The Keeper! Club is the Dynamos' built-in support system for goalkeepers.  Weekly sessions to learn and implement skills for this special position are conducted by veteran goalkeeper trainers Jim Walker and Roland Sikinger.

 

This unique training program was started in 1993 by Jim Walker, who despite retiring as Director of Training for the Dynamos in 2001, has trained keepers on a continuous basis since origination of the Keeper! Club.  He now conducts the Thursday training and other special clinics, while Roland Sikinger, a former U.S. Olympic and professional keeper, directs the Monday sessions.

 

'Our goalkeepers have plenty of role models,' says Coach Walker. 'The camaraderie, within their group and with guest trainers we bring in, is almost as important as the training.” Boys and girls who want to excel at this special position find knowledgeable people who will discuss the position without laying blame on them, and other goalkeepers with whom they can share problems and success stories. The main goal is to challenge them to technical and tactical improvement so they can help their teams, but the training environment enables those with exceptional talent to reach their highest potential. At training sessions, young goalkeepers are urged to strive toward becoming 'perfect within their range,' to make decisions that enable them to collect the ball in the most efficient manner possible, and to put forth the effort to execute all saves with proper technique. Through hard work at training and daily practice, they slowly but steadily extend their range and take on more advanced techniques.

 

In the summer, there is a fitness and technique program for boys and girls 14 years and older, designed specifically for those keepers playing in high school and college.

 

For additional information about the Keeper! Club, e-mail JWalker332@aol.com ,  or call 281-217-1612.

The Keeper! Club is the Dynamos' built-in support system for goalkeepers.  Weekly sessions to learn and implement skills for this special position are conducted by veteran goalkeeper trainers Jim Walker and Roland Sikinger.

 

This unique training program was started in 1993 by Jim Walker, who despite retiring as Director of Training for the Dynamos in 2001, has trained keepers on a continuous basis since origination of the Keeper! Club.  He now conducts the Thursday training and other special clinics, while Roland Sikinger, a former U.S. Olympic and professional keeper, directs the Monday sessions.

 

'Our goalkeepers have plenty of role models,' says Coach Walker. 'The camaraderie, within their group and with guest trainers we bring in, is almost as important as the training.” Boys and girls who want to excel at this special position find knowledgeable people who will discuss the position without laying blame on them, and other goalkeepers with whom they can share problems and success stories. The main goal is to challenge them to technical and tactical improvement so they can help their teams, but the training environment enables those with exceptional talent to reach their highest potential. At training sessions, young goalkeepers are urged to strive toward becoming 'perfect within their range,' to make decisions that enable them to collect the ball in the most efficient manner possible, and to put forth the effort to execute all saves with proper technique. Through hard work at training and daily practice, they slowly but steadily extend their range and take on more advanced techniques.

 

In the summer, there is a fitness and technique program for boys and girls 14 years and older, designed specifically for those keepers playing in high school and college.

 

For additional information about the Keeper! Club, e-mail JWalker332@aol.com ,  or call 281-217-1612.