Beast Mode Soccer Director of Development David Copeland-Smith (center) with Alex Morgan, Lori Lindsay, Whitney Engen, Abby Wambach, Sarah Huffman and Tobin Heath from the United States Women's National Team, as well as UNC legends Allie Long and Nikki Washington
Ali playing against England at the 2011 World Cup
One of David’s long term players, Ali Riley is a two time Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) Champion who now plays for LdB FC Malmo of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Having had a highly successful two seasons in the top American professional league, the WPS (she won ‘Rookie of the Year’ her first season in the league, and was on the 'All League XI' her second) she moved to Europe to play in their top league, where, on her debut she assisted for the game winning goal in the Swedish Super Cup.
She is also part of the New Zealand National team, and has represented NZ at two World Cup’s, two Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012) and a u20 World Cup- all of this by the age of 23.
Ali has been training with David and Beast Mode Soccer for over six years. She has excelled and her technical development is evidence that Beast Mode Soccer's one on one sessions, along with a players desire and work rate, will be successful at the highest level.
Take a look at the videos throughout the site to see how Beast Mode Soccer's philosophy and strategies are guaranteed to make ANY player better!
She is also part of the New Zealand National team, and has represented NZ at two World Cup’s, two Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012) and a u20 World Cup- all of this by the age of 23.
Ali has been training with David and Beast Mode Soccer for over six years. She has excelled and her technical development is evidence that Beast Mode Soccer's one on one sessions, along with a players desire and work rate, will be successful at the highest level.
Take a look at the videos throughout the site to see how Beast Mode Soccer's philosophy and strategies are guaranteed to make ANY player better!
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WHAT WE DOBeast Mode Soccer specializes in developing great technical players. We are skills specialists.
We work with players of all ages (from 6- adult) on ALL parts of their game, but we specifically focus on their technical side. First touch, second touch, third touch, aerial control, footwork, passing, shooting, heading, defending and DOMINATING the 1 v 1... everything is covered in our sessions. You will receive a plan written uniquely for you, including our 'Goal! Home Development Guide'. The fact is, at your teams practices, you are not having enough quality touches to develop as rapidly as you could. This is not the fault of your club or indeed your coach, but with more and more pressure being put on them to win at all costs, less time is being spent on developing players, and more time poaching talent from other clubs! Beast Mode Soccer provides you with the tools to excel at soccer, no matter what level you currently play at! |
BEAST MODE SOCCER
In a one hour session with BMS the player can expect to touch the ball a minimum of 1000 times, good, solid touches! Compare that to the average club practice which believe it or not, generates an average of just over 200 touches… in 2 hours!
The name ‘Beast Mode Soccer’ came from the psychological impact of the saying ‘he/she was beast’. This implies that the particular player dominated the game/practice. We believe that EVERY one of our players has to don the attitude of ‘Beast Mode’ in each and every soccer practice they have. We train our players to be as mentally strong as they are physically.
The name ‘Beast Mode Soccer’ came from the psychological impact of the saying ‘he/she was beast’. This implies that the particular player dominated the game/practice. We believe that EVERY one of our players has to don the attitude of ‘Beast Mode’ in each and every soccer practice they have. We train our players to be as mentally strong as they are physically.
'All that stuff about hitting the ball in a certain spot in a certain way,' says Ferguson, laughing 'There's no secret. The important thing is practice. It makes perfect, as I was taught in school. The boy practices every day, that's the reason he's so good. We go for a cup of tea and leave him to it.
'He practises all the time, 20 or 25 minutes after training, there he is with the balls. Wall up, bang, bang, bang, bang. He takes about 30 kicks every day, so ‘
-Sir Alex Ferguson on Cristiano Ronaldo
HOW WE MAKE CHAMPIONS
The Beast Mode Soccer philosophy of one on one training is to introduce the technical development of street soccer while carefully nourish understanding through advanced coaching. To develop the first touch we use tennis balls, skill balls and soccer balls. We see the second and third touch as importantly as the first. Repetition is key when learning good technique, but with Beast Mode Soccer you learn technique AND skill side by side, the way the top players in the world learned when they were young. To make sure that your technique is immaculate, we have introduced the Beast Mode Soccer 'Skills Camera', a huge screened hand held camcorder on which we record players, and have the ability to play back in slow motion and correct techniques.
