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Soccer Kids, Show Me What You've Got

October 21, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Defenders kicking at your ankles, elbows snapping back in your face. The grass resembles a battlefield and awaits your defeat. You take a deep breath, more like a sigh than an attempt to breathe. But you move forward, teeth clenched, one step at a Continue Reading

Youth Soccer and the Y2K Bug

October 19, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

It’s frustrating, it’s sad and it’s infuriating the way some soccer coaches become so manipulative. In their own delusional minds they believe kids, players, youngsters, whatever tickles your fancy are just pathetically stupid to spend their time, Continue Reading

The Poker Game of Soccer

October 3, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

If soccer were a card game it would be Poker. In Poker you get dealt good hands, bad hands and mediocre hands. Does it matter? For those that haven’t played poker, you can win with any hand and also lose with any hand. It’s totally up to you how Continue Reading

Cosmonauts, NASA and Love Based Soccer

September 28, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Just finished reading an interesting article about space travel and NASA. Back in the 1960’s they discovered that astronauts couldn’t use pens to write in space. With no gravity, the ink didn’t seem to flow downwards. Along comes a man called Paul Continue Reading

Soccer is an Epic Battle Against Ourselves

September 21, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

What is the greatest battle a soccer player must fight? A better question might be what is your biggest battle? The biggest battle in soccer, whether you’re a seasoned veteran, youngster or teenager is the battle within yourself, the battle to Continue Reading

Soccer Advice: Are You Still Waiting?

September 14, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

I’ll start today’s post with a question. Have you ever lost a pet? Not just any pet, an animal that was part of your family for 15 years? Well, (sigh) I’ve experienced this for the second time and it doesn’t get any easier. I know what you’re Continue Reading

Kids Soccer: Make Sure to Piss Your Pants

September 5, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Last weekend I had the pleasure of putting a 4-year-old through some soccer drills. The objective was simple, to have fun, be active and to break a sweat. The apparatus was a 5x5 patch of synthetic grass that puts the finest blade of grass that Continue Reading

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