Watching soccer

Not only we need to play with a positive attitude and have fun, we need to understand the game. Most of our soccer players are suburban and 2 criticisms that often are leveled at most players are that they don't have a game awareness.

Not only, coaches have 2 hours per week to train, generally soccer is not part of their environment.

Soccer players will take their game to the next level by practicing on their own, by playing soccer with their friends outside the team environment and by watching the game.

We have seen some big improvements around us. Adrian has a record of 109 juggling, Quinlan (I think) 99, Julien 144, Me 145!!! Watching soccer regularly - especially having an idol or following a team - serves to inspire to work harder in order to improve.

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Nature

How can the human mind and body interact? In order to lift a finger, we would have to sacrifice free will or break the laws of nature. Spinoza responded to this problem by claiming that mental and physical phenomena are attributes of a single substance. For Spinoza, there is only one substance: God is not separate from nature. God is nature. God created us as his own image. So our kids are our mirror.
I jumped very fast! Kids grow up but we influence them all the time. As parents and coaches we have to make sure we influence them in the right direction.

A player's relationship with his partner, his friend will reflect during a game. In the team, it is about creating a common purpose. That's next to impossible if the individuals don't come in with a clear mind and if the group of parents are not together.

If we have 11 kids with critical mass - no egos, but total belief in the theory that "together we're stronger" that's when the magic happens.

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