Kids Soccer, Criticism and The Selfish Craving For Love
For the little soccer warriors that are too young to read this, I beg you, the loving parent to pass on this message.
The carrot has definitely been dangled in front of the soccer community. Inflated pay packets and the media coverage is enough to send any parent around the bend.
What’s the catch?
Kids soccer has become [...]
Soccer Success Through Questions, Even When The Answers Hurt
Do you find value in questions?
How’s your soccer career going?
Is it going well and will you achieve your goals?
Do you think you have room for improvements?
If you were to pick one area to improve, what would it be?
Would you commit to it?
Would you even write it down?
The path less traveled [...]
Soccer: What Everybody Ought To Know About Goal Setting
I do my best to encourage positive change and goal setting all year around here at Soccer Mastermind.
But that doesn’t change the fact that a new year-new decade- has just passed us by.
What better way to start fresh?
The start of the year is a great time for setting New Year resolutions and a great time [...]
Soccer Popularity, Leave A Message After The Beep
Any sport that is competitive will eventually resemble high school. Soccer has exploded as a sport and to say that top-flight soccer is competitive would be an understatement.
You might scratch your head and say high school?
That’s right, high school.
I remember high school, do you?
High school is filled with insecurity, social climbing, backstabbing, bullying, bullshit achievements [...]
Playing Soccer Is Not An Entitlement
Every soccer player wants some degree of success. Each player might want it in different forms, but I’ve never met any player who didn’t want to be successful at soccer. Is this good a good thing?
Success will mean something different to each individual. I believe everyone is entitled to pursue success and to some extent [...]