A Coach’s Perspective of the Asian Soccer Star Search

Waking up at 6:00am on the day of Chelsea’s search for an Asian Soccer Star, wasn’t my idea of fun, but I was going there to support and help my brother Sobha as I had been helping his football for the last couple of years.

Arriving at the ground for the 8.30am registration, the training  ground started filling up with around 80 to 90 players and their families. It was good to see so many other Asian kids interested in the ‘beautiful game’.

The day started with the kids split into groups, identified by different coloured bibs, and an intense warm-up schedule. This really drove home the importance of spending a sufficient amount of quality time making sure all the muscles are properly lubricated to avoid injury. [Read more...]

Chelsea Asian Soccer Star Search – Where’s the Weekend Gone?

Woo-hoo! that ‘s how i feel after taking part in Chelsea’s Asian Soccer Star search this weekend.

What else do I feel?

Happy, knackered, sad, energetic, confident, determined, angry, hunger, grateful, disciplined, refocused, positive, passionate.

These are just some of the emotions i’m feeling (now i know why my dad makes me learn  ‘a word a day’ as part of my homeschooling education :-) ). Over the next couple of weeks i’m going to be writing about how each of these emotions affect my football training and education.

Just to be clear, i didn’t win the Chelsea Asian Soccer Star search but i’m pretty confident I was in the top 3 or 4 for the under 13′s category.

Not winning was a bit of a relief because i know i’m not ready for trials yet (just going through a growth spurt and feel a bit clumsy sometimes).

Another 6 months and i’ll be a completely different player.  But i did win a lot more from the weekend and i’ll cover that in my next post later today.

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