Not that you should have that goal for your kid anyway (I’m definitely not going to put that pressure on my daughter or my son), but this whole idea of “Project Mbappe” comes from people who have no clue about ⚽️ #improvingallways
You don’t need to be a ⚽️ parent, you could just be a player in which case you should be asking yourself these questions and writing down your answers. • Number 1: The Technical Challenge. Number 2: The Physical Challenge. Number 3: The Mental Challenge. • We focus on challenges because challenge is what creates growth 📈 • And we ask all 3 questions because improving in just one of these areas is not enough. It takes skill, strength, AND mental resilience. #improvingallways
Ok ok I did exaggerate how bad this specific ⚽️ player was at juggling 😂 • But this did actually happen. And it should be a WARNING TO YOU ⚠️ • Pro ⚽️ players juggle together and play games that you can’t play if you can’t juggle before EVERY SINGLE training session. • If you can’t join in that stuff, then you don’t belong at a professional training session. • Besides, learning how to juggle and do stuff like wall and height juggling WILL improve your touch SO MUCH. • So learn how to juggle and keep improving at it even once you can get 100 juggles easily AND land at least 1 freestyle trick. • What’s your juggling record?? Let me know 👇🏻 #improvingallways
“How you do anything is how you do everything.” • If you don’t take your warmup for a match seriously, I’m not sure I trust you to take anything else seriously either 🤷🏻♂️ #improvingallways
You can’t always play your best. You can even always play well. But you can always… • Be on time. Work hard. Be a good teammate. Never give up. Try to make up for your mistakes. Stay positive. This stuff is 100% in your control. So control it. #improvingallways
I was standing next to a college ⚽️ coach watching a game. I asked him which player he liked, and he pointed to a player wearing a big knee brace. • So I asked him if he was worried about the fact that this player was obviously coming back from an ACL tear. • “Nope. If she’s brave enough to get back on the field after that, then she can handle pretty much anything.” • There are definitely coaches who will see a player recovering from a serious injury and think twice… • But there are plenty of people who see a player recovering from a serious injury and think “Wow, that’s incredible.” Make sure that if you are ever suffer a serious injury, you are that kind to yourself ⚽️❤️ #improvingallways
The best dribblers in the world (think prime Messi, prime Neymar, brine Hazard) won about 50% of their 1v1s. • It’s ok to lose the ball, even necessary. Just work hard to win it back when you do 😉 #improvingallways