Passion– You don’t want to play soccer just for the sake of playing, or 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 soccer, then it’s not going to seem like work for you, it’s…
1. Compete in soccer because YOU want to. Your happiness and well-being is more important than success. If soccer 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 will take…
7 Cardinal Sins of Soccer Here are the 7 Cardinal Sins of Mindset in Soccer: Indifference/Apathy – There’s no room for these feelings if you want to develop your skills and improve your performance. Never just go through the motions in practice. You will not reach your own goals and you will not help…
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 tournaments, don’t watch the highest ranked teams competing against each other too much either. All of those things will make you unnecessarily…
10 Ways to Build Confidence in Games There is no need to sell anyone on the importance of confidence in soccer. Simply put, it’s an absolute must – It separates the good from the great, and the elite from everyone else. Our 1-1 mindset program is all about practical soccer-specific exercises players can do to…
1. Getting involved in the hype by reading the papers and/or looking up your stats. After your season is over, then you can check this stuff out. During the season, focus on always improving. 2. Associating with negative people. They will slow you down and taint your progress during the season. Keep your distance from…