Serving Mesa & Gilbert
Private Soccer Training in Mesa and Gilbert, Arizona
1-on-1 and mini group sessions for ages 8–16 at convenient East Valley parks. Clear goals, real improvement, and a coach parents can trust.
- ✓Customized sessions based on your player’s needs
- ✓Progress tracking with simple skill benchmarks
- ✓Flexible scheduling by text at Mesa/Gilbert parks
Text us and we’ll confirm time & location at your preferred Mesa or Gilbert park.
Quick Start
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Hi David, my player is __ years old. Main goal is __. Best days are __. We’re in Mesa/Gilbert.
Who This Is For: Youth Soccer Players in Mesa & Gilbert
Designed for Mesa and Gilbert families who want structured training, clear goals, and consistent progress.
Ages 8-16
Training programs tailored to youth players at the perfect age for skill development and growth
All Skill Levels
From beginners taking their first steps to high-level players looking to reach the next stage
Convenient East Valley Locations
One-on-one sessions with a customized plan for your player at parks near you, plus clear goals and measurable progress.
🌟 Every player receives a customized training plan designed just for them
How Private Soccer Training Works in the East Valley
Simple scheduling. Clear plan. Real progress.
Sessions are organized, age-appropriate, and parent-friendly. I communicate clearly before and after training.
Text us your player’s age + main goal
We’ll pick one priority (confidence on the ball, passing, finishing, etc.).
We pick a park in Mesa or Gilbert that works for you
Popular options: Gilbert Regional Park, Freestone Park, Hetchler Park, Red Mountain Park, or your favorite local field.
We train — you get a simple progress plan
Short benchmarks so you can see improvement session to session.
Where We Train: Mesa & Gilbert Parks
Sessions happen at safe, convenient public parks in Mesa and Gilbert. We'll confirm the exact location when we schedule based on your preference and availability.
Gilbert Area Parks
Freestone Park
Gilbert's first major district park with 88 acres of open space
📍 1045 E. Juniper Rd, Gilbert
- ✓Large open fields
- ✓Well-maintained grass
- ✓Family-friendly amenities
Gilbert Regional Park
Our main home base — large regional park in south Gilbert
📍 3005 E Queen Creek Rd, Gilbert
- ✓Open turf areas
- ✓Convenient parking
- ✓Great for training
Hetchler Park (Gilbert Soccer Complex)
Premier soccer facility with 22 fields (10 lighted)
📍 4260 S. Greenfield Rd, Gilbert
- ✓Professional fields
- ✓Multiple field options
- ✓Soccer-specific complex
Mesa Area Parks
Red Mountain Park
Popular Mesa park with excellent training space
📍 Mesa, AZ
- ✓Quality fields
- ✓Good location
- ✓Open space
Additional Mesa Parks
We also train at other quality Mesa parks based on your location
- ✓Riverview area
- ✓Multiple locations
- ✓Flexible options
Your Preferred Location
Have a park closer to you? Let's discuss options.
- ✓Flexible scheduling
- ✓Convenient for you
- ✓Just ask when booking
Not near these parks?
We're flexible! If you have a preferred park in the Mesa/Gilbert area, just mention it when you text. We'll make it work for your schedule and location.
What We Work On: Core Soccer Skills for Mesa & Gilbert Players
Real, top-standard 1-on-1 development — not just kicking a ball around.
Technical, tactical & positioning
Master the ball and the game — the skills that actually show up on match day.
- ✓First touch, dribbling, passing & finishing
- ✓Tactical awareness & decision-making
- ✓Field positioning — knowing where to be and why
Confidence & visualization
The mental side that separates good players from great ones.
- ✓Confidence on and off the ball
- ✓Composure under pressure
- ✓Visualization & a strong game-day mindset
Deliberate, correct training
No random drills — the right technique, repeated the right way, until it sticks.
- ✓Correct technique built deliberately
- ✓One clear priority per session
- ✓Focused reps that drive real improvement
Testing & Data
We do not guess. Every player is tested at the start and again every 6th session — run the same way every time, so the numbers are actually comparable.
Results feed the player’s stats, their level in each individual test, and their overall rank. That is how we find the gap worth training next instead of guessing at it.
See how testing fits into The Extra Hour, our full development system
The eight tests
Every one of these has a fixed standard at each level, and a player has to pass all eight to rank up.
