1. Avoid becoming too much of a fan, instead of an athlete. If you’re about to play a team in your league, don’t look up their stats or find them in the newspaper. At games, don’t watch the highest ranked teams competing against each other too much either. All of those things will make you…
1. Indifference/Apathy – There’s no room for these feelings if you want to develop your skills and improve your performance. Always put in 110%. 2. Stubbornness – Being stubborn leads to being uncoachable, which leads to being unsuccessful. Be open-minded and you might be exposed to a new skill or technique that you would’ve otherwise…
1. Compete in Football because YOU want to. Your happiness and well-being is more important than success. If playing football isn’t in your heart, then try something else. Don’t do it for someone else, do what YOU love for YOU. 2. Focus on the process not the outcome. If you keep improving each day, wins and titles…
1. Passion– You don’t want to play football, lift weights, eat right, work on your footwork and agility because your friends do it, or because you just want to win. You want to compete because you love it, and you’re passionate about it. If you truly love the game of football, then it’s not going to…
Stop approaching your sport as a spectator! Each person involved has their own role: players play, coaches coach, administrators administrate, referees ref, parents parent, etc. Know your role – You are a player, an athlete, a participant. This means you must think like a participant, not as a coach, not as an administrator,…
1. Verbally & Nonverbally communicate you believe in them. Great parents believe in their kids and communicate it regularly. You can TELL them and SHOW them that you believe they can do anything. 2. Verbally & Nonverbally communicate that you accept them, love them, & are proud of them NO MATTER WHAT. Let them know…