Since 2005, Professional Soccer Trainers have been the SOCCER TRAINING SPECIALISTS.

PST provide expert soccer training for teams, small groups, individuals, and services the soccer community of New England. We are based in Connecticut. 

Professional Soccer Trainers offer expert instruction, assist in every facet of training, from technical skills development to game tactics. The primary focus is individual skill development while at the same time, increasing a student's understanding of the game's demands.  

PST have twenty years of experience coaching youth players. 

Professional Soccer Trainers have assisted teams to more than 45 youth tournaments and state championships. 

 

"Professional Soccer Trainers do not promise individual development, but guarantee it." PST staff want players to be a soccer player first and an athlete second, not just an athlete that plays soccer. A huge difference!

 

“We like to have fun, but not be at the expense of proper training.”

 

PST training programs are designed to teach by example, to demonstrate the finer points to the skills necessary to achieve success on the field. Professional Soccer Trainers focus on player creativity and teach players to be thinkers on the field, not just robots that listen to every command. We embrace solving situations on the field with skill and understanding, not settling for the easy way out, which is to pass or just kick the ball away when pressured. 

The students learn to play with skill and intelligence. 

 

The game itself is played at all levels. However, three areas of speed determine where a player will end up. First, physical speed determined by a player’s genetics, fitness level, and overall athleticism. Second, tactical speed, the ability to make split second decisions that the game offers. And thirdly, but most importantly, technical speed, the ability to execute desired skills at a high rate of speed. A player's technical ability helps determine his/her best options when making tactical decisions and effects their success rate on the field.

In PST training sessions, the trainers demonstrate the skills (repetitively), but offer the little nuisances that make all the difference. These perfections distinguish PST trainers and the good players from the great ones. Professional Soccer Trainers provide solutions/options to every game situation by knowing what the opposition is/will be doing from extensive professional playing experience. PST training sessions are conducted in a professional manner with the emphasis on skill development. We know mistakes will be made, we expect that, but the students will learn to execute the skills demonstrated at maximum game speed levels and get a better understanding on when and where to use the skills on the field.

 

"PST training methods are for the serious player, the dedicated to the game player, the player that wants to be the best, and is willing to take risks/make mistakes, in order to better themselves."

Professional Soccer Trainers primary purpose is to develop individual players and teams with proper skill development and tactical awareness while having fun in the process. 

The staff's knowledge that children are visual learners puts PST training methods at the forefront of soccer educational programs. 

The PST trainers leave their egos at the door and love teaching, “The Beautiful Game.”

 

Professional Soccer Trainers training regimen has been modeled from twenty years of training at the highest levels and working with and alongside the finest coaches from youth to professional soccer.  

“In order to be the best, you must train with the best, and we are the best.” 

 

Holland Soccer Legend and One of the Greatest Footballers of All-Time, Johan Cruyff stated the following in an article regarding the degrading of basic soccer skills.

”What I notice particularly is that policy-makers in football are never really concerned about individuals, all they're interested in is the team as a whole. Yet a team consists of eleven individuals who each need attention. I often wonder if we're making the most of the qualities players have to offer.”

 

 

Message from John Kostelis, Technical Director and Owner of Professional Soccer Trainers