Juggling
Touch quality, rhythm, and how comfortable a player is on the ball with either foot.
What the coach records
- ✓Best juggles, any surface and feet only
- ✓Body-part challenge
- ✓Speed touches in 3 minutes
- ✓14-in-14 reps and the weak-foot ladder
Count challenges get 4 attempts and the best one counts. Timed challenges get a 10-minute window, and the highest clean attempt counts.
Dribbling
Close control, turning, and how much speed a player keeps with the ball at their feet.
What the coach records
- ✓Figure-8 loops
- ✓Cross-dribble loops
- ✓Obstacle shuttle score
Every set is one minute, run separately on the strong foot, the weak foot, and both. The obstacle course runs a cone weave, pole cross, skill-move gates, hurdles, and a minefield out to a turn cone and back — with deductions for touching equipment or using the wrong foot.
Passing
Accuracy, weight of pass, and whether a player can repeat it under a clock.
What the coach records
- ✓Gate passes
- ✓Passes into a colour mini-goal
- ✓Read-the-colour passes
- ✓Passes through a 2-yard gate
One minute per foot. The harder versions add a decision before the pass, so it is never just technique in isolation.
Power
Shot speed — the actual number, on both feet.
What the coach records
- ✓4 strong-foot attempts
- ✓4 weak-foot attempts
The best attempt on each foot counts, and both feet have to clear the standard. A big strong foot does not cover for a weak one.
Distance
How far a player can strike a ball cleanly through the air.
What the coach records
- ✓4 strong-foot attempts
- ✓4 weak-foot attempts
The ball has to be struck in the air and is measured where it first lands, inside a 9-yard alley. Balls that finish outside the alley take a deduction, so distance never comes at the cost of accuracy.
Skill Moves
How many moves a player owns, how many they can chain, and whether they can produce them on demand.
What the coach records
- ✓Different moves executed
- ✓Combos executed
- ✓Live application percentage
- ✓The specific move names
Live application means the coach calls a move or a combo and the player performs it on command — which is the difference between knowing a move and having one.
Shooting Accuracy
Whether a player can actually hit the corners on purpose.
What the coach records
- ✓Bottom corners from inside the box
- ✓Bottom corners from the top of the 18
- ✓All four corners
- ✓The same tests off a moving ball
Ball counts are fixed per drill so the score always means the same thing. Distance goes up, the ball starts moving, and the target shrinks to all four corners as the levels climb.
First Touch
Receiving and killing the ball into a small box, from the ground and out of the air.
What the coach records
- ✓Ground into a 5x5 box — distance reached
- ✓Ground into a 3x3 box, one touch
- ✓Aerial into a 3x3 box
- ✓Aerial into a 3x3 box, one touch
It runs as a ladder: start at 5 yards, move a yard farther after a clean rep and a yard closer after a miss, for 5 minutes. We record how far they got.
Athletic benchmarks, when they are useful
Alongside the eight, we can run athletic tests for players whose limit is physical rather than technical.
5-10-5 Agility
Change of direction and body control over a short shuttle.
Single Leg Hop
Balance, stability, and single-leg power — often where a weak side shows up first.
Custom tests are available too — if a player has a specific goal or a specific problem, we can build an assessment around it.
How the testing cycle works
Testing is not the training. It is the thing that tells us what the training should be.
Baseline
The full test battery at the start, so we know exactly where we are beginning.
Training focus
The numbers point at a weak spot, and that becomes what we actually train.
Retest
Same tests, same setup, every 6th session. The comparison is honest because nothing changed but the player.
Next step
The new numbers decide the next focus. Then it starts again.
Lighter checks in between
Juggling and skill moves are quick enough to fit into a warmup, so we practice them often and officially record them every couple of weeks. The bigger benchmark tests stay at the checkpoints — that is what keeps them meaningful.
The Player Dashboard
All of it — stats, levels, reports, notes, and goals — lives in one place your player and you can open any time. Progress stops being something you have to take our word for.
The home screen
Where your player stands today
The first thing you see is the honest summary: tests recorded, sessions completed, reports written, and challenges outstanding. Underneath it, every one of the eight tests with the level your player currently holds in it.
