Soccer Vision? When you watch a soccer match what do you see?

Chances are you see what’s happening on the entire pitch and you sit there shouting instructions to your TV set or at the team from the stands at a live match. Like a general standing high on a hill top, before modern technology changed the rules of war, you have a bird’s eye view of the battlefield.

If you’re really ‘seeing’ what’s happening you can see the play before it happens. But looking at something is not the same as seeing it. You’ve got to be able to understand, evaluate and make decisions based upon what you see. That’s what seeing truely means.

There’s a way to make the battlefield more clearly defined by reaching this level of ‘seeing’ – strategy. Strategy is a long-term plan for reaching a goal. It allows you to see the battlefield, no matter how complex it becomes, and make the correct decisions quickly and consistently no matter what may arise. [Read more...]