How important is Motivation and Discipline to your quest for stardom in the world of professional sports, particularly Soccer / Football?
The competition for aspiring professional footballers from around the world has become even more intense now with the level of participation rates and professional leagues starting to appear in more countries than ever before.
Historically, professional soccer has been dominated by footballers from Europe and South America. During the last 5-10 ten years we have seen the emergence of many footballers / footballers from many continents and new countries like Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Australia and even some of the smaller European and South American countries that previously had not offered much.
What does all of this mean for today’s aspiring professional footballer?
Well, looking at it all from a bird’s eye view, it seems that the competition for the very few professional spots available in squads has increased significantly, which adds to this, the amount of distractions available to aspiring gamers today is at their fingertips. highest point.
Distractions like internet sites like Facebook, MySpace, not to mention the extravagant cable TV, computer games like PlayStations, Xbox, adding to this the appeal of gangs, drugs and alcohol, which is becoming even more worrisome than in last.
With all of this in mind, it is even more critical for aspiring footballers to address two very important factors of their character.
1. What motivates them?
2. How disciplined are they?
What is motivation?
Motivation is something that keeps you moving when you feel like there is nothing left to give. Motivation is something that leads to the point of no return. For each aspiring soccer / footballer, their motivation may be different. For some, it can be liberation from poverty for both themselves and their families. For others, it may simply be money and fame. While for someone else it may be purely for the love of the game.
Whatever your motivation, discover it, understand it and use it to face your competition.
What is discipline?
Discipline is something you either have or don’t have. However, be careful, if you don’t have it, do it as fast as you can, because a player without discipline is destined to adorn the amateur football fields forever.
You achieve discipline by constantly working towards your goal. Regular training instead of watching TV. Work out in the park on a Saturday morning instead of going to the mall. Discipline is not a thing sometimes, it is a characteristic, a habit. If you are disciplined in your football, you will be disciplined in your studies, your work life and everything that life throws at you.
With the competition for professional footballers at all times high, can you really afford not to be motivated and disciplined when your competition is?