Articles
What Fifteen Minutes Buys Over a Year
The case for a little every day — including the part where the usual version of this argument doesn't survive contact with a calculator.
Most of what makes a goalie good happens at home, on ordinary days, with a parent who isn't a coach. This is the part of the collection about that.
Why a 9-Year-Old Shouldn't Train Like a 15-Year-Old
The five ADM stages in plain English — what each one is building, what it's protecting, and how to tell whether a program is actually following them.
Rec, Travel, or Club: What You're Actually Buying
The levels are sold as a ladder. They're really four different products at four different prices, and for a goalie the thing that separates them isn't the one on the brochure.
Club, Coaches, and the Calendar
Which team, how many weekends, and how much of the year. The decisions that shape a goalie's decade are mostly calendar decisions, and almost nobody explains them to you before you're making them.
The Only Kid Who Has to Be Brave on Purpose
Every other position reacts to danger. Your kid walks toward it, on a schedule, forty times a season. Here's what that choice does to a person — and what it asks of you.