Experienced tutor in Soccer, Patrick offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Coaches are great at identifying strengths and areas for improvement in players. Work with them in a variety of ways that keep training fresh and participants motivated. My child always looks forward to sessions with TSA! Sweats, has fun and improves.

My keeper daughter started working with TSA to improve her goal kicks, which Patrick was able to do in no time. TSA then started working with her on her foot skills, which have grown considerably since. With the help of TSA, my daughter is more confident in games using her feet and distributing the ball. Thank you TSA!

The individualized training, that’s specific to watch he’s observed from attending games, as well as using feedback given from coach. He has also been helping my daughter with the mental side of the game, in terms of not getting upset when mistakes are made.

Patrick Colgan is a fabulous trainer. He is knowledgeable, patient and incorporates skills that are position specific. He took the time to communicate with my daughter's coach to find ways to help her enhance her performance in games. I highly recommend him.

Coach Patrick was so patient in working with my son. He was attentive, encouraging and made my son feel comfortable. He gave us some suggestions about which app to use for my son to practice his foot skills at home. We are looking forward to training with him again.

My son finished his first session and was super happy. He said he wished Coach Patrick was his team coach. He liked that Coach asked him what he wanted to work on and he said it was "serious but fun too"!

My daughter had a great session with Coach Patrick. He was encouraging and communicates extremely well with her. She liked that he encourages her to try and tells her its ok to make mistakes. She had a great time and is looking forward to her next session.

I'm a former soccer player myself (quite a good one they say) and also coaches recreational soccer in my village. So you can believe me when I say Coach Patrick is great with kids! He is very dedicated and patient with my boys (10 and 7). He has a deep knowledge of soccer and a wide range of tested techniques which are very effective with my boys.
To see them always excited and looking forward to their weekly soccer training session is, for me, the best testament that coach Patrick has gotten it right!
I hope your kids get a chance to experience soccer with him like mine are.

Second summer my daughter trained with Coach Patrick to prepare for playing D2 college soccer. Coach Patrick was amazing his new advanced training covering ball work, skills, technique, fitness, as well as various shooting drills were all top notch. Very dedicated professional can't say enough about this trainer. My daughter was very impressed after every session, feeling confident for upcoming season. Would highly recommend Patrick he is exactly what a trainer should be.

My daughter had her first session with coach Patrick today. He was wonderful, he arrived earlier than our appt time, and was great in pointing out her strengths and where she can improve. My daughter enjoyed her session, but more importantly learned a great deal.

My son had his first session with Patrick and he really enjoyed it. Although my son has good technical skills, Patrick focuses both on refining his technical skills, and also on his mental skills. This is a great and differentiating combination as a large part of sports is mental. Also, Patrick is very detail oriented and makes the sessions fun and interesting. My son is looking forward to the next sessions!

Coach Patrick is an exceptional coach combining both physical/technical skill and mental skill training. He took a very individualized approach with my son during his final year of high school. He worked on speed and agility combined with visual training to reduce reaction time. In addition, he took a sport psychology approach to help my son set goals and create plans to meet those goals. There were measurable improvements in my son's playing and confidence. My son will take all that he learned from Coach Patrick to the next level of play.

Coach Patrick worked with my daughter on her technical skills and he had an immediate impact both her confidence and consistency. He gave practical advice and used video to help her understand what changes should be made. My daughter felt very comfortable with Coach Patrick and is excited about booking another session.

Patrick orchestrated a terrific session with my 16 yo daughter, who plays at the NPL level and wants to raise her game even more. Prior to the excellent physical training, Patrick worked quietly with my daughter to crystallize her immediate and long term soccer goals on paper, thereby paving the way for a productive and goal-driven course of long-term training. That is a highly effective and impressive way to launch the program.

Coach Patrick is superb. Just had our first private training session and my 10-year-old son is super happy. He learned more in one session than during the whole season worth of group practices at a local league. Patrick is very motivational, with the right level of high expectations, humor, patience, and great technical skills. So far, Patrick really stands out among several coaches we have had and we look forward to many more sessions with him.

Coach Patrick is a talented coach. All the sessions are well thought out and purposeful! They have a great time all the while he's developing their ball skills, team work and love of Soccer. Great coach!

From a parents perspective, Coach Patrick is punctual, engaging, thorough and easy going. My 8yr old who is 2 yrs into soccer wanted to train more than the 2 times per week her club schedules. I wanted to find a coach to compliment her current training while also getting her individual exposure that you won’t experience in a team setting. Patrick created instant rapport with my daughter and made the session fun and challenging. I think he is approach was perfect to nurture her development. Very easy to recommend Coach no matter what level your child is on.

Coach Patrick was very professional, well prepared and skilled and his training session was very engaging for my son.

My daughter had such a good first session! She is looking forward to several more. She enjoyed being challenged and focusing on the technicals of the game in a very well-run training session.

Awesome session! My son enjoyed the session and learned a lot ! Thank you

Coach Patrick is an excellent trainer. The first session included an evaluation of my 14 year old son to determine his strengths & weaknesses. Each session that followed had varying drills that helped to work on the weaknesses identified. Many of the drills were very innovative & no 2 sessions were the same. He also filmed some of the drills to provide visual feedback. Patrick does a nice job challenging my son, while also providing ample encouragement. I’ve already noticed improvement in my son’s passing & use of his off foot. I plan to continue to have my son work with him & I’d highly recommend coach Patrick to others.

