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We told you awhile back about our soccer ball machines taking part in a TV spot promoting the SJ Earthquakes for the coming season. Well it is out now and we wanted to show it to you. It is very cool and shows Jon Busch having fun making saves against four of our Pro Trainer soccer ball machines.
Check it out and please give us your comments below:
We told you awhile back that our Pro Trainer soccer ball machines had been featured in a new TV sport for the upcoming MLS season and the SJ Earthquakes. Well here is some behind the scenes video from that day and you can see our Pro Trainer machines in action testing GKer Jon Busch. Check it out and leave us a comment below!
Yesterday we went to the San Jose Earthquakes home field at Santa Clara University to help shoot one of the new TV spots for the upcoming MLS season. The production company hired on four of our Pro Trainers to test GKer Jon Busch as part of the fun and amusing campaign they are building to promote the Quakes this year.
We lined up four of the Pro Trainers and fired rapid succession shots at Jon and captured his excellent saves for the video. Jon said, “this is a lot of fun!”. And we were glad to be a part of it.
This was a little bit of a challenge getting four machines synced up so they fire at the right time for each type of shot. But we proved it could be done. We timed out so that each machine would fire a ball at Jon in rotation and give him enough time to recover from each save before the next ball was fired. We gave Jon some hard shots to save. Each machine was set for a different challenge ranging from high tip over, rolling kick save, to a flying dive to his left. All within about 12 seconds….
This was a good example of giving a GKer some quality soccer training using the Pro Trainer and while under the lights and pressure of a TV production environment.
OK I won’t lie. I wish I was in South Africa right now soaking up all the terrific World Cup action. And today I would have given just about anything to witness the USA vs Algeria match. As it was I was right on the edge of the couch going crazy as the minutes wound down in this one of a kind match. My buddy Chiuck and I were hooting and hollering and urging the US team on as the tension mounted to an almost unbearable level.
The game moved into added time and all seemed lost. The USA were going home from the Cup with nothing to show but disappointment. Then Algeria makes an attack and Tim saves the shot. Boom the man with the golden arm launches a service out to the flank. My god he threw the ball like a laser to Landon on full sprint and the counter attack was on. Could it be? Could this be the chance?
As we edged farther onto the front of our seat (could we go much farther and not fall on the floor?) the USA had numbers going forward. Landon, Jozy, and Clint are all on the full sprint to the Algeria goal. And then suddenly a shot is taken, another good save from the Algeria keeper, but in a blink there is Landon swooping in to scoop up the rebound and slot home the goal. AMAZING. I was now on my feet going crazy with joy. Oh my god the soccer gods heard our prayer and delivered us a goal and redemption from the bad ref calls in game two and the first half of this one. Could this be real? Well indeed it was and the boys closed out the game for the victory.
In the space of a few minutes the USA went from going home to winning the group and going to the next round. Simply friggin amazing stuff. USA soccer skill is rising folks and we are so happy to be a part of it. Time to hit the training pitch and get the next group of stars ready for the next World Cup. Already team USA is making history.
Here at Pro Trainer Soccer we are always looking to innovate our product if we can. Sometimes you have to make decisions based on economics. That is just the way of the world. So it is good to get outside input when possible.
So when we were approached this year by several engineering students at two East Coast university’s saying they wanted to get hold of a Pro Trainer and use it for their class projects we said sure. Let’s open up the brain box and get some new ideas and perspectives on it.
Well one of the projects is done and we just got a preview of it today and well this student has done a remarkable job.Evan Moghadam is a senior at the University of Cincinnati and did his senior design project on how to recycle soccer balls back onto our machine without picking them up. An auto feed system if you will. Now we have designed our own version of a backyard goal/recycling system over the years but we only use it in our own training as it was too bulky to sell.
So as you can see from this image below Evan has come up with a working design to have players pass the ball to the machine and have them get picked up and recycled to the Pro Trainer. This has awesome application for the backyard training model using the Pro Trainer.
