I’m always chatting to people about 5-a-side. Friends, acquaintances, taxi drivers – I always want to know if they play. But every now and then I come across somebody who tells me that they used to play but they quit because they stopped enjoying it. “Stopped enjoying it, are you crazy?!” I admit, sometimes that’s […]
10 Tips for Positive Thinking
Positive thinking determines not only the success you have in your sport, but the enjoyment that you take from it as well. Positive energy (and positive thinking) is what powers a team or individual to perform and to push forward in pursuit of improvement. Negativity, on the other hand, sucks everything good out of what should otherwise […]
Positive Thinking – Sport’s Game Changer
Thinking positively will transform not only the success you have in your sport, it’ll also help you take much more enjoyment from playing it. In this article, were going to look at the link between the two and show you how you can approach sporting challenges like a boss! We’ll be applying the lessons specifically […]
5-a-side Defending: The Ultimate Guide
Your attack might provide the thrills, but it’s your defence that makes you a proper team, as well as delivering success in the long term. For most of us, our natural inclination is to want to be in possession of the ball and to try to bag a goal. So it’s not surprising that defence […]
Warm Up Your Mind for Football
“Some people don’t understand how important it is to stretch your mind as well as your body before a match. The two need to be working together if you want to start a game well” Fabrice Muamba The need to perform a physical warm-up is well understood, but the majority of players don’t consider doing […]
Control Your Anger and Enjoy Your Football
Picture the scene, it’s a Wednesday night, you’ve gone to the movies with your friends. You’ve been looking forward to seeing the latest blockbuster all week but on the way in you get less than satisfactory customer service from the cashier; it’s the snack vendor’s first day and takes he takes ages to get your […]