The Michigan Wolves-Hawks Soccer Club understands the importance of quality goalkeeping and offers enhanced training methods specifically for this purpose. In addition to regular team training and practice, we provide Technical Goalkeeping Sessions in the Fall, Winter and Spring Seasons with emphasis on developing and improving the Keeper's Individual Skill Set. Joe Zawacki, our goalkeeper coach, heads up our technical sessions with specific exercises designed to improve the Keeper's decision making, communication, management skills and their mental approach to the game. Joe also regularly attends team sessions and matches to evaluate our goalkeepers' individual performance to identify every opportunity to improve their skills using these technical sessions.

Joe Zawacki

Biography:

• Assistant Coach for the U16 Wolves Development Academy in 2008-2009
• Boys Varsity Assistant Head Coach at Livonia Stevenson HS (2005-present)
• Boys JV Head Coach at Livonia Stevenson HS (2005-present)
• Coach at Five Star Goalkeeping (2006-present)
• USSF “D” License
• Former Assistant Coach of the U15 Wolves 207 National Championship team
• Former Staff Coach for University of Michigan Boys Summer Soccer Camps
• Wolves-Hawks Coach since 2005

Joe Zawacki played his entire youth career with the Michigan Wolves (1990-2001) and won State Champions twice (2000 & 2001). He played for Livonia Stevenson High School from 1996-2000. He was on the Michigan ODP team from 1995-2000 and made the Region II ODP team from 1998-2000. He went on to play for the University of Michigan from 2000-2004, with two NCAA appearances in 2003, an Elite Eight Appearance and was Team Captain in the 2004 season. He played semi professionally for the Michigan Bucks (2000-2003) and Detroit Arsenal (2004-2005).