Comments on: Soccer Strength: How Big Is Your Bull?

By: Soccer, Mario Brothers and Shrek

Soccer, Mario Brothers and Shrek — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:05:33 +0000

[...] You miss out on the gradual escalation of challenge and you don’t get an opportunity to develop your skills through experience. This lesson is similar to the Greek myth of Milo who was the strongest man in the world. [...]

By: Soccer Is Not For Christmas, It’s For Life

Soccer Is Not For Christmas, It’s For Life — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:30:24 +0000

[...] you ever seen those parents at Soccer who don’t speak to each other? They’re not fighting or anything, they’re just sad and [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:24:41 +0000

Gday Tony, thanks for the feedback.

Myths, legends, urban legends, heroes and the list goes on, always have a story attached to them. The beauty of stories is that when you hear them you cannot help but replace the hero with yourself. Stories don’t need to be sold and sometimes you don’t even need to believe them. Stories need to inspire. Inspire you to become a better player, coach or person.

Most myths talk about the inferior becoming the superior. The weak becoming the strong. The poor becoming the rich.

Basically stories talk about adversities overcome. Progress in players can be recorded and measured. Record performances, sprint times and physically show them the improvements. If you have to, use graphs and pie charts. Nothing motivates more than progress and momentum.

Thanks for the question Tony. Would have replied earlier but didn’t see the comment.

Keep the questions coming…..If you have a topic/problem don’t hesitate to ask.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:05:04 +0000

Great Analogy….

By: Tony Everett

Tony Everett — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:46:58 +0000

Wonderful story, I love myths and legends. As a coach, how do you go about getting your players to buy into this? It’s ok talking about it at practice and getting them to nod their heads in approval, but how do you monitor, track their individual results? It’s got to be intrinsic on the players part, right? And then goals can be formed and monitored?
Thanks