confidence and increase the muscle memory of that drill. Other exercises give them less reps so goalkeepers give more attention and care to the few reps they have.

  • Tempo and Intensity: SB Goalkeeping sessions are constructed with fast pace tempo and high intensity. Goalkeepers will have little time between reps to test the how long they can be locked in and focused to increase their ability to be fully engaged and concentrated in full game. 

  • Recreation of Game Situations: SB SOCCER has state of the art equipment that is used to recreate a game situation in the SB Goalkeeping Classes!


Sample Session

SB SOCCER GK sessions always begins with various handling drills with high repetition to warm up and start the session and ends with a fun and intense competitive exercise. The core time of the session usually is allocated for very specific techniques such as:

  • Taking crosses in traffic

  • Diving high and using the top hand

  • Reactions 

  • Pushing hips through your dive 

  • Bottom hand full extended and properly shaped on low dives

Samir Badr’s Philosophy       

SB believes his players and goalkeepers “should never have a more challenging and intense game/training than you do with me.” It’s likely that the Goalkeepers aren’t going to face anything more difficult than they see at the SB SOCCER GK classes. This helps build confidence and give the goalkeepers the ability to deal with shots and other parts of the game at a faster pace then they are used to. 

The Goalkeeper position has always been a tough mental and physical battle. Samir Badr challenges his goalkeepers both mentally and physically. Sessions often include intense movement and diving to deal with the decorated service and pace of shots provided only by Samir in the SB GK Classes. 

What’s different about SB Goalkeeping Classes?

1. Samir’s ability to recreate service. Very few players in the world are able to serve a ball like Samir and young goalkeepers dont have access to someone who can provide them with quality repetition and consistently serve the ball with pace and accuracy like Samir. Samir was very well known for his ability to hit a ball through his professional career. 

2. Samir Badr was a professional goalkeeper for the U.S. Mens National Team and one of the top European soccer clubs in the world FC PORTO. Samir brings much high level experience to help goalkeepers mentally, technically, physically and tactically.   

3. Samir creates a challenging but fun session with exciting new exercises to keep the goalkeepers motivated, inspired, confident, and well prepared for their games on the weekend! And allows follows up and welcomes feedback from all his players and goalkeepers on their games!

Consistently studying the position and having trained and played in 6 different continents allows Samir to provide different philosophies and decorated sessions that he has gathered throughout his career.