We had a good first session with Patrick. He was responsive, showed great attention to detail, and provided my son a challenging workout. He identified weaknesses and strengths, and we are looking forward to working with him over the next few months.Would definitely recommend.

Coach Patrick is excellent; he used his first session with my son to identify areas of needed improvement, drill those areas and formulate an actionable plan to address them. He followed up immediately with ongoing practice videos to address those specific skill needs, and provided feedback about my son’s work ethic and overall fitness for private coaching. I’m extremely pleased with Coach Patrick’s approach to long-term development, and look forward to many more sessions — and to the enhanced performance on the field that those sessions will clearly produce, now and in the future.

From the first communication with Coach Patrick it was clear he would be a great fit in providing our 16 year old son some specific technical training to supplement his club team training. He's very responsive and flexible in working around our hectic schedules and we were able to find a suitable training location to meet that was convenient as well. During the first training session, he was focused on identifying weaknesses and strengths, and developed a plan for our son to focus and improve upon those areas identified. The first couple of sessions were excellent, fast paced and challenging, which in turn has our son looking forward to continuing to work with him. We would definitely recommend Coach Patrick to others.

Very nice session. I do like the idea of using elements to force players to remain aware of their surroundings. Also, combining space awareness with drills was really good. Both feet soccer training on every exercise. My player was fully engage on the entire session an really enjoy it. Great work!

Patrick identified my son’s weaknesses and customized a plan to improve them. His approach is unique and fun. We highly recommend Patrick to anyone who wants to improve their game.

TSA is fantastic! Coach Pat brings a level of expertise and professionalism that far exceeded our expectations.

Excellent, thorough and not the usual routine training. Highly recommend.

TSA is top notch! Coach Pat & Coach Kevin focus on developing the whole soccer player, which you don’t find often. As a professional deeply involved in the youth soccer world, I truly appreciate their professionalism, knowledge and commitment to the soccer players they work with. Highly recommend TSA for both group and individual training, you won’t be disappointed!

My son has been taking classes for 2 years and absolutely loves it. Highly recommend. High level training.

My son plays on a competitive, travel soccer team and had both Kevin and Patrick as coaches. His experience with both coaches had been fantastic and so, when Kevin and Patrick set up shop as TSA, we jumped at the chance to let our son do some outside work with them. Their mentorship was nothing short of a revelation. Each session cultivated an environment of shared purpose, hard work, and joy for the game. Each week, I watched as my son got better and better. His ball skills improved. His fitness improved. His tactics improved. Even his sportsmanship improved. And he always walked away with a smile. I can’t recommend them highly enough.

The Sharpened Athlete is a great company to work with for developing Soccer skills. My son learns new things every session and I can see a huge improvement in his skills.
The Sharpened Athlete, run by Coach Pat, is extremely professional and accommodating. I couldn’t be happier with their services.

My son has participated in the small group training sessions as well as individual sessions for several years. As an elite A team player he has found these sessions highly valuable and says he continues to learn so much from them. The coaches are extremely experienced, patient and wise and can deal with the highs and lows that the young athletes feel as they play intensely. The vision training is also extremely valuable.

While I know Patrick works with talented young soccer players, for us he brought something else. Facing winter during a pandemic, I was looking at ways to keep my 9 year old moving and maybe learning something new. Patrick established rigorous protocols to protect himself and his players during the height of the pandemic that didn’t impair the fun of working with him. I appreciated his methodical approach to building capability in an average-level player and built her confidence through repetition and speed. My daughter’s footwork has really improved and we finally got to see her apply a few months’ worth of training in her first spring game: a goal, an assist and a fantastic number of plays last weekend led me to write this review. My daughter has really evolved as a player with techniques and practice videos that reinforce his training. His style with my daughter is friendly and funny and gently accelerated his expectations for her. I’m thrilled with the investment we made and plan on returning to Patrick after the spring season ends.

Coach Patrick is a fantastic trainer and developer of youth soccer players. He mixes a lot of mental strength and approach with highly technical training. Patrick also utilizes the most current technologies to make sure players stay completely engaged, enjoying diverse sessions that never become repetitive. Very highly recommended.

Patrick is an excellent coach. He is knowledgeable, personable, engaging, and makes the lesson fun for my 7 year old. His interest and skill level has already improved after 3 lessons and he’s excited to practice what he’s learned at home on his own. Highly recommend.

Our son has been lucky to working with Coach Patrick for years in both mini clinic and private sessions. He’s technical, motivational, and an expert on youth development so he knows how and when to bring player to the next level. Every session is with full of energy, fun, and he’s very punctual. And he always follow up with us for our son’s performance and work on the skills that he needs improvement. I would highly recommend Coach Patrick.

My son joined Patrick’s skills class, and his footwork and creativity exploded. Too many US coaches drill and kill the creativity out of players. Patrick teaches kids how to take on a player or even two players in front of you - how to be creative - how to be confident. It is a really valuable class and he is a great teacher.

Fantastic coach and awesome human being. He has us as a client for life. Thank you for being attentive and helpful to our son. We can see the improvement.

Professional, calm, punctual, organized , clear in his communication across ages, and the kids love his lessons. One of a kind trainer !!