SOMETHING about Kids Soccer

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For the list of best soccer coaches on twitter, scroll to the bottom of this post. Everybody experiences difficulties, hardship and loss. No real surprises here. But how do you overcome difficulties to achieve success, happiness or even health? How do you protect your children and ensure they have the best chance of achieving their [...]

The Power of the Soccer Ball

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Dear future superstar, I am writing this from the future. If you’re willing to use a little imagination, I will now place in your hand a box. Are you ready to open it? Open the box and place the soccer ball in your palms. Feel how light it is? It’s made with technology that hasn’t [...]

Soccer Kids, Show Me What You’ve Got

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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 [...]

The Poker Game of Soccer

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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 [...]

Kids Soccer: Start Before You’re Ready

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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 sets out to grow, no matter what the conditions. So what’s the point? [...]