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Soccer Success: Addicted to Flow

November 2, 2012 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Soccer Success: Addicted to Flow

Each year, hundreds of soccer books are published with some great advice and insights. While these books may help a reader in the short term, most books (if you’re a published author do not send hate mail, the word “most” was used and you can place Continue Reading

Soccer Mastermind Group #1

October 16, 2012 by thomas karapatsos 4 Comments

Soccer Mastermind Group #1

What do you get when you cross the best soccer psychologist, retired pro turned A-list blogger and celebrity and a professional soccer coach and author specialising in youth football development and coaching. Some great soccer insight! For our Continue Reading

Soccer: The Greatest Motivator

October 9, 2012 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

A few years ago, okay, closer to a decade ago, I was involved in a soccer match that will remain with me forever. It was the second last match of the season before the finals. We needed to win both games to make the top 5 and a place in the Continue Reading

Soccer Kids: The Victims of our Negligence

September 30, 2012 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, Foxtel, Internet, Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ipad, Iphone and the list continues to grow exponentially. What a great set of distractions. But here’s the light bulb moment. The hours’ children commit to technology is only half the Continue Reading

Kids Soccer: Disappointments and Defeats are Good

September 22, 2012 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

We’ve all heard the old catch phrase, “No Pain, No Gain” When children are exposed to gifted players (same age) or high performers they tend to react in two different ways. They can embrace their teammate as being similar to themselves and enjoy Continue Reading

Soccer Parents: The Future is Now

September 16, 2012 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

I was talking on the phone with my best friend the other day and we were talking about life…as you do driving home from work. Our kids, in particular kids soccer was the hot topic and the question of perception versus reality crept into the hands Continue Reading

7 Ways to become a Great Soccer Coach

August 17, 2012 by thomas karapatsos Leave a Comment

Coach by Example If you want your players to adopt a system, philosophy, technique or even a certain type of behaviour you must also live them daily. Your players will pick them up from you unconsciously by modeling you. Tell Stories and reason Continue Reading

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