Dealing with your Soccer Emotions…Quickly!! A pressure game – anxiety! A mistake made – frustration! A poor refereeing decision – anger! A goal against – despondency!Soccer is an emotional game. Every match is packed full with incident – moments of action that cause your brain and nervous system to drive energy through your body. Energy…… Continue reading SOCCER EMOTION

Intentions are how we commit to showing up to training, to game day, to the team, to yourself and to your supporters Goals focus on a fixed outcome in the future, while intentions focus on the present and provide the guide to living mindfully moment-to-moment. Goals are an effort to achieve a set of results in the future, which…… Continue reading HOW DO YOU SHOW UP?

It was a great session with a brilliant bunch of keen coaches and parents yesterday at the “Developing Champion Kids” session. It’s not too late to register for this Tuesday night’s session, “using your mind to get best the results in sport”. A session aimed at 12-16 year old young people, looking at the 9…… Continue reading Developing Champion Kids

An exert from a great article at: http://changingthegameproject.com/developing-warriors-not-winners-path-excellence/ We have lost sight of true development. We have redefined success in a very poor way. As a result, we are so fixed on outcomes that we have a generation of “empty winners” when what we need is a generation of “tenacious warriors.” Let me explain the difference…… Continue reading Warriors or Winners

How you respond to challenges, setbacks, and criticism is your choice. It also determines the character you will develop, on and off the field. Dr. Carol Dweck’s writing and research in the area of mindsets is brilliant, and I have been teaching her material to young people with great results. In its simplest form we…… Continue reading Mindset of a Champion

Why kids play sports. (an exert from Changing the game blog – see resources page) Do they play sports because they get to go to tournaments, or because of the promise of a trophy for participation? Do they play to get a scholarship? Are these the things that motivate them to use up so much…… Continue reading Why Kids play Sport

These are the principles set down by True Sport (www.truesportpur.ca), and there are some great articles and resources available. Check them out Go for It Always strive for excellence and rise to the challenge, but never at the expense of others. Discover how good you can be. Play Fair Play honestly and obey the rules,…… Continue reading True Sport