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Simba Aberdeen – Albany High School Boys’ Varsity Coach and Spurs FC Coach and Community Outreach Manager


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Along with coaching with Spurs FC, Simba is also the club’s Community Outreach Manager, and he is the Varsity Boys’ Coach at Albany High School. During our conversation, we discuss Simba’s experience growing up and playing soccer in Trinidad and Tobago, playing within their youth national team system and high school soccer, facing several challenges when playing in the U.S.A., and his passion for coaching and helping players improve their understanding through moments in the game.

IG: @simbaaberdeen

0:25 background in soccer in Trinidad and Tobago and in USA

25:50 current coaching roles

26:40 start playing soccer with the coaching school at a cost

27:47 after coaching school, competitive soccer is free

29:25 playing on the youth national team starting at 16 under 3 different coaches

31:00 having to win back his position for each new coach

34:25 having the ability to bet on yourself and become better

37:00 competing in T & T’s prominent high school system

41:30 whether at the highest or lowest points in your career, being able to manage the emotions

44:10 playing experiences in college and facing the adversity

50:00 strange encounter while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity

52:00 Dealing with the cold in upstate New York

54:02 being asked to play in a different position

57:45 reflecting - understanding WHY you did what you did and how you did it

1:01:08 experience of playing semi-professional and professional around the world

1:11:42 coaching in California with Spurs FC

1:14:12 prefers to coach the older teams because it is where he feels he sees the game best

1:18:30 helping players understand their roles and functions within a team

1:21:35 comparing the team to an orchestra and focusing session plans on a certain player (instrument) to understand how the team supports that player

1:31:35 some challenges in coaching

1:33:05 having players desire to play as much as the coach cares

1:38:27 final three coaching points

1:43:03 one piece of advice for any coach

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