Asian Soccer Star Dream – when do you give up?

Asian soccer star is a dream for many talented young British Asian kids in the UK. A dream to break through the barriers and play in one of the professional football leagues, may be even the world famous premier league.

But when kids are told they’re not good enough, which is a fair point for the majority, and don’t seem to get the opportunity to move forward. When they’re told that winning isn’t important, it’s all about taking part and having fun. When they’re continuously hammered with the fact that becoming a professional football player, especially for Asians, is like winning the lottery.

When do you give up?

I say never.

The fact is that nearly every hopeful gives up before thay even start. Their self-image gets hammered by everyone close to them, parents, siblings, coaches, teachers… everyone. Deep inside they begin to believe that their dream of becoming an Asian soccer star is just that, a dream.

More than ever, Asian kids need a lot of support if they want to come anywhere near their dream of becoming an Asian soccer star. And that support starts in the home.

Parents have the most influence on the self-image of their child and firstly need to be realistic about the childs talent, determination, commitment, hunger and desire for the game.

They have to find the right coaches, study the best training methods and look at providing the right nutrition. They have to make sure their child plays with the right team at a high level and gets match practice and have to be there to take them to the trainings and matches without fail… come sun, rain, snow or wind.

They have to provide training and development outside normal team practise and seek out experts in speed, agility, strength, core work, injury prevention, fitness, mental development and every other area of the childs development to play at a professional level.

They have to equal and go beyond the training and development provided by the centres of excellence and youth acadamies attached to professional clubs.

Everybody involved has to make sacrifices, and make them willingly and gladly without obligation and seeking gratitude.

And they have to do all this with the aim of their child being scouted for trials at one of these centres or excellence or youth academies.

If you want to realise the dream of becoming an Asian soccer star playing professional football you have to train at least twice as hard, have more determination, commitment, hunger and desire than the competition.

Talent is not enough.