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More than saves. More than a position.
Whether your player is just discovering the position or preparing for the next level, we provide the training, guidance, and competitive edge to help them reach their full potential.
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Great goalkeepers aren’t born—they’re developed. 22 GK Academy helps young athletes build the technical skills, tactical awareness, mental toughness, and confidence to excel between the posts. Through specialized training, personalized coaching, and game-realistic drills, goalkeepers learn to command their box, make game-changing saves, communicate with authority, and lead from the back.
Training Sessions
7445 NE Wagon Dr, Hillsboro, OR 97124
90 Min Session • Ability-Based Training
Liberty High School - Friday Evenings
Friday nights are for goalkeepers. At 22 GK Academy, our training sessions are designed to challenge, develop, and inspire the next generation of goalkeepers through focused coaching, game-realistic drills, and competitive play.
Each session follows a progressive training structure that builds technical ability, sharpens decision-making, and develops the confidence to perform when it matters most.
Every session includes:
Dynamic Warm-Up: Prepare the body and mind with movement, footwork, mobility, and goalkeeper-specific activation drills.
Diving Techniques: Develop proper body shape, footwork, takeoff, landing mechanics, and low, mid-height, and high diving techniques.
Ball Handling: Improve catching, hand positioning, securing rebounds, dealing with bouncing balls, and handling crosses with confidence.
Shot Stopping: Face a variety of shots from different angles and distances while improving reaction speed, recovery, and the ability to make second saves.
Positioning and Decision-Making: Learn to manage angles, set efficiently, adjust to changing play, control the penalty area, and make smarter decisions under pressure.
Competitive Games: Put the skills to the test in fast-paced challenges, goalkeeper competitions, and game-like scenarios that reward technique, composure, communication, and resilience.
At 22 GK Academy, every repetition has a purpose. Our Friday evening sessions give young goalkeepers the opportunity to train with intention, compete with confidence, and develop the skills they need to make a difference on game day.
Own your area. Trust your technique. Make the save.
We believe great goalkeeping goes beyond making saves. It requires discipline, courage, leadership, communication, and an unwavering commitment to improvement. We strive to instill these qualities in every goalkeeper we train, helping them grow not only as athletes but also as confident, accountable, and resilient individuals.
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Founder & Head Goalkeeping Coach
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Jimmi Ulloa
With more than 20 years of coaching experience, Jimmi Ulloa brings a wealth of knowledge, passion, and dedication to developing the next generation of goalkeepers. As the founder and head goalkeeping coach of 22 GK Academy in Portland, Oregon, Jimmi is committed to helping young athletes build the technical skills, mental resilience, and physical fitness needed to excel between the posts.
Throughout his coaching career, Jimmi has coached within the Portland Timbers organization and worked with the Wilsonville Wildcats high school soccer team. These experiences have helped shape his approach to player development, emphasizing the importance of strong fundamentals, tactical awareness, confidence, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
At 22 GK Academy, Jimmi delivers focused, goalkeeper-specific training designed to improve diving technique, ball handling, shot stopping, positioning, and decision-making. His sessions challenge goalkeepers to push beyond their comfort zones, compete with purpose, and develop the composure needed to perform under pressure.
Jimmi believes that great goalkeeping requires more than athletic ability. Discipline, communication, courage, and mental toughness are essential to mastering the position. His mission is to instill these qualities in every player, helping them become technically sound, mentally strong, and physically prepared goalkeepers who can make a difference when their team needs them most.
Through purposeful training and more than two decades of coaching experience, Jimmi is dedicated to helping every goalkeeper reach their potential—both on the field and beyond.
Develop your skills. Strengthen your mindset. Own your goal.
[ TESTIMONIALS ]
Our goal is simple: develop technically sound, mentally strong, and physically prepared goalkeepers who are ready to make a difference—on the field and beyond.
Jimmi Ulloa
[ FAQ ]
Common Questions
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One 90-minute training session every week.
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The goalkeepers are split into ability-based groups for each session. Players may move up or down depending on how their development is going.
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Visit our Contact page and fill out the form. This will provide us with the basic info we need to help you get started.
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Let us know.
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Basic training attire, your goalkeeping gloves, a ball, and water.
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