The Targetizer

Recently (2010) Wayne Rooney starred in a Powerade advert where he takes on his shirtless self in an accuracy challenge. The challenge is to see who can get more of his shots through the target net holes. Needless to say, Rooney beats himself!

Firstly, you’re going to see a lot of kids wanting to copy Rooney and want a set of those target goals, or equivalent, or better, to see how accurate they can become too.

Now before we talk about where you may be able get a set of those target goals, let’s see how, as coaches, we can take advantage of that ad and use it to help our players get on target more often too. Wouldn’t that be good?
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Goal scoring is the life blood of football / soccer.

Without goals the game can be dull (especially forthe fans).

It’s no surprise then, that goal scorers - strikers - that can score goals consistently - are paid huge sums of money ranging into the millions.

Not to mention the massive sponsorship deals with multi-million pound corporations. And of course the recognition that comes from being a world renowned goal scorer.

So how come only a few strikers actually make it?
What sets them apart? What is the difference between a striker that ‘makes it’ and a goal scorer that doesn’t?

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Turn Those Fun Football Games In The Garden Into Rich Learning Experiences That Will Last A Lifetime And Could Change Your Child’s Life For The Better…

How A Fun Target Goal Can Give Your Child The World’s Most Wanted Soccer Skill - The Ability To Score Goals Consistently

In todays hectic, time-limited lifestyles we know how impoprtant it is to make the time we do spend with our loved ones the best and most rewarding we can.

The ever-lasting memories of the days teaching your child the fun skills of soccer, bathing in the spring and summer sun.

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Don’t Allow Your To Child Get Rejected By Soccer Academy Coaches
Just Because You Didn’t Know These Simple Facts…

Children are being cherry picked for academies right now as we speak. Your child may be one of those chosen or a possible contender and have a really bright future ahead.

But statistics show that only one per cent will have any chance of actually making it through to schools of excellence and on to the professional game.

And what happens to those players that are dropped like a disused napkin into the rejection pile of countless hopefuls that were simply not “good enough”?

Some do bounce back and prove those coaches who dropped them wrong.
That’s special.

Unfortunately the vast majority never recover and their self esteem and confidence is left shattered, broken into tiny pieces that parents struggle, sometimes for many years, to try and rebuild.

It’s a very tough thing for anyone, let alone your child, to accept and be forced to believe that they’re simply not good enough to achieve their dream.

Ask yourself this…
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How To Add Fun and Enjoyment Into Your Coaching

Adding Fun and Enjoyment Into Coaching - well how do we do that??We keep hearing about the importance of having fun training sessions especially for our younger players but how do we incorporate relative and educational fun into our sessions and make sure we still educate our younger players?

Let’s just step back and ask why fun is such a serious element, if you know what I mean!

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