PERFORMANCE TRAINING & TESTING · AGES 11+ · FALLBROOK
The Athlete Lab
Young athletes today have more information than ever — video, data, feedback from every direction — and less help making it personally meaningful. We close that gap: private soccer training and performance testing built around what your athlete can actually do, and where they're trying to get to next. Full soccer programs; strength and Kineo testing for athletes in any sport.
THE METHOD · 90 SECONDS
It starts with the athlete.
Not with the machines — with the athlete. What did that game feel like? Where did the hesitation come from? What do you want back? Only then does the technology get its say: force plates, GPS, and Kineo pointing to where the work is, and confirming where the strength already lives.
In this film you watch one athlete live that process over six months — her own read of every step beside the record of every test; what she learned implemented, reinforced, and, when conditions changed, let go. It happens to be a story of coming back. But it is the same process every athlete here lives: experience first, evidence beside it, and the direction always theirs.
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The technology shows the way. The athlete walks it.
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Technology in its right place
Force plates, GPS, Kineo — not to impress anyone. They exist to show two things clearly: where your athlete is already strong, and where the work is. The numbers point; they don't preach.
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Everything is on them
The data belongs to the athlete — and so does the development. We are not building dependence on a trainer. We are building an athlete who can read themselves and own what comes next.
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Every session, we talk
This is not a pep talk. Every session includes talking through what actually happened and what we work on next — in the athlete's own words, beside their own numbers.
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Learn. Reinforce. Unlearn.
Development is never a one-time job. What we learn gets implemented, then reinforced — and sometimes removed, because what was right at one stage is wrong at the next. Conditions change. Athletes adapt. It's the name on the door.
WHO WE WORK WITH
This work fits a specific kind of athlete.
✓Ages 11 and up
✓Soccer athletes, and athletes from any sport for Kineo testing and training
✓Developmental, pre-elite, and college-track levels
✓In-person sessions, Fallbrook
COMMON QUESTIONS
Is this private soccer training?
Performance Testing is one-to-one. Kineo Strength & Power runs with no more than two athletes an hour, each working their own plan from their own numbers. Soccer Group Training is on the field in groups of up to eight — small enough that every player gets coached rather than supervised, but not private. If you want fully individual work, start with testing.
Do you only work with soccer players?
No. Performance Testing and Kineo Strength & Power — the measurement and the strength, power, speed and agility work built from it — are open to athletes in any sport. Force, asymmetry, and how you land and produce power are not soccer-specific. Soccer is the primary sport for the on-field technical work and game-intelligence side, which is where the coaching experience is deepest.
What services do you offer?
Standalone Testing — one comprehensive assessment covering speed, agility, fitness, technical skills, GPS tracking, video analysis, and decision-making under pressure, with no further commitment. Training — the ongoing program with the same testing built in and repeated about every 4 weeks. Most families start with Standalone Testing, then move into Training once they have the baseline.
How long until we see progress?
The first session produces a baseline. Meaningful trends appear after six to eight weeks of consistent data. Real development builds over months and compounds over years.
How is this different from regular performance training?
Most programs work on what's visible from outside. We measure all of that, plus how athletes process and decide under pressure — and what the work means to them. That's where most gaps actually live, and where most training stops short.
What if my child doesn't know what they want to work on?
That's exactly what the first conversation is for. They don't need clarity before they arrive — they need honesty. The direction emerges from the conversation.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Ninety minutes. Then it's yours to keep.
No mystery about how this works. Here is the shape of it, start to finish.
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The session
Ninety minutes in Fallbrook. Your athlete wears a GPS vest and works through the physical battery, position-specific technical work, and decision-making under pressure. Bring both indoor and outdoor shoes.
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What you receive
All data from the testing selected, released to the athlete once a month on their own dashboard — the numbers, the trend against the previous cycle, and what we are prioritizing next. It stays theirs.
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Their words beside it
Every cycle includes a conversation about what they want and what they need — recorded next to their own data. Testing tells us what happened. That conversation tells us why, and what to do about it.
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The cadence
Most families start with Standalone Testing to establish a baseline, then move into Training with the same testing repeated about every four weeks. Current pricing sits on the booking page.
Sessions are run by Milan Trajlov — FIFA Pro License (ATFA), USSF 'A' License, twenty years in professional and youth soccer.
ONE IDEA
More information isn't the answer. Meaning is.
Everything above is one idea. Your athlete doesn't need more information — they need help making their information personally meaningful: understanding themselves, and the game around them. That work starts with one session — and the first ninety minutes are theirs to keep.