Two different things for two different moments. Semi-private is an ongoing program for club players 12 and up. Private is one to three sessions to fix one or two specific things and dive deeper in detail.
Both are built around an individual instead of a team plan. The difference is who the player is working against.
Soccer is taught in small numbers — 1v1, 2v1, 3v2. Fewer players means more decisions per minute and nowhere to hide. A group of two to four gives a player something a coach cannot: a real opponent, the same age, who also wants the ball.
A player can practice a move against a coach. They only learn to use it against somebody trying to take it from them.
Bring a teammate, a sibling, or a friend at a similar level — or tell us the age and level and we’ll try to pair your player. It also costs less per player than one-on-one.
One-on-one buys attention and repetition. It’s the right call when a player has one technical problem that needs isolating and hundreds of clean reps, is coming back from injury or time away, or is preparing for a tryout or an evaluation.
It’s also right for a player who has lost confidence and needs to rebuild it before working in front of peers, or a family whose schedule doesn’t line up with any group session.
What one-on-one doesn’t buy is a real opponent. That’s why we usually pair private sessions with group training instead of replacing them.
If you want to play at a high level of fútbol, you cannot rely on team practice to make you a better player. Twenty players share one coach and a few minutes each. The shape, the plan, and the next game get the hour — and they should. That’s what a team session is for.
Individual training belongs to the player. It does two things at once: it takes the part of their game that’s costing them and works it until it isn’t, and it takes what they’re already good at and makes it a habit they can reach for under pressure.
Training is where you get better. Games are where you show what you can do.
Everything is taught between 1v1 and 3v2 — the situations the game is actually made of, at the size where a player touches the ball every few seconds.
Moves worked clean, then worked under pressure. Over time a player chooses a few of their own and makes them theirs.
We’d rather a player think and be corrected than wait to be told. When they’re attacking, we let the rep run — the mistake teaches more when they find it themselves.
Whether you train with us or not: look for the program that focuses on the creative development of the individual.
Applaud players for their willingness to take risks. Applaud the coach who encourages a player to step out of their comfort zone — at the risk of giving up the ball, at the risk of losing the game.
In youth soccer, the individual development win is worth far more than the team statistical win.
Individual creative development.
Semi-private is a monthly program, priced above our group training because the group is smaller and the work is individual. It’s for players 12 and up already competing at a good club level.
Private is priced by the hour on purpose. You are buying a specific repair, not a subscription, and we’d rather you spend three hours here and not come back than book a standing slot that quietly becomes a habit.
Recommended starting point
Recommended for real progress
Per session
Sessions are scheduled directly with a coach. Availability is Monday – Friday at 4:00 PM. Cancellations: notice required, session is credited.
They’re two different things, not two prices for the same thing. Semi-private is an ongoing program for club players 12 and up — individual work in a small group of players at the same level, once or twice a week. Private is one to three hours with a coach to correct one specific problem, and then it ends.
Players 12 and up who are already competing at a good club level and want the individual technical work their team practice doesn’t have time for. Players are placed with others at the same level, and placement is a coach’s decision.
One to three. Private training is built to fix one thing — a first touch, a weak foot, a move that won’t hold under pressure — and then to end. We don’t sell it as a standing weekly slot.
That’s not how we run it. If a player wants ongoing individual work every week, that’s semi-private, or a second Foundation session. Private is for a specific problem with a specific end.
No. Both are open to players from any club, rec league, or school team.
Tell us and we’ll try, but level comes first. The value of semi-private is training against players at the same standard, so we group by level rather than by friendship.
Semi-private is $200 per month for one session a week and $400 per month for two. Private training is $75 per hour, typically booked one to three sessions at a time. Both take place at The Lab, 3100 E Del Mar Blvd in East Pasadena.
