Young players usually ask themselves (unconsciously) 3 basic questions when they listen to the coach/parent. Who cares? So What? What’s in it for me? The best way to combat this lack of interest in some players is to let them know your Continue Reading
Love-Based Soccer Is Changing The Odds
All soccer experts who say pain is the greatest motivator have forgotten the power of love. People will scale mountains with luggage on their backs, swim upstream in a creek full of crocodiles, go into a hurricane and battle against armies and Continue Reading
Soccer Lessons and The Silver Spoon
Let’s start today’s post with a little musical. A few verses from one of my favorite songs, “Cats in the Cradle”, by Cat Stevens. My child arrive just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, and bills to Continue Reading
Soccrastination Is Not A Word, But It Does Exist
Soccrastination (soc-kras-tuh-ney-shuhn) is the deferment of soccer to a later time, often a mechanism for coping with fear or self-doubt. Don’t Google the word, it doesn’t exist, it’s one of my creations. If you’ve been playing soccer for a while, Continue Reading
Youth Soccer: Stop Feeding The Incompetent Beast
The good ol soccer coach, gotta love em. Failed player trying his hand at coaching, perhaps. Superstar wanting to give back to the game, maybe. Volunteered parent with no idea but with the best intention, we hope. What makes a youth coach great? Ask Continue Reading
Shame and Self Respect, A Chance To Re-Invent Yourself
It’s been 5 years since retirement. Where does time go? One thing I’ve noticed is that I’m starting to put on the kilos. You know, around the waist, the love handles, carrying the spare tyre. This transformation leads me to an emotion that sometimes Continue Reading
Soccer Advice: Knocked Down, But Never Out
If I asked you where heaven was, most of you would point to the sky. When I was a young boy, I imagined God sitting on some throne in the clouds watching down on us, boy, how times have changed. No, I haven’t lost faith, I believe. As soccer players, Continue Reading
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