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“You need to listen to me.” “You must do what I say!” “You need to agree with me.” L-I-S-T-E-N! These are the desperate cries of a frustrated soccer coach. A youth coach that hasn’t figured out how to deal with short attention spans, mischief and players wanting to lick the posts. Why should the player’s [...]
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 time. You keep persisting and your instincts take over. The knees [...]
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, their efforts, life, career without their constant supervision. So why does this happen? Who gives these coaches the [...]
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 you play the hand you’ve been [...]