Player Development

by Paulo Barreto

How do you develop to your ultimate as a soccer player

A lot of players focus on correcting weaknesses, but as any good coach can tell you, to develop into a great player you have to highlight your strengths.

When forming great teams, a coach tries to expose the collection of remarkable traits of the players, and hide their weaknesses.

That doesn’t mean that you stop working on your weakness, but you want to focus on getting even better at what you are already good at.

Seek to become truly excellent in a least on or two areas of the game. After all, what sets you apart is what makes you great to begin with.

If you are going to rise to the highest possible level, you need at least one quality that permits you to dominate in some aspect of the game.

If you want to be truly extraordinary , then you need to add more and more qualities.

Aspiring to greatness is always an evolution. To achieve it, you have to put the time and effort into all areas of your development.

You progress on a continuum of ability. Hopefully, in a addition to greater skill and a strong fitness base, you can gain more flair, more experience, and more understanding of the game.

Also you can become psychologically harder, an ideally, a great leader as well.

Modern Coaching

Many coaches, of course, already observe moder philosophy and practice, showing positive enthusiasm, possessing high-self belief, demonstrating fairness and belief in their players, and always recognizing individual effort. These new leaders liberate their players, creating and environment in which players can take responsibility for their performance knowing they will receive care and support if the going get tough.

A modern coach, teaches.

The Psychological side of the game

Mental Game: The players who get the most out of their ability recognize the mental games’s importance and find ways to improve their mental skills. Part of what makes theses players successul is their ability of adjust.
They are conistently at or near their best even when they don’t feel their best. Unfortunately most players leave the mental game to chance, not realizing a strong mental game can be developed.

Confidence: Confidence is a choice-You have to choose to become confident.
Once you have made the choice, and it may be an everyday decision, you must take responsibility for your actions. Successuful player build strong inner confidence by concentrating on their contribution to success or failure. Rather than blaming someone of something else.

Visualization: Visualization is a mental tool that some players and teams find helpful in preparing their minds to meet the challenge of the game. A clear link has been established between positive thinking and the likelihood of positive action, so players are encouraged to spend time visualizing themselves performing with excellence. What you see, is often what you get. What you visualize, is often what you attract.
Visualization is recommended for building confidence, developing strategies to cope with stress, understanding tactics and strategy, and assisting recovery from injury.
Of great importance is the link between visualization- How we see ourselves, and our emotional state, our energy state, and therefore our potential for performance.
As we exercise the mind, it grows stronger. The more the player pictures success, the more energy he or she creates to achieve it.