At the highest levels the goalkeeper is a very vital and integral part of the team. With the rules established by FIFA the game has changed how the GK position is played. Keepers are no longer seen as just “shot stoppers”. Today the goalkeepers 1st touch and tactical awareness must be as good as our outfielders. The demands placed on this position require development in the four components of the game (technical, tactical, physical and mental).
Youth teams often do not have the resources to hire a goalkeeper trainer who works exclusively with the keepers. In the past coaches have trained the keepers with the field players working on their technical skills or had someone come in to work with keepers separately.
To help meet the demands placed on this highly important position it is now the responsibility of the Roswell Soccer Club to make available goalkeeper specific training for our Academy and Select players. Our goal is to offer comprehensive goalkeeper training for all of goalkeepers.
Training the goalkeepers for the club will be Trent Orndorf. This season all keepers will train together on Tuesdays at Lower Waller at the Goalkeeper Training area next to the kicking wall. They will also be working with the goalkeepers during their team training sessions whenever possible. Trent hold USSF "A" coaching license and a USSF Youth License. .
Trent has coached and played both collegiately and professionally. Trent was the Goalkeeper Coach for the FC Atlanta Blackhawks in the Premier Developmental League (PDL). He is also the Goalkeeper Coach for Clayton State University Men’s Soccer team (D-II, 2010 Elite Eight). The past two years the Clayton State goalkeepers were named to the All-Region conference. He coached at Life University (NAIA),
Georgia
State
University (NCAA D-1) and in the A-League with the Atlanta Silverbacks. He is also a longtime ODP coach having coached for Colorado and Georgia over the past 12 years. Trent has trained a number of goalkeepers who have represented the United States National Team, professional teams and NCAA D-1, D-II and D-III teams.
