Growing up, I loved the game and was always seeking more opportunities to get better. I trained with Joenal Castma for 4 years in my pursuit for excellence. Joenal helped to guide me on my journey to technical mastery. We focused primarily on 1v1s, hitting a long ball and many other technical parts of the game. He made it fun and challenging while teaching me skills I didn’t learn anywhere else. I owe him a big thank you for giving me a boost over the competition.

When we began the training, he would beat me 1v1 every single time, and by the end, I’m proud to say that I was able to beat him. Joenal helped me to realize that acquiring technical skills is a never-ending journey. I still work on a lot of the skills we practiced when I was a youth player. He’s had a big impact on my journey over a long period of time.

I am a junior in high school who has recently committed to the #4 ranked, Penn State University. However, I couldn’t have done it without Joenal Castma. Joenal’s training has helped me in more ways than I can describe.

From perfecting the simple technical aspects of my game, to learning next-level elements of my game, Joenal’s training has helped me reach new levels and I couldn’t thank him enough.

Training with Coach Joenal has been an instrumental part of my development. He focuses on the areas I need to improve to not only develop me as an individual but also a team player. The sessions are high intensity and he pushes me to be the best I can be but he keeps it fun while doing it.

He provides positive reinforcement, constructive criticism and unwavering belief in my potential that has boosted my confidence on the soccer field and allowed me to achieve goals I never thought were possible, most notably, advancing to the US Youth National East Regional Mini Camp. His expertise and dedication to soccer is undeniable.

Thank you Coach!!

I began training with coach Joenal at 10 years old and he continued to coach me through the highest level of U18 GA soccer. His training sessions are highly focused on both the technical and tactical areas of soccer, and each session is high intensity. I set my goal to play D1 soccer early on and coach Joenal pushed me to reach that goal and exceed it. He helped prepare me both mentally and physically to play fast paced, competitive soccer and he always believed in me.

I just finished my 2nd season playing D1 soccer where I helped my team in reaching the conference playoffs. I set a school record this year for most goals scored in a game (4) and received various school and conference accolades. I truly believe that Coach Joenal helped form me into the confident and player that I am today. I can’t thank him enough! -Malia Kearns, RMU Women’s soccer