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10 Soccer Tips to Develop Team Work
Before the gang at home gets together to participate in any form of activity we huddle around closely and put our hands in the middle and yell, “Team Punishment”. The gang consists of me, a young child at the tender age of 37, a 7 year old, 5 year old and a 6 month baby. [...]
Soccer, Spiders and the Web of Entanglement
Just the sound of a T-bone steak sizzling on the BBQ makes my mouth water. Lately I’ve found comfort in cooking steak in the backyard. Gives you time to reflect on the day. With the change in season I’ve come across some large spider webs in the backyard with happy spiders displaying the no vacancy [...]
Soccer, Muscle Soreness and the Little Genius
Everybody has heard of the slogan, “No pain, no gain.” But does it really have to be that way? Every soccer player at some stage has woken up the next morning sore. Whether it was pre-season, extra training loads or playing deep into extra time, the results are usually the same, MUSCLE SORENESS. Here’s a [...]
Soccer Advice: The Countdown Begins
Most players’ drift through life thinking the magic day will eventually come to them. That soccer is fair and they deserve to be rewarded. Are you joking? Tick, tick, tick. Can you hear that? Every single day counts. Time doesn’t stop because you want it to. Nobody can stop the biological clock can they? What [...]
Soccer Tips: Have You Tried the Backyard?
Where does the love of soccer come from? A better question might be, where does the love of sport-any sport- come from? Does it begin at training or during a match? Does it come from the glitz and glam of television or attending packed stadiums? I’d answer a definite NO to all of the above. [...]