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A coach explains how the minutes before practice starts are your chance to stand out. Arrive early, warm up quickly, touch the ball, and stay focused while scouts watch. Your teammates' distractions are your opportunity.
A coach explains how the minutes before practice starts are your chance to stand out. Arrive early, warm up quickly, touch the ball, and stay focused while scouts watch. Your teammates' distractions are your opportunity.
You know that moment right before practice starts, the other team is on the field and you're kind of sitting with your friends or you're just waiting to get on the field? Here's the younger kids training, and then here are the kids waiting to get on the field. This is a really crucial moment. Let's start with the recruiting. So I'm actually going to train with this team today as I get my fitness back, and therefore technically I'm recruiting. You never know who's watching you. So because of that, I look at these kids at the side and I go, you know, what are they doing? Are they Are they talking to each other? Are they listening to music? Are they watching the session before? I'm just watching their mannerisms. An easy way to stand out would be to warm up early and touch the ball, but you'd also want to be mindful because you have training, so you don't want to do too much either. From a mental perspective, you really want to— this is the moment where you get yourself ready and focused for training. These particular players, these players are early. Coming early is a great way to stand out. Just being on time is a principle that everybody loves, and it's a great way to just say to your coaches, your coach
