Team

Hi, I’m Alex Kos, the founder of Instepper. My soccer experiences and athletic body-of-work led to the inception of Instepper.
I’m looking for passionate Mentors and members of the soccer community that want to team up with me and Change the World!
MY Experience
  • Started playing soccer in Europe at age 5.
  • Played competitively through high school and post-college until 28.
  • 3-year All-American starting field goal kicker and punter at Brown University.
  • Coached all 3 of my kids at the House and Comp level thru U12.
  • Possess an E/D license.
  • Invented and patented a soccer training device called Loopball. (the strike-through is a bug … link works).
    • Loopball reinforces the importance of using of the insides-of-the-feet when receiving a ball in a fun and memorable way.
  • Launched Loopball 1.0.
    • The lessons-learned list is quite long.
  • Organized the tournament-long World Cup East Bay 2010 South Africa World Cup viewing (and more) party.
  • Refereed at the Club, high school, and college level.
    • The “best seat in the house” reaffirmed every game that a confident FIRST-TOUCH is the key to soccer success but that it is still lacking for most players.
    • Was a CNRA classroom and field instructor for several years.
  • Implemented a youth referee mentoring program at Impact Soccer Club (now East County Revolution).
    • I was most impressed with how confidently high school and college-aged referees mentored younger referees.
  • Started DIY Tether Soccer Ball during COVID.
  • Blogging about “Improving Soccer in the United States.