Soccer Player
How can I become a proffessional soccer player?
Well im 13 and i'm a pretty good soccer player. I was just wondering if its too late to play soccer at professional level. If its not, how can i become a professional. I know i have to practice, and practice but what are some tips to get noticed or something.
I am a neighbor of Carly Lloyd (US Woman's Team, game winning Gold Medal goal in Olympics in Beijing). I also coach in one of the programs she played in at your age.
She was not planning to continue playing as a pro after college .. so you have plenty of time.
In addition to continuing to play on a team, you need to work on personal skills with a real trainer - not a club coach or trainer, a professional trainer.
Club and school coaches rarely teach important individual skills, because at that level their responsibility to is to win matches this season, not to train players for advancement.
I know that some people will disagree. If they do, they do not understand the higher levels of the game.I coach at a fairly high level, and this is the truth once you get out of rec or kiddie soccer.
Once you have solid skills, fitness is the next goal. You need a professional trainer again to help you with this.
When looking for a trainer, be sure to pick someone with professional soccer experience on his resume. Again, high school and most college level trainers are not going to get you where you need to be.
When picking a team to play on, you want to be on the highest level team THAT YOU WILL GET MAXIMUM PLAYING TIME ... sitting on the bench, just to say you are on a top 5 state team, will not get you any benefits beyond mom and dad bragging.
Remember after all of this, there are no guarentees. Not everyone has all of the componenets to be a professional athlete. Determination is not enough to make it to the level that you want to be at. Strength and speed are important ... but you must have real speed and real strength .Your body needs to hold up (Many aspiring players find out that their bodies just can't take the level of training - i.e. knees, ankle, hips), plus, not everyone has the neurological abiklties of exceptional coordination, balance, vision depth, etc.
It is great to be good at something. Good luck.
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