Instepper Mission

Improve soccer by improving the FIRST-TOUCH.

Hi, I’m Alex Kos, the founder of Instepper. My soccer and athletic body-of-work has culminated with the launch of Instepper.

Started playing soccer in Europe at 5. Played competitively through high school and post-college until 28.
3-year All-American field goal kicker and punter at Brown University. Developed my love and appreciation of, and understanding for, technical precision.
Coached all 3 of my kids’ House and Comp soccer team up thru U12. Obtained my E/D license.
Invented and patented a soccer training device called Loopball. The idea came about because of my frustration and difficulty to improve my kids’/players’ first-touch.
Launched Loopball 1.0. The lessons-learned list is long.
Refereed at the Club, HS, and college soccer level. With the best seat in the house, I witnessed every day that a confident first-touch was still missing from most players, even at the college level.
Managed Impact Soccer Club’s youth referee mentoring program. What impressed me most was how well high school and college-aged referees mentored younger referees.
Blogging about “Improving Soccer in the United States” (http://improvesoccerus.wordpress.com).