The Truth About Soccer In 5 Words
When young children put on their soccer boots who controls their experience? Many would argue the coach or the child.
When it comes to Soccer the parents condition the child’s experience.
Parents have a bad habit of bombarding their children with unrealistic goals, past frustrations, their own motivations and the bitter taste of vanished dreams.
Before I [...]
Soccer Is Not For Christmas, It’s For Life
Have 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 grumpy.
What about at the movies?
You’re in line to see a show and there are hundreds of teenagers who look like they’ve made boredom and wasting time their life’s work.
Are you like that?
Are [...]
Receiving The Soccer Ball? Not Many, If Any!
What do Christiano, Messi, Kaka and company all have in common?
They have the ability to receive the ball with the greatest of ease and like a great chess player, the ability to think five steps ahead of the game leaving everyone behind in their dust.
Many players will concentrate on passing and shooting [...]
Soccer Behaviour- The Line In The Sand
Do all soccer players behave professionally?
More importantly do you?
Before you can behave professionally you need to work out a few ground rules first.
You need to draw the “line in the sand”.
Soccer behaviour but more importantly professional behaviour is about the interactions that you have with others during soccer training or a match.
Think about this for [...]
Soccer’s Little Secret-The Right Fuel
It’s no secret.
Especially for my readers and followers.
Exercise researchers and sports nutritionists have known for years that carbohydrates and fats are the most important fuel for endurance.
Step into the new millennium and science has discovered that blood glucose may be the most important fuel source available to soccer players.
So what is blood glucose?
Blood glucose is [...]