XL Training's founder, Brian Robinson, has been a competitive soccer player, wrestler, and martial artist for more than twenty years. He was a D1 soccer player, AAU wrestler, and holds a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. Brian has trained professional soccer players, National Team players, A-List actors, and collegiate and high school All-Americans and All-Conference athletes. Brian Robinson is a National-licensed soccer coach at one of the clubs designated by the US Soccer Federation as a Development Academy. Brian teaches the technical skills, such as ball mastery, dribbling, passing & receiving, and shooting, using methods endorsed by Bayern Munich, French Football, Federation, Arsenal FC, and other well-respected clubs and federations. Acceleration, deceleration, change of direction, and proper landing mechanics are also taught, both as an enhancer of performance and means to minimize the risk of injury. Brian coached at FCW Westchester for close to a decade and was responsible for the introduction and growth of FCW’s Developmental Program and coached their Pre-Academy teams, U-11 to U18. His players competed at collegiate, professional and National levels. Brian was very proud to hear that Andres Jasson was named to the Men’s U17 National Team (whole he coached for three years.) Additionally, Brian is certified through USA Weightlifting and holds the Sports Performance Coach certification. Brian also holds the Certified Functional Strength Coach (CFSC) designation through MBSC, Lee Taft’s Certified Speed and Agility designation, Joel Jamieson’s Certified Conditioning Coach designation, the Functional Movement Screen certification, and was one of the founding directors of the International Youth Conditioning Association. The International Youth Conditioning Association is the premier international authority with respect to athletic development and youth participant-based conditioning. Brian has also mentored with nationally and internationally recognized strength and conditioning expert, Michael Boyle, as well as mentoring with nationally and internationally recognized speed, agility, and quickness guru, Lee Taft. In addition to holding licenses from the US Soccer Federation, Brian also holds two coaching diplomas from the KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association).