https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/home daily 1.0 2025-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613275887893-QLX7UNHDM32APXY9S25O/IMG_7089.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613275371792-EHXIBL49MR9WKTLXBDQS/IMG_7194.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613275147284-RU4X5UGUWFMLQKB121W0/IMG_7374.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613285284260-HBSMK9QN6PRTOAE6HTY0/87894273_2288747304752924_8143388684775849984_n.jpg Home https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/ourteam daily 0.75 2025-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613276714289-Q43JBWJAZO1EYYIXQVLG/IMG_7341.jpg Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613278568399-UG6NPJOLXMKP4U6KN0JW/IMG_7318+%282%29.JPG Our Team - “The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” —Bobby Knight https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/theacademy daily 0.75 2024-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/b09cc1bc-ffaf-4ae6-adf5-f9dcd751ddec/Academy+button+for+website.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613279963773-0LPE9THUTQ6R9BU0TYSO/IMG_7374.JPG The Academy - INTELLECT Smarter players are better players. The best players make better, faster decisions. Our goal is to create intellectual players who can dominate the game whether they are physically dominant or not. We do this by teaching principles and concepts of the game that endure, and structuring the trainings in a way that scaffolds pattern recognition and helps them to assess the different situations that they face in a game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613282641348-LACIKES6WTFJA70R65FO/IMG_7082.jpg The Academy - EXPERTISE With mastery of space, angles, distance, timing, and the ball, the football field becomes a much more fun place for a player. While ball mastery is important, we believe that mastering space is the first fundamental skill that is often overlooked. All of our sessions help develop the utilisation of space, pattern recognition and which skills help them to solve the issues facing them within the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613279605345-7EBYXJOKV8I5OC39DVIC/IMG_6988.jpg The Academy - Character Character determines how successful and happy people will be in any walk of life - they are the roots of effectiveness. We teach character through our values of positivity, respect, ambition, dedication, resilience, and being reflective as well as many tried and tested habits and concepts of successful people. The game provides situations that mirror real life, helping us touch on these values in the teachable moment so that we can guide players towards making the best decision both now and in the future, in essence creating better people, not just better footballers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613279448209-4A5BF0081QVOC3MGK1TA/IMG_7069.jpg The Academy - INVENTION Creativity is fun! Not only that, the best footballers in the world are the most creative. Seeing the options available to them is the first step so we try to help our players see each footballing moment, and the options available, in front of them. Then we set them free to use their own strengths to take advantage of those options. Over time, as they start to recognise the patterns emerging and understand their own strengths, their creativity and invention soars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1612854564850-01WXLTWI0MIZJL4SZ85Z/alicante-set-3881020-420.jpg The Academy https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/join daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/holiday-programmes daily 0.75 2025-11-19 https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/ourstory daily 0.75 2021-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613283945591-K4GKH2VORILIXEA92KRG/IMG_7336.JPG Our story - about us. At the Goal Football Academy we live and breath the beautiful game, and we love helping children be the best they can be in life and football. The idea for the academy was born from us having coached in the city for a number of years. We knew that something more was needed to help those children in Rotorua and its surrounding areas who want to take their passion for football and become elite youth footballers. More than that though, we also struggled with the notion that we could not find an environment that really mentored children about how to be better people through sport. This lack of options meant that we decided to do something about it. And so…here we are. Our mission is three fold: To help maximise the potential, in life and sport, of every child we train. To create an environment that develops elite footballers who can follow their sporting dreams. To grow the game within Rotorua. We are constantly studying and improving to try and provide the best place for your child to develop, be inspired and to have fun. We love having a chat and talking football so please pop in, drop us a line or flick us an email if you want to know more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/1613284021808-MLXPRM78EAKRXFEWRJKT/IMG_7075+%282%29.JPG Our story - “Character is doing the right thing when no one is looking.” — JC Watts https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/academy-registration daily 0.75 2023-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f73fb930043035d42a2874a/d2f087cc-5811-4874-ae4c-345ab35307bb/Cropped-solid-black-teal-100.jpg Academy registration - In 2023 we are running the new skill centres and academy for lakes fc! It is with real excitement that we are able to announce that we are partnering even more so with the great people at Lakes FC to bring their new development space to the youth of Rotorua.. We can now offer more age groups and more initiatives with the same academy style, and GOAL Football training structure, bringing the development structure to a level that will help us compete with other major centres. Registrations are now all handled through the awesome Friendly Manager system on the Lakes FC website and will be up and running in the next few days. Click on the Lakes FC image to be taken there. https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/holiday-programme-registration daily 0.75 2021-02-14 https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/skills daily 0.75 2022-05-18 https://www.goalfootballacademy.nz/new-page daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdae76bd7819e38bb6f256f/1559680714081-M61EXW0RR8KBK4HQ23SX/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_934905+copy.jpg Classes - Pull Your Weight II Tue, Fri 8am - 9am Sun 10am - 11am Here we incorporate cardio intervals between rope exercises to help you build leaner muscles. This class is for those who have taken at least four sessions of Pull Your Weight I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdae76bd7819e38bb6f256f/1559681823623-Z4UXUA1RPEKHRYL7LDRL/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_934915.jpg Classes - Village Obstacle Course II Sat 10am - 11am Sun 11am - 12pm This is our favorite weekend activity. More than a class, our beginner obstacle course is designed to be fun! It’s like being back at summer camp without the drama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdae76bd7819e38bb6f256f/1559680584642-1V92PAJAKX63LS9RGGN4/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_934908.jpg Classes - Pull Your Weight I Mon, Thurs 12pm – 12:45pm Sat 11am – 11:45am By combining battle ropes, pulleys, and rope climbing, this beginner level class will help you grow muscle, build endurance, and put your metabolism to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdae76bd7819e38bb6f256f/1559681810036-QVJLRUVER46SR7I26CFC/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_934918.jpg Classes - Village Obstacle Course I Tue, Thurs 5pm - 6pm Sat 9am - 10am Here, we combine free weights with squats, lunges, and high-interval exercises so that you can build strength according to your own body type and goals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdae76bd7819e38bb6f256f/1559681842712-7ZK1FN8MHX1BZN8X4IOH/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_934898.jpg Classes - Strength & Cardio Circuit Mon, Wed, Fri 1pm - 1:45pm Welcome to your perfect lunch break workout. During this short class, we do a series of intense cross-training moves with bursts of aerobic exercise, weight lifting, and stretch breaks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdae76bd7819e38bb6f256f/1559681859098-9YS627NSAY45ZHU5E1TV/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_934911.jpg Classes - Basic Strength Training Sun 1pm - 2pm Work off that Sunday brunch or train for an obstacle course race! We recommend this class for those who have completed at least two level I courses within the last month.