If you want to be a great player, you'll need to master this one thing.  Also in this episode,  we talk about labels and why you should ignore them.  Learn how to rapidly improve your game in only 10 minutes per day, and finally you'll discover how this very podcast was responsible for winning a college showcase tournament last week!   Listen now!

When it comes to your performance on the soccer pitch, confidence is  everything.  It’s confidence, not technical ability, that separates the  big time penalty kick takers from those that never take them.  Confidence allows you to keep the ball under pressure, try new and creative things and makes you an all around better teammate and player.  Check out this podcast and get a much needed confidence boost!

Have a listen and learn about 9 soccer tips you need to know that will help you develop and become the best soccer player you can possibly be.  Discover how one of them took a player from a low level team to a much higher level team that is even a year older.  Take a listen now!

Talented matters.  Without it, you are not going to go very far.  But having it is no guarantee of success either.  There are many other attributes you're going to need to be a great soccer player.   Or, for that matter, to be successful in life as well.  And teaching those things to our players are really important. Learn what this guy can teach you about succeeding on the pitch and in life.

Don't have five, six, ten grand a year to spend on youth soccer? Learn why that's not only okay but why you may be better off.

I know youth soccer is a crazy world and it can cost an insane amount of money to give your kids the opportunities you want to give them or think they need.  

But I'm here to tell you that it's not only not necessary it may be counter-productive! Learn why you don't need to keep up with the Joneses in this episode of The Soccer Specialist Podcast!

You only need to give your player ONE thing and they only need to bring ONE thing to the table!  

One Plus One = Everything You Need to Succeed In Soccer!

I know it doesn't seem like kids listen very often.  But they hear everything coaches and parents say.  In fact, they probably hear a lot more of the negative things.  And many of these might not seem negative to the adults.  Communication with our soccer players is important.  It's even more important to communicate in the right way to make sure your players are in the right frame of mind.  The wrong thing said can completely destroy a young player's confidence and ruin the game for them for life. Learn how to avoid these mistakes!

At young ages, the players that stand out and get the attention in soccer, are the biggest, fastest, strongest athletes.  But athleticism is not a key to soccer success at the higher levels. While it gets attention and can be successful at younger ages, if you truly want to be elite there are a lot of things in soccer you can excel at without it.  It's what I refer to as little things.  These little things may not have anything to do with a player's speed or athleticism, or ever their technical skill, but they are the key to getting big results and becoming an elite soccer player.  Learn all about them in the latest episode of The Soccer Specialist Podcast from TheSoccerSpecialist.com

Goal setting is really important when it comes to playing a sport like soccer.  And I don't mean goals like "I want to be a better player" or "I want to be the next Messi" or "I want to play in college."  I don't even mean goals  like "I want to score X number of goals this season."  No, I'm talking about specific, incredibly powerful goals, and a specific way of setting them, that will help accelerate your development way beyond that of the other players on your team.  Have a listen!

Excellence is simply being the best soccer player you can possibly be.  But while coaches and parents are always talking to our players about effort, and working hard, and being aggressive, we never seem to get around to the important part.  We don't help them to understand what it takes, mentally, to be a great player. If a player has big goals for their soccer, such as playing in college,  they need some guidance in understanding what that really means.  What does being the best player you can be really mean? What does it take?  What choices are going to need to be made to get there?  How can we help players figure that out so they make the right choices for themselves?  Learn all inside when you share in the journey of player 1 and player 2 and how their choices help or hurt their soccer careers.

If you want to be a good soccer player, you'll need to make choices.  You can't do everything.  Parents and coaches, it's our job to help our players understand and prioritize those things that are important to them so that they can reach their goals.  Learn about the sacrifices and rewards of working hard to be the best soccer player you can possibly be.  And most important, learn the best jersey number in soccer!  Don't forget to check out http://thesoccerspecialist.com/podcast