- ✓Each test carries its own level, so strengths and gaps are obvious at a glance
- ✓Tests already clearing the next standard are marked ready to rank up
- ✓A running count of how many of the eight are ready
- ✓One tap to see exactly what is left before the next level
Inside a single test
Every attempt, and what it adds up to
Open any test and you get the raw attempts exactly as they were recorded — not a rounded summary. Below them, the progress tracking shows the first result against the latest one, and by how much it moved.
- ✓All four attempts on each foot, saved as recorded
- ✓First result versus latest, with the change and percentage
- ✓A trend line across every test date
- ✓Derived metrics like strong and weak averages, and left-right asymmetry
Feedback & Reports
Everything the coach has written
The Baseline Snapshot, every Progress Report, and every coach’s note in one dated timeline. Nothing gets lost in a text thread, and you can always go back to what was said at the start.
- ✓The Baseline Snapshot from the first sessions
- ✓Progress Reports at the checkpoints
- ✓Shorter coach’s notes in between — breakthroughs, habits, soccer IQ
- ✓Session notes attached to the sessions themselves
Goals
What to work on before next session
A period goal can be broken into the actual steps to do it, each assigned to a day. Players tick them off as they go, and both the current goal and every past one stay on the record.
- ✓One clear focus at a time, with a start and end date
- ✓Specific steps, assigned to specific days
- ✓Step-by-step completion tracking
- ✓A full history of past goals and how they went
Players get to see their own progress. Parents get to stop guessing.
That visibility is the whole point — it is what turns a good session into a long-term development plan.
Meet Your Mesa & Gilbert Soccer Coaches
Passionate about developing the next generation of soccer players
⚽Hi, I’m Coach David
We're a team of coaches with a passion for helping young players reach their full potential. What sets our coaching apart is a clear plan + measurable benchmarks, paired with supportive coaching that builds confidence and consistency. We're proud to serve Mesa and Gilbert families.
🎯My Coaching Philosophy
Sessions stay organized and age-appropriate. We focus on one priority at a time, track progress simply, and communicate clearly with parents.
Coach David's Licenses & Experience
Every coach on the team carries their own licenses and certifications
Certifications
- ●USSF D License
- ●Coerver Diploma
- ●Background checked through Coerver Arizona
- ●CPR & First Aid trained
- ●11v11 Grassroots Certification
- ●9v9 Grassroots Certification
- ●7v7 Grassroots Certification
Experience
5 Years of Coaching Experience
Dedicated to developing players' skills, confidence, and love for the game through personalized coaching approaches.
4 Years of Technical Coaching
Specialized technical training across all skill levels, focusing on fundamental development and advanced techniques.
1 Year of Club-Based Coaching
Experience in competitive club environments, preparing players for high-level performance and team dynamics.
Getting Started
Your journey to improved skills and confidence starts here
Individual Player Focus
Each session is designed around the individual player. Training is adjusted based on age, experience, and goals, with an emphasis on long-term development, confidence on the ball, and measurable improvement over time.
Measurable Progress
Track your improvement through regular assessments and see real results as you develop your technical skills, build confidence, and reach your soccer goals.
Ball-Based Training
Every minute of every session involves the ball. Maximum touches, maximum learning, maximum improvement. This is how real soccer skills are developed.
What Mesa & Gilbert Parents Say
What Mesa & Gilbert parents are saying about training with Coach David.
Robert B
"David is an exceptional coach and he is very detail oriented. His sessions are intense and my girls are advancing each week. He keeps track of their progress and logs it to see how they are progressing. He provides an outline at each training session for parents to follow along as well. His energy and commitment to bringing our daughters' game to the next level is the best we have seen. It is showing in their game play each week as they continue to get better. We highly recommend coach David."
Elizabeth Nieves
"Coach David has been an exceptional coach for my daughter. He is extremely detailed, intentional, and fully invested in every training session. Each session is focused and intense, and we've already seen noticeable improvement in just a few weeks. He tracks her progress closely and provides clear outlines of each session, which shows how committed he is to her development. His energy, dedication, and genuine passion for helping her grow truly stand out. I highly recommend Coach David to anyone looking for a coach who truly cares about their athletes' progress!"
Kiki Bermudez
"After enrolling my daughter in a soccer team I decided to get her extra help. She started training with coach David and she has improved with her foot to ball coordination and scoring strategies, not to mention how much more confidence she now plays with. I highly recommend coach David as he is very invested in your child's performance and he is a professional to work with. He is always well prepared for each session including a full report with the focus points for each training. Thank you coach David."
