BALDY PINEDA OF BP6 ELITE TRAINING ON BEING A FULL TIME SOCCER TRAINER | Ep. 40

Welcome back to another episode of The Football Amateur Show, a podcast dedicated to bringing the Football/Soccer community together in an effort to better understand our craft and community!

Today we have BALDY PINEDA, a personal soccer trainer for BP6 Elite Training! On this episode, we discussed his career as a full time personal Soccer trainer for the best Soccer athletes in the US and Mexico, gained insight on why he is so widely sought out and learned more on how to be better trainers.

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FOLLOW BALDY BELOW!

BP6 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bp6elite/

Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baldy.30/

Website: https://www.bp6elite.com/

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Time Stamps

0:00 - 1:10 | Introduction

1:11 - 2:09 | Playing Career

2:10 - 5:08 | Baldy's introduction to private training

5:09 - 6:38 | How did you find out this could be a career?

6:39 - 8:03 | Further explanation on growth

8:04 - 9:33 | Explanation of popularity in Soccer community

9:34 - 10:40 | Approach to first session with new client

10:41 - 12:50 | Approach to goal setting

12:51 - 17:45 | Approach to preparation

17:46 - 20:12 | Typical session

20:13 - 23:12 | Thoughts on why kids are burned out early in career

23:13 - 24:46 | Why age 13 is an important transitional age in Soccer

24:47 - 27:38 | How can players stay committed with training?

27:39 - 29:59 | Competition vs personal training

30:00 - 32:35 | Alternatives to better competition

32:36 - 35:36 | What trainers should do now to differentiate themselves from other trainers

35:37 - 38:37 | Biggest challenges and work-life balance

38:38 - 39:54 | How should players approach training on their own

39:55 - 42:19 | Soccer trainer pet peeves

42:20 - 43:22 | How many of Baldy's drills are original?

43:23 - 44:30 | Advice to trainers trying to become better

44:31 - 46:01 | Dealing with Covid19

46:02 - 48:24 | Goals for 2020

48:25 - 49:48 | Brief discussion on joy for training

49:49 - 52:22 | Misconceptions of training

52:23 - 55:05 | Approach to training younger players vs older players

55:06 - 57:00 | What a successful session to Baldy

57:01 - 58:30 | Think in player's perspective

58:31 - 59:40 | Pressure of being a trainer to pro athletes

59:41 - 1:01:00 | Proudest moment as a trainer

1:01:01 - 1:03:50 | Promo

1:03:51 - 1:04:47 | Outro

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Year 2 Credits

Executive Producer: Alfonso Castaneda (@alfonsoc.96)

Script Writer: Alfonso Castaneda

Editors: Alfonso Castaneda

Hosts/Research: Alfonso Castaneda

Graphic Designer: Claire Sum (@claireisawesum) & Alfonso Castaneda

Social Media: Alfonso Castaneda

Guest Acquisition: Tony Alcala (@tu_tony) & Alfonso Castaneda

Music: Jeremy Fields (@jeremy._field)

Publisher: Alfonso Castaneda

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