Pro Trainer Soccer is proud to announce the launch of a new soccer themed web TV show produced by our company to showcase best soccer training information, insights, tips, drills, and commentary on the world of soccer.
The show will be launched in early February on ProTrainerSoccer.TV and it will feature as master soccer host our very own Peter Hayton. Peter is an awesome soccer guy who really knows how to communicate the game and training of soccer.
His co host for this new show will be Pro Trainer Soccer CEO Kevin Rockwell who brings his love of the game and his extensive TV background to the table to help launch this new show for soccer fans all across the world.
Watch for our announcement of the first show.
“I am thrilled to be part of this show and look forward to bringing the world of football to our viewers across the globe,” said Peter Hayton on learning that the show was a go for 2010.
We just got word that the boys at the factory are now including a Smart Charger with all Pro Trainer soccer ball machine orders. In the past the Smart Charger has been an upgrade option that allows you to plug in your machine to recharge and leave it plugged in. It provides a trickle charge that keeps your battery topped off and ready to go even if it has been months since you last used it.
I have urged schools to get this upgrade for years since they have down time between seasons. But now all customers will get this item as part of the standard package.
Yeah for upgrades! And now your battery will never be left wanting when it comes to a fresh charge.
Pro Trainer Soccer and ATS Soccer participated in the Fanfest area before this past Saturday’s FC Gold Pride game in Santa Clara. We set up two Pro trainers and served soccer balls to eager young soccer players who were on hand to see the Gold Pride play Washington in the WPS game.
Pro Trainer Soccer was especially excited to see our very own Kim Yokers get the nod to start this game. She trains for us and is a wonderful person and player. Well she proceeded to go out and score a cracker of a goal from 35 yards out in the 10th minute to help the Gold Pride to a 3-2 win over Abby Wambaugh and Washington.
Now you can follow us on both Facebook and Twitter. Pro Trainer soccer has a new company page on Facebook to interact with soccer players and customers. We also have a brand new Twitter account going to track the world of soccer news and the latest info about our Pro Trainer soccer ball machine.
We don’t like to have to announce price increases anytime but unfortunately when your raw materials go up dramatically in the year those increases have to be factored into the retail cost for the product. As you may know the price of metals has risen quite a bit recently and it has come to the point that it has to be passed on in the price of our machines. The aluminum that our machines are made out of is one of those metals.
We have tried to hold the line but come February 1 the Pro Trainer soccer ball machine will cost $1697.98 from Pro Trainer Soccer. We are the international distributors of this machine and you can always get the best price from us as well as the best educational materials to help you succeed with this terrific training device.
If you want to lock in your Pro Trainer before the price goes up head on over here.
OK so we are West Coast guys here at Pro Trainer Soccer. It was 70 degrees when we left for St Louis for this years NSCAA convention. St Louis was locked in a nice little cold snap and when we got to town it was around ZERO. Yikes. We froze a bit during the load in and load out for the show, but once the soccer coaches were inside the convention hall there was nothing chilly going on.Great clinics, seminars, and vendor show are always a hall mark of this convention and this year in St Louis was no different.
This years’s NSCAA convention was a great show with thousands of soccer coaches and hundreds of vendors showing off their wonderful soccer products. We spent three days having great talks with other soccer vendors, coaches, and customers (both new and current owners of our Pro Trainer soccer ball machine). We look forward to seeing them again at next years show or at other events around the country in the ocming year.
Congrats to the players taken in both the MLS Super Draft and WPS Draft, both held at this years show. We look forward to seeing these new stars of pro soccer out on the pitch this season.Lots of good buzz around the show surrounding the new women’s league. We sure hope it hits the ground running and is a big success.
Pro Trainer Soccer is proud to announce the launch of a new soccer themed web TV show produced by our company to showcase best soccer training information, insights, tips, drills, and commentary on the world of soccer.
