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About the authorGabe Ramos
U.S. Soccer Coach Educator, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Royal Sporting Group, and head varsity soccer coach at Manhasset High School. Every guide, practice plan and activity on this site is written by Gabe from sessions he has run on Long Island fields, with nothing in it he has not coached himself.
- USSFU.S. Soccer Coach Educator
- BU.S. Soccer B License
- USSFClub Technical Leadership
- M.Ed.Master of Education, Molloy University
- 3×Coach of the Year, 2023
Who writes these pages
Gabe Ramos is a licensed U.S. Soccer coach, coach educator and player development specialist who has coached and taught on Long Island since 2007, from four-year-olds meeting a ball for the first time to high school varsity. He delivers official U.S. Soccer licensing courses and on-field mentorship for coaches from first-time parent volunteers to club directors, and he spent thirteen years as a classroom teacher, which is why the sessions read the way they do: one idea at a time, in words a player can repeat, and a plan any adult can run.
As Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Royal Sporting Group he oversees training programs across multiple community soccer clubs, building player pathways, raising coaching standards and placing professional trainers with community clubs. He is the head varsity soccer coach at Manhasset High School, and in 2023 led Sacred Heart Academy to the New York State Catholic High School championship and the CHSAA league title, earning Coach of the Year recognition from CHSAA, Newsday and United Soccer Coaches in the same season.
As a player he was a high school and college captain, played NCAA Division I and II soccer, and represented the Puerto Rico National Team.
How the material is made
The curricula started as the session sheets Gabe wrote for the clubs Royal Sporting Group serves, run by professional trainers and parent coaches on the same nights. Every activity has been coached on a field before it went on a page, and every page follows the same rule: two coaching points, a line to say out loud, an easier and a harder version, and a fix for when it goes wrong. The animated videos are drawn from the same diagrams so a coach can watch the activity run before they set it up.
The tactics guides follow the YouTube explainers, which are drawn on the pitch and narrated, and each one ends with the session from the curriculum that trains it.
Credentials and roles
- Coaching Education Instructor, U.S. Soccer Federation, 2024 to present
- Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Royal Sporting Group, 2018 to present
- Head Varsity Soccer Coach, Manhasset High School, 2025 to present
- Head Varsity Soccer Coach, Sacred Heart Academy, 2023 to 2025: state and league champions, 3× Coach of the Year
- Chaminade High School, athletics and faculty, 2007 to 2022: five league titles and a state championship across JV and varsity roles
- USSF B License, USSF Club Technical Leadership, USSF Coach Educator, AHA CPR and AED Instructor
- Master of Education, Molloy University; B.S. Business Administration and Management, Molloy University
Get in touch
For club development, coach education or a grassroots course for your club, use the contact form. For the curricula and coaching tools, start on the coaching tools page; for the free material, the guides, practice plans and activity library.