Asian soccer stars need to hunt the yebuts

Future Asain soccer stars, in fact any soccer stars looking to play professional soccer, and their coaches need to keep a keen eye open for the 'yebuts'

I suggest adding "the hunting and slaying of 'Yebuts' to the job description of everybody  involved in youth soccer.

'Yebuts' - pronounced "Yeah-but" are monstrous little beasts that inhabit the meetings and conversations that take place in every soccer team.

A 'Yebuts' purpose in life is to sap a team of its competitive strength by allowing the fostering of excuses and spreading them like a wild-fire through the whole team.  They do this by grabbing someone's tongue and making them say things like:

'Yebut' we tried that last season.

'Yebut' we've never done it like that before.

'Yebut' the other team were too good for us.

'Yebut' the rest of the team doesn't work as hard.

'Yebut' they (this is the ubiquitous "they" who control the world) won't let us.

'Yebut' it might not work.

'Yebut' the weather was really bad.

Be aware that when they crawl onto the pitch during a training session or swoop down during a competitive match, those 'Yebuts' sometimes don't look monstrous at all.

Often, they adopt the appearance of a cute, cuddly perfectly acceptable or even helpful contribution to the discussion.

But, if 'Yebuts' are not recognized and stamped out right away, they usually succeed in their deadly, negative missions. The positive flow during training sessions and matches is soon destroyed.

If qualities like motivation, responsiveness, flexibility, decisiveness and speed are critical to your success, then 'Yebut' hunting is one important daily activity that everyone should undertake as their own.

And beware, the bigger your team the more 'Yebuts' you'll find.

Happy hunting!