Kohl and Zak are joined by Alexa Ream, Head Women's Soccer Coach at Clarion University, and Olivia Kruger, Head Women's Soccer Coach at Greensburg Central Catholic High School, to talk their experiences after going through their first year as a head coach. They both talk about how they approached coming in as a new head coach and what they did to help put their teams on a path of success. COVID has caused many issues for teams all across the United States, Alexa and Olivia talk about the challenges this caused and how they approached them to help their team be successful. Alexa breaks down what the transition has been like to a first time college head coach and the pathway she is taking to implement a new culture. Olivia talks about her position as a high school head coach and coming into a program with historical success. She describes what she will look to do to continue this path of success. Olivia as we find out in her first season was able to help the team reach the state final. Join us on this episode to see what it is like to be a first year head coach!

Mark Sappington, Goalkeeper Coach for Campbell University Women's Soccer, joins Kohl and Zak for the 3rd time to discuss the Modern Goalkeeper and how they train. The group starts off by talking about the daily life now in a COVID world and how they are running training. They talk about the differences now as to what it was before the pandemic hit. Kohl and Zak ask Mark how he approaches training now with the modern day goalkeeper. Mark discusses what he sees in today's goalkeepers and how their roles are continuing to change in the team concept. He talks about how it is important for a goalkeeper to be good with their feet and be able to command the back line on a consistent basis. The goalkeeper should be able to come off their line and deal with back passes and through balls. The group continues to talk about what a training session should look like to make sure goalkeepers are prepared for upcoming games. 

Kohl and Zak are joined by Kim Wyant (New York University Head Men's Coach) to discuss her path to coaching the men's game. As you will learn Kim had a lot of success in the game during her playing career and played on the first US Women's National team as a goalkeeper. She talks about here path from a young player to her national team days and how that set her up for success in the coaching world. Kim talks about how she got to NYU and earned the role as the Head Men's Coach. She continues the conversation about the transition from coaching the women's game to the men's game and how she approached the change. She talks about her biggest challenges during her transition and how she stayed true to her coaching roots. Kim states that it is important to stay yourself and to not change your coaching style because you are not coaching a new gender. She says that players "will see right through you" and they won't support you in the same way. This is a lesson that many young coaches can take to heart and use in their everyday coaching. Kohl and Zak guide the last part of the conversation to goalkeeping and how she approaches goalkeeping today. She talks about how she is looking for the almost finished goalkeeper that needs those last couple adjustments to their game to be a finished product. Kim discusses the attributes that she looks for in goalkeepers and how she knows that they will be a good fit for her program. She continues the goalkeeping topic to talk about the youth game and what young goalkeepers can be doing to grow their skills to prepare themselves for future success.