Our main key in consistently making champion athletes is having the player themselves responsible for their own development. We do this using 'The Better Soccer Blueprint'. In our first session, we will sit down with every player we sit down and fill out the initial 'Home Development Goal Sheet' located inside the blueprint. The player themselves completes the 'Home Development Sheet' but is assisted by their Beast Mode Soccer trainer who will guide them. Together we will separate their strengths and weakness' and then we set realistic targets for the player to improve.
A big part of the 'The Better Soccer Blueprint' is encouraging the player to do more purposeful practice on their own, remembering the 10,000 hour theory. Depending on their short and long term goals, they will receive a player specific blueprint, which will show the players EXACTLY what to do! If a player follows the plans they make in 'The Better Soccer Blueprint', it is almost impossible to not improve!
Our main key in consistently making champion athletes is having the player themselves responsible for their own development. We do this using 'The Better Soccer Blueprint'. In our first session, we will sit down with every player we sit down and fill out the initial 'Home Development Goal Sheet' located inside the blueprint. The player themselves completes the 'Home Development Sheet' but is assisted by their Beast Mode Soccer trainer who will guide them. Together we will separate their strengths and weakness' and then we set realistic targets for the player to improve.
A big part of the 'The Better Soccer Blueprint' is encouraging the player to do more purposeful practice on their own, remembering the 10,000 hour theory. Depending on their short and long term goals, they will receive a player specific blueprint, which will show the players EXACTLY what to do! If a player follows the plans they make in 'The Better Soccer Blueprint', it is almost impossible to not improve!
‘First of all you've got to love the game.' How much? 'Well ... from the age of three I played every day: every morning, afternoon and night. Inside the house, too. I'd break things. My mum would go mad ...''
-Leo Messi
PUTTING THE HOURS IN
The 10,000 hour theory was formulated by Dr. K. Anders Ericsson of Florida State University, and made popular by Malcom Gladwell in his book 'Outliers'. Gladwell made the observation that people who were at the top of their trade had spent AT LEAST 10,000 hours learning and mastering their chosen endeavor. Musicians, mathematicians etc as well as athletes put all of this work in to become the BEST! This subject was looked at even deeper in 'Bounce' by Matthew Syed (Beast Mode Soccer recommends both books)
When was the last time you took a soccer ball outside, on your own and worked on your technique? How much EXTRA practice do you do? Do you get to your teams training session early and bang 30 free kicks like Ronaldo? Do you watch soccer on the TV and then try to replicate what was done by your favorite player? To make that 10,000 hour threshold these are things that you need to be doing, every day! And we can help you...
Question: Do you know someone who utilizes a golf pro? Or a tennis pro? Those people want to excel in those sports so they use a professional coach in a one on one environment. This is where Beast Mode Soccer comes in.
Did you know that in about 15 minutes with Beast Mode Soccer you can attain about 1000 QUALITY touches on the soccer ball. Thats more touches than you will have in an entire week of your teams practices! These technical touches, under the tuition of your Beast Mode Soccer trainer, will improve your game as they form the basis of most ‘moves’ you can do. That's 15 minutes! Imagine what we could do in an hour!
We show you HOW you can become the best soccer player you can be!
When was the last time you took a soccer ball outside, on your own and worked on your technique? How much EXTRA practice do you do? Do you get to your teams training session early and bang 30 free kicks like Ronaldo? Do you watch soccer on the TV and then try to replicate what was done by your favorite player? To make that 10,000 hour threshold these are things that you need to be doing, every day! And we can help you...
Question: Do you know someone who utilizes a golf pro? Or a tennis pro? Those people want to excel in those sports so they use a professional coach in a one on one environment. This is where Beast Mode Soccer comes in.
Did you know that in about 15 minutes with Beast Mode Soccer you can attain about 1000 QUALITY touches on the soccer ball. Thats more touches than you will have in an entire week of your teams practices! These technical touches, under the tuition of your Beast Mode Soccer trainer, will improve your game as they form the basis of most ‘moves’ you can do. That's 15 minutes! Imagine what we could do in an hour!
We show you HOW you can become the best soccer player you can be!
“I reached this level by sheer dint of hard work, toiling away at scores of tricks and experiments. I used to play with the ball from dawn till dusk and just kept practising. If I wasn’t playing matches, it was trying out one on one or two against two with a tennis ball. Then I used to try aiming at certain targets. That’s the only way to learn. And if I missed the target, I kept trying until I scored”
-Zinedine Zidane
