Sharing Common Interests for Young Soccer Players

 

One popular hobby among soccer players is video games. Video soccer games are a fun way to learn about fundamentals and rules. Video games also help develop hand-eye coordination. Reaction times are important in video games, along with strategizing and decision-making under pressure. This may feel familiar to players. Video-gaming, however, does not replace actual physical game playing.

Soccer players relieve that pressure with yoga or meditation. It provides tremendous mental health benefits. Meditation helps relieve stress, reduce anxiety and depression, and improve focus and concentration. Yoga also offers mental and physical health benefits. It can increase flexibility, increase muscle strength, improve balance, breathing and energy.

The players need good lower body strength and endurance, and cardio sports are great for improving their game, such as running, hiking, bicycling and skiing. Hiking is a great leisurely outdoor activity that provides mental and physical fitness benefits. Keeping a soccer ball readily on-hand is common among soccer players. They play kicking games and games on-the-fly which creates teamwork skills and bonding.

Card games are a surprising common hobby among players. Games like Poker and Blackjack develop skills at reading players, bluffing, and communicating with other players through non-verbal cues.

Soccer is a true team sport where players win and lose as a team. Players rely on each other as a collective unit, and perform better if each of them is able to play at their maximum ability within a team framework.

Successful soccer players share common personality traits and interests, and they contribute to their development as well-rounded players. Common qualities that help them succeed include:

Competitiveness: A drive to win individually, as well as driven to win as a team. A willingness to do whatever it takes to improve.

Adaptability: The ability to quickly adapt to rapidly changing circumstances in a fast-paced game. An ability to develop chemistry with teammates.

Confidence: The ability to overcome difficult situations, face criticism and mistakes, and believe in their ability.

Passion and Drive: A burning ambition to succeed.

Leadership: The ability to lead by example, as well as vocally.

Coachability: The ability to accept feedback, instructions, and criticism from coaches in order to improve the game. A drive to learn new things.

Mental Toughness: The ability to overcome adversity and push past personal challenges in order to improve and perform. The ability to overcome physically draining challenges.

Self-Motivated: A self-starter who is self-motivated to better themselves through learning, training, practicing, and mastering their game.

Resilience: The ability to overcome losses, mistakes, injuries and other obstacles, and using those to become a stronger player.

Responsible: Taking ownership of responsibilities both on and off the field.

Discipline: A drive to rely on discipline to reach goals.

Hardworking: A drive to continuously work hard to improve skills and an understanding of the game.