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Love Based Soccer: Growth Beyond Measure

August 8, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

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Soccer, Death Valley and the Matrix

August 1, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

“I must be doing something wrong!” you sigh while watching the television. A part of you wants to give up and your child doesn’t seem to listen. You want to go to bed but the thought of your child quitting continues to haunt you. There you are, Continue Reading

Soccer Coaches, What Are You Selling?

July 20, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Perfect does not exist. Being perfect is not sustainable and who is perfect anyway? In the last post we discussed “fail and fail often.” The message was to learn from what’s working. In a nutshell, modify and adjust sessions according to what’s Continue Reading

Soccer Evolution: Will You Survive?

July 18, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

In soccer (especially kids soccer) failure and quitting has become an expected rite of passage. The statistics are there for all to see and the soccer community is flooded with sob stories. 8 out of 10 kids will quit the game. You hear that your Continue Reading

Kids Soccer: Start Before You're Ready

July 8, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

A young, smallish plant longs to become a large, bulky tree, one that will overshadow everything in its path. The plant doesn’t sit around preparing, over analyzing or waiting for the right time. It just grows. It happily accepts nature’s gifts and Continue Reading

Anarchy, Lightning Strikes and the San Siro

July 4, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Are you in love with your child? Congratulations, that’s amazing. But let me change the question a little. Are you in love with a child? Are you sure about this? Are you in love with a child that’s not yours, not genetically anyway? A word to the Continue Reading

Soccer Perfection Does Not Exist

June 22, 2010 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Soccer is a funny game at times. On the one hand you have the coach striving for perfection. He wants training to run smoothly and wants all his players to obey his every command. Then you have the youngsters who spend all training trying to avoid Continue Reading

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