"Tap Your Potential"
A Message from Academy Director Kelly Bendixen:
New curriculum, more coaches, conversations with professional players, and new sponsorship with FreeMotion and HO Goalkeeping are just a few of the new and exciting additions for our 4th year at the Bendixen Goalkeeping Academy! I am pleased to announce that every registered goalkeeper will receive a goalkeeper jersey, glove bag and a pair of match gloves from HO!
The academy offers training for all skill levels, from beginners to college bound goalkeepers playing at the highest level and beyond! We are looking for hard-working goalkeepers who want to tap their potential in a positive environment. With a fantastic coach to player ratio around 1:6, great coaching and high quality repetition is sure to be the place to grow this summer! Sign up for both sessions and receive a $100 discount and automatically enter into a drawing for special autographed prizes! Come and join me and my great staff on the beautiful campus at the University of Puget Sound, and let us help you tap your potential!
MLS Houston Dynamo starting goalkeeper
I would not be a professional goalkeeper, if Kelly Bendixen was not coaching me throughout my youth. He took me from a recreational goalkeeper to a Division I college goalkeeper looking to go pro. I started training with Kelly when I was around 11 years old, the time I decided I wanted to focus on soccer and goalkeeping. Kelly was different from the start. He taught me the basics, but also made sure I was working my butt off to be better. Training was an hour, I was having fun for an hour. Sometimes I could not stand after a session, but I always ended with a smile on my face. My parents always made sure to bring plenty of towels and change of clothes after, because goalkeepers get dirty, muddy and smelly and they do things field players are scared to attempt. Before, I was just having fun in goal, Kelly turned goalkeeping into a PASSION. Trainings with him turned into my weekly highlight. I had never worked with someone who could develop any weaknesses I had into strengths. I was always a bit lanky growing up and never felt I had much strength. Kelly taught me how to fly. All of a sudden I felt like I could jump through crowds of players and skim across the ground for lowballs. My college coach still tells me the first thing he saw me do that impressed him was me coming for a cross and I caught the ball about two feet above everybody else. It was not a fluke, Kelly was the one serving thousands of crosses to me making sure when the time came, I got it right. Like all great coaches, Kelly's lessons also translated to off the field life lessons. Lessons on the field helped me succeed in the classroom and mature into a successful student athlete. If you have an opportunity to work with Kelly, you must. Without him, I would be working a "real" job, but instead I get to play soccer everyday and get paid for it. Do yourself a favor and get trained by the best.
Testimonial from Jorden LaFontaine-Kussmann, University of Washington starting goalkeeper 