Eric Boudreau
"We have loved how coach David has set a baseline of my child's skills, how we will retest halfway through and then do final testing. This sort of puts his money where his mouth is. Very impressive."
Chadwick Tialino
Rated 5 stars on Google.
Aaron Campuzano
Rated 5 stars on Google.
Ellis Miles
"My son and daughter have both taken big steps forward with David's training. Their confidence is stronger, their communication is clearer, and their first touch has noticeably improved. The progress shows every session."
Okey Ikedilo
"Excellent training! My son is improving rapidly with this 1-on-1 coaching. They really focus on his weak areas and turn them into strengths. Coach David and Coach Simpson did an awesome job. Highly recommended!"
Training Packages & Options for Mesa/Gilbert Families
Choose the commitment level that works best for your player
12-Week Package
Maximum progress and consistency. Lowest per-session rate.
Best Per-Session Rate
Commitment = Better results + better pricing
- ✓Real skill development takes time
- ✓Build lasting habits and technique
- ✓Track meaningful progress over time
- ✓Priority scheduling
6-Week Package
Great for focused improvement on specific skills.
Better Rate
Solid commitment for noticeable results
- ✓Focus on 1-2 key areas
- ✓See clear improvement
- ✓Progress tracking included
Week-to-Week
No package at all. Book week by week around a busy schedule, or try training before committing.
Standard Rate
Maximum flexibility, less commitment
- ✓Test out training first
- ✓Book one week at a time
- ✓No package, no commitment
Training Format & Pricing
1-on-1 Private Sessions
Maximum individual attention. Fully customized to your player's needs and goals.
Sessions range from $60-$80 based on package choice
12-week package = lowest rate per session
Mini Groups
2-6 players, never more. The same coaching quality as a private session, plus the pressure of real opponents.
Sessions range from $30-$50 per player
Cost of the coach is split among families
Why 12 Weeks Is the Best Investment
Skill Development Takes Time
Real technique changes don't happen in 2-3 sessions. Your player needs consistent repetition to build muscle memory and confidence.
Measurable Progress
12 weeks gives us time to test, train, and retest. You'll see actual improvement in skill benchmarks, not just "feeling better."
Build Lasting Habits
Consistency builds confidence. Players who commit to 12 weeks develop routines and mindsets that carry over to games and practice.
🎯 Parents who commit to 12 weeks see the most dramatic improvement
Short-term training can help, but real development requires time and repetition.
Every Package Includes
1-Hour Sessions
Ball-based technical training. Every minute on the ball, maximum touches, real improvement.
Player Dashboard Access
Track test results, goals, and progress over time. Parents see clear improvement.
Progress Plans
Simple benchmarks after each session so you know exactly what to work on next.
Flexible Scheduling
Sessions are scheduled directly by text. Times are flexible and based on availability.
We'll discuss the best package for your player's goals and your schedule. Pricing confirmed when we book.
FAQ: Common Questions from Mesa & Gilbert Parents
Quick answers parents usually want.
Where exactly do sessions happen in Mesa and Gilbert?
We meet at quality public parks like Gilbert Regional Park, Freestone Park, Hetchler Park (Gilbert Soccer Complex), Red Mountain Park, and other Mesa/Gilbert locations. We’ll confirm the exact spot when we schedule based on what’s most convenient for you.
What age is this for?
Ages 8–16. Beginner to club level. Most of our players are in Mesa and Gilbert club soccer programs or looking to join one.
Do you work with players from specific Gilbert/Mesa soccer clubs?
Yes! We work with players from various East Valley clubs including Gilbert Youth Soccer Association (GYSA), Mesa United, and others. Training complements what they’re learning at club practice.
What should my player bring?
Ball, water, cleats, shin guards. Parks have shade but bring sunscreen for Arizona weather.
Do you do mini groups with my player’s teammates?
Absolutely! Mini groups (2-6 players max) are great for teammates who want to train together, and they run $30-$50 per session instead of $60-$80. Just text me to coordinate.
How do I know which park we’ll use?
When you text us your location in Mesa or Gilbert, we’ll suggest 2-3 nearby parks and you can pick what works best for your schedule.
What if weather is bad?
Arizona weather is usually great, but if it’s raining or too hot (110+), we’ll reschedule. We’ll text you in advance.
How fast will we see improvement?
Most players improve fastest with consistency. We’ll give a simple plan after the first session.
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