You don’t have to ask your kid (or yourself 😉) for all 3 challenges… • Just start with 1 and build from there… • But focusing on challenges like this is SO IMPORTANT… • And they should be what you are thinking and talking about either as a ⚽️ player or a ⚽️ parent. • Because challenges are what make you grow 🌱 • And that’s all that matters 😉 #improvingallways
I know the question you want to ask ❓ • I’ll get to that 😉 • But first the lesson you need to learn 📚 • Succeeding in sports is not just about how good you are at that sport 🏆 • As I played at high and higher levels I started to realize more and more 🤔 • How many distractions there are 😖 • How many things you have to deal with that having nothing to do with actually playing ⚽️ • Opposing players 🗑️ talking you constantly (because they will) 😈 • Fans booing and whistling (even cheering can be a distraction sometimes) 📣 • Articles about you and/or your team in newspapers (good or bad) 🗞️ • The mind games that even your own coach might play on you 😵💫 • The constant pressure could be overwhelming for anyone 😥 • Some of the best athletes in the 🌍 have allowed themselves to become distracted in the biggest moments of their careers… • Zidane might have won the 2006 World Cup for 🇫🇷 if he didn’t let Materazzi’s 🗑️ talking distract him… • He took his eyes off the ball for one moment 👀⚽️ • And he’ll regret it for the rest of his life… • But how you respond to that pressure is what will determine if you become a successful athlete 🥇 • Or not 😔 • Can you keep your cool?? 😎 • Or will you let someone distract you from doing your job?? 🫠 • Just like I let that kid distract me when I was playing in 🏴 • Or just like I distracted that player all those years ago in 🇬🇷 • When I frustrated him so much that I got him sent off, and he pulled down his shorts and showed me his 🍆 • Oh and the answer to your question… • Μικρότερο από το δικό μου 🤷🏻♂️ #improvingallways
If you play ⚽️ and you never sat on the bench for 90 minutes… • It’s coming. • And if it’s not then what that means is you’ll never play at a high level 🤷🏻♂️ #improvingallways
It makes sense when you think about it 🤔 • An academy ⚽️ player isn’t the finished article. They still need to improve 📈 to learn 📚 and develop 🎓 • Take a young ⚽️ player with a good attitude 🧠 and you can teach them a lot. • A young ⚽️ player who has already developed a bad attitude though?? They’ll just cause problems ⚠️ #improvingallways
Now you know what you have to do to keep improving ⚽️📈 • It’s time to plan 📝 and when I saw plan I mean write out your plan. How are you going to actually DO all of these 10 things?? Figure it out and write it down. If you don’t plan this out, you won’t do it 🤷🏻♂️ • If you need more details make sure to watch this: @Christo #improvingallways
I always played my best ⚽️ in training, never in games… • Most players do… • You need to find a way to handke the pressure and i can help you with that 😉 #improvingallways
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