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T h e b e s t w a y t o im p ro v e y o u r fo o t b a ll a b ilit y is t o p r a c t ic e c o n s t a n t ly . T h e y s a y 1 0 ,0 0 0 h o u r s a c h ie v e s m a s t e r y . T h e b e s t w a y t o im p ro v e is t o p r a c t ic e w h a t y o u le a r n o v e r a n d o v e r a g a in , re g a rd le s s o f w h e t h e r it ’s a b a s ic s k ill o r m o re a d v a n c e d . S h a r p e n u p t h a t fi r s t t o u c h , p e r fe c t t h a t s h o t in t o t h e t o p c o r n e r, a n d m a s t e r t h e a b ilit y t o b e a t t h e d e fe n d e r w it h a s t e p o v e r. J u s t k e e p p r a c t ic in g !
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W h ils t t h is m a y n o t b e p o s s ib le fo r a ll, if y o u c a n s t a r t fro m a s y o u n g a s p o s s ib le , y o u ’re p u t t in g y o u r s e lf in a n e x c e lle n t p o s it io n t o im p ro v e d r a m a t ic a lly t h ro u g h o u t a ll o f y o u r fo o t b a llin g c a re e r. A t P ro E lit e , w e s t a r t c o a c h in g c h ild re n fro m a s y o u n g a s 1 8 m o n t h s . S t u d ie s h a v e s h o w n t h a t fro m e x t re m e ly y o u n g , c h ild re n a re lik e s p o n g e s , a b s o r b in g a ll in fo r m a t io n . P ro E lit e F o o t b a ll A c a d e m y c o a c h e s u s e t h is t o g u a r a n t e e t h a t c h ild re n a re le a r n in g t h ro u g h o u t t h e ir e n t ire d e v e lo p m e n t p ro c e s s , g iv in g h ig h q u a lit y a d v ic e a n d in fo r m a t io n . T h is is a n e x c e lle n t w a y t o im p ro v e a s a fo o t b a lle r.
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T h e re is v e r y lit t le im p ro v e m e n t w it h o u t c o m m it m e n t . In o rd e r t o g e t b e t t e r, y o u m u s t b e c o m m it t e d t o g e t t in g b e t t e r. W h e t h e r it ’s b y p r a c t ic in g e v e r y d a y , s t u d y in g p la y e r s y o u lo o k u p t o , o r re a d in g b o o k s o n w h a t t h e p ro fe s s io n a ls d o , t h e y a ll s h o w a c le a r c o m m it m e n t t o im p ro v e m e n t . T h e b e s t fo o t b a lle r s a re a ll e x t re m e ly d e v o t e d t o b e c o m in g b e t t e r a t t h e g a m e t h e y lo v e , a n d p u t in t ire le s s h o u r s w h ic h is o f t e n t h e k e y w h ic h s e p a r a t e s e lit e a t h le t e s fro m t h e re s t .
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A k e y w a y t o im p ro v e a s a fo o t b a lle r is t o m a k e s u re y o u s u r ro u n d y o u r s e lf w it h m in d s w h o a re c a p a b le o f im p ro v in g y o u . W e a t P ro E lit e b o a s t FA q u a lifi e d c o a c h e s , w it h in n o v a t iv e w a y s o f im p ro v in g fo o t b a lle r s . It is c r u c ia l t h a t p la y e r s a re in t h e p re s e n c e o f p e o p le w h o a re c o m m it t e d t o im p ro v in g t h e m , a n d h a v e t h e k n o w le d g e t h a t t h e p la y e r s ’ d o n ’t ju s t y e t . If t h e o p p o r t u n it y t o b e a ro u n d g re a t c o a c h e s a r is e s , it s h o u ld d e fi n it e ly b e t a k e n .
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