06/08/2026
I hate to say it but took me 4 years training players to help understand that consistency with complacency and consistency with the right mindset lead to vastly different outcomes.
I trained a U15 player for years. He was a smooth criminal meaning very calm and cool on the ball. However, he lacked urgency and suffered from complacency.
Every session he did just enough to get by. While he was a standout as a sophomore, others were quickly catching up as the year progressed.
After our sessions, I begged and pleaded with him to train on his own and submit his training hw. He always promised to do better.
He always kept showing up but habit, attitude and mindset all stayed the same.
Unfortunately by his senior year, no opportunities.
Done with soccer.
When athletes are young, coasting feels fine.
But the reps they skip, the discomfort they avoid, the drills they phone in, will all compound.
They just missed a chance to get better and i promise someone else out there used their chance to get better.
Don’t let your athlete be that player.
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