Playing Soccer for Real
When you decide to play soccer for real, you must accept that it is work that is real—that it is your responsibility to prepare yourself to keep a high standard in the game. You will have to work to be better and definitely to win. How much work are you willing to throw down? Do you love to work hard? You must, if you want to make it! This is playing for real.
Even if you’re a novice coach with beginning players, you can work to instill the concepts of training by having an organized session. Would it be surprising if you could do all that with “fun” activities? At the youngest ages, coaches must remember to emphasize the quality of the skill (in terms of ball control). The more physically demanding aspects of soccer, such as stamina, explosive movements and battles of strength, will be inevitably introduced as the player gets older.
For players to really improve, they need to see that they must decide to be better. Once you’ve decided, then this is where playing soccer really kicks in. If you are able to fuse the aspects of discipline with the enjoyment of playing for fun, even the youngest of ages can begin to open up an understanding of the flow of soccer. The love for the game is built and instilled, while you provide an environment to improve. Then work turns to play, and the play will start going through the roof! 
Coaches, remember to go into your practices with a standard of discipline necessary for a training environment, but with a disposition of a fan. Put together sessions that address specific aspects of the game (obviously level and age will determine the topics). Try to remember that your player is a player in development, and needs to know this information if they want to tackle the challenge of going forward. So that is playing soccer for real!
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