Portland-area trainers

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I’m looking for a private trainer over the winter for my 2012G. Who is good, bad? Looking for someone who is good at keeping the sessions interesting and can connect with a younger player who wants to grow and also have fun.

[Guest]

I’m looking for a private trainer over the winter for my 2012G. Who is good, bad? Looking for someone who is good at keeping the sessions interesting and can connect with a younger player who wants to grow and also have fun.

Note private, but my player enjoys the PDXFA Friday evening small group trainings, attended by both boys and girls.

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Thank you! Very helpful - we are also open to small group work.

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Our daughter is part of a group of older girls that has been training with Hugo Rhoads at Rain Soccer Training (look up the company on social media) for a couple of years. He’s great, ask for a trial session.

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Thank you! I will check that out too.

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Our daughter is part of a group of older girls that has been training with Hugo Rhoads at Rain Soccer Training (look up the company on social media) for a couple of years. He’s great, ask for a trial session.

My daughter has been going to Hugo for closing in on 4 years. She is a 2010. I am unwilling to give too many details here because of all of the trash talking, but Hugo has been valuable. When she started playing club just before COVID hit she was on the club's bottom team. When she started with Hugo she was a mid pack 2nd team player. She has steadily progressed and plays on a team in one of the alphabet leagues and has been recommended by coaches to ID Camps. Not all of it is owed to Hugo obviously, but he has been an important resource for training and feedback. My kid will bounce things off Hugo that she will not bounce off of her club coaches.

His sessions are productive and positive. He does small groups, seems like 4 to 8 kids these days. The groups are typically kids of similar skill sets and not necessarily the same age. He knows my kid well now he not only provides training exercises but every now and then we will send him video and he will tailor aspects of training based on what he sees. Also, I appreciate that because he does not coach at a particular club he has given trustworthy feedback about options for her over the past few years.

Locations tend to be mainly Grant High School right now, but we have also trained at other spots, like the Ida B. Wells and Rieke Elementary turf fields.

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Thank you! That is really helpful info.

[Guest]

Try Joaquim Capiua at Futeball Training if you are looking for technical.

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Hugo is also very reliable and patient. Really good with girls.

[Guest]

Try Joaquim Capiua at Futeball Training if you are looking for technical.

This is the same person that posted comment #6. We like Joaquim as well. He is a great guy. I have a kid that trained with him a number of years ago. My kid liked him. He was good with my kid, gave straight forward opinions of where my kids was at and offered services that helped.

Hugo works better for us right now for a few reasons. I like the ease of communication and getting a session with Hugo. With Joachim it was a bit more difficult to get a session with him, but things might have changed. Also, Joaquim has a few things going on and I am not sure the extent of his availability.

Also, while I like Joachim's training and give that a thumbs up, this is not an endorsement of ADF, his club. I would give the edge to Hugo of the two.

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Hope this doesn't spoil it, but this has been an informative thread with helpful comments and no vitriol/commentary from the Oregon soccer is trash crowd. Great to see!

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You could try MK Elite. But I've heard from a couple of people that he isn't great at responding or communicating. There's a wide range of highly skilled players working with him though.

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You could try MK Elite. But I've heard from a couple of people that he isn't great at responding or communicating. There's a wide range of highly skilled players working with him though.

That were all highly skilled before MK approached them to work out with him.

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I recommend Trent Hamilton at Hol90. He's been amazing for my kids.

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That were all highly skilled before MK approached them to work out with him.

Do you feel he's still a good option and worth the price? He touts big name players but dont know much about his coaching pedigree and it isn't readily available on his website.