PRINCIPLES AND OVERVIEW
Atletico Santa Rosa has one of the top Goalkeeper programs in Northern California. This project was founded to create competitive Goalkeepers in the Northern California area and to keep their athletic skills in the best possible condition to compete at the USA National level as well as the local club team level. It is the fundamental objective of this project to create an ongoing program that will improve the competitive level of every goalkeeper trained by this organization. We have brought together the best professional and well trained community members possible in the Sonoma County area to implement this program.

Because a strong soccer team starts with an excellent goalie, it is Atletico’s philosophy to develop players with all the physical, technical, physiological, and tactical skills needed to compete at the highest level possible in the athletic arena. It is also our goal to develop an excellent sense of community in our student players by teaching and instilling in them the basic values and morals that lead to a successful and dignified life on and off the soccer field.

Atletico Santa Rosa offers a program that has continuity from the very beginning stages through the tactical stage allowing the player to develop continually to form a solid foundation. The training and learning process that we propose in this project begins with the child and will follow a basic stage developmental program aimed at encouraging athletic, social, and moral values as well as improving the specific needs and skills of a goalkeeper. This program will develop these skills based on the individual’s skill level and expected potential.

PROGRAM METHODS
This program will develop an individual’s athletic talents through the following means:

Acquire the basic knowledge of body coordination needed to play the specific and specialized position of Goalkeeper through a repetition of technical skills advancing from basic movements of Goalkeeper to more advanced techniques needed to compete at a higher level.
To understand and be able to execute the rules and fundamental strategies of the position of Goalkeeper.
To learn specific techniques and theories needed to play Goalkeeper at a top notch level.
To be able to move and coordinate the body in such a manner as to play at the highest level of the sport.
Will learn sportsmanship and a sense of fair play through interaction with the competition and be able to interact with fellow players in a competitive yet fair manner.