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Stop Working Hard and Start Working Smart!

September 8, 2010 By himmet Leave a Comment

Asian soccer star, London – How many of you have heard the expression “stop working hard and star working smart?” I’m sure many readers of AsianSoccerStar.com can confidently put their hands up and say “Yes”.

And I bet many of the same readers of AsianSoccerStar.com would scratch their heads and wonder how to put this valuable advice into practice with regards to their footballing dreams.

You see, this is great advice but no one really tells you “how” to work smart.

Let’s change that.

But before that, let me clarify that you still need to “work hard” but only on the right things. [Read more...]

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Asian Soccer Star – Direct Your Thoughts, Control Your Emotions

July 1, 2010 By himmet Leave a Comment

Asian soccer star, London - Growing up in an Asian household in London I was exposed to a most bizarre way of thinking, or so I thought as a kid. My dad used to wake us up by playing motivational tapes.

Needless to say all three of us kids had a pretty good incentive to perk up and get out of bed as soon as possible, before the singing started.

Now that I’m older and wiser, I realise what dad was trying to do and to a larger extent succeeded. He was trying to instill in us a sense of self-discipline and empower us with a positive can-do mindset.

Anything was possible with the right mindset and more importantly by taking possession of your own mind. This of course had to be followed by massive action. [Read more...]

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Learn From World Cup 2010

June 30, 2010 By himmet Leave a Comment

Asian soccer star, London – With all the games in the last 16 done and dusted the quarter finals of world cup 2010 should hopefully provide the world with the much awaited footballing extravaganza.

And I say that with great hope.

So far, world cup 2010 has been a great disappointment with most of the ‘big players’ failing to perform. The games have lacked the ambition and fluidity that we have been accustomed to in past world cup finals.

But there are plenty of lessons to be learned, especially for anyone that wants to play professional football and realise their dream of becoming an Asian soccer star.

You see, every kid has dreams of playing professional football but very few make it.

Even those kids, and that is the majority, with real outstanding talent never get scouted or get dropped by the professional club academies and centres of excellence if they don’t seem like they’re not making the grade. [Read more...]

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England Held to Draw by USA

June 13, 2010 By himmet Leave a Comment

Asian soccer star, London – Amid great expectations and a certain amount of trepidation from a nation glued to their TV screens, England kicked off to a flying start in their first group match against the USA in South Africa. England captain led by example, placing a delicate goal past USA’s goalkeeper Tim Howard after Heskey subtle set up.

It didn’t help that fans watching in HD missed the goal when TV screens around the nation went blank at the exact time the goal was scored. According to ITV, the problem was due to “human error at an outside company”.

England looked like cruising to victory until an error from first choice goalkeeper Rob Green put the USA on equal terms. An error that left a nation reeling in the knowledge that “we’ve all been here before”.

But, England can recover and are fully expected to make it through to the next round.

Here’s what the blogosphere is saying:

World Cup 2010: England vs USA highlights

England vs USA highlights – World Cup 2010 highlights – England simply maintained their recent disappointing form and the reaction of the United States players at the final whistle confirmed the more satisfied team.

England vs USA | Live | World Cup 2010 | LoveFooty.net : World Cup …

Live streaming of England v USA. Watch England take on the USA live on the second day of the World Cup 2010.

World Cup: England vs USA – Mirror Images – Mirror.co.uk

World Cup: England vs USA. By Ian Vogler on Jun 13, 10 04:38 PM in Assignments. The long wait is over. England’s first game in the 2010 World Cup has been played. The Royal Bafokeng stadium last night was packed with …

ITV’s World Cup own goal: 1.5 million fans miss Gerrard’s England strike (telegraph.co.uk)
England v USA: Tim Howard feels for Robert Green after World Cup blunder (telegraph.co.uk)
USA Ties England In World Cup Nail-Biter (huffingtonpost.com)
World Cup parties, glorious sunshine … and a goalkeeper’s nightmare (guardian.co.uk)

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France Continues to Disappoint at World Cup

June 12, 2010 By himmet Leave a Comment

Asian Soccer Star, London – France’s national team continued it’s run of disappointing performances with a 0-0 draw against an average Uruguay team in South Africa. With an average performance France’s ‘stars’ failed to impress and put the ball in the back of the net even though Uruguay played the last 10 minutes with 10 men.

Reports of a dispute among some players with manager Raymond Domenech had already emerged before the match and seemed to unsettle the French team camp. Chelsea‘s Florent Malouda has had a wonderful season with his club but after publicly criticizing the French Coach the player paid the price by being relegated to the bench.

But with all the international talent and experience within the French team, much more was expected and not delivered.

Not to take anything away from Uruguay, a team that showed strong defence and creativity through their experienced linchpin Diego Forlan. Playing with 10 men for the last 10 minutes of the game Uruguay players showed they were serious about getting through to the next round.

With everyone in the group on a single point it’s all down to which team shows more mettle to get through to the next round.

Asian soccer star – British Asian Soccer Blog

France & Uruguay Play To Scoreless Draw At World Cup (huffingtonpost.com)
France, Uruguay post second draw of opening day (nationalpost.com)
Uruguay 0 France 0: match report (telegraph.co.uk)
World Cup 2010: France’s Florent Malouda frustrated by substitute role against Uruguay (telegraph.co.uk)

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Asian Soccer Star 2010 Disappoints U14′s

April 8, 2010 By himmet Leave a Comment

Chelsea FC’s Asian soccer star 2010 has become a big disappointment for under 14 boys in Asian communities across the UK.

Just a day after the announcement of Asian soccer star 2010 we have received many emails from boys who have been training hard and looking forward to the chance to showcase their football talent in front of Chelsea academy coaches.

These are determined, talented youngsters with a hunger and desire to get into the professional game, some of whom trialed at Asian soccer star search 2009 but were unprepared.

Surely these commited youngsters should be given a chance to compete at Asian Soccer Star 2010.

We all know professional clubs like to pick kids for their academies as young as possible. But many are dropped as they get older. At the under 14′s age, if the kids are commited and determined about football, they have usually trained for peak performance.

Any under 14′s should write to Chelsea to add their category for Asian soccer star 2010.

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Has soccer training made me sick?

July 28, 2009 By sobha Leave a Comment

Sometimes I get sick of soccer training, but I know I have to carry on, especially if I want to become an Asian soccer star playing professional soccer.

But over the past few days I feel that my training is actually made me sick. I feel tired, out of energy and have a splitting headache.

And before you say it, no it’s not swine flu! I don’t have a high temperature, which according to the new nhs pandamic flu helpline, is one of the symptoms. [Read more...]

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Soccer Vision… Seeing The Battlefield.

May 25, 2009 By himmet Leave a Comment

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...]

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A Coach’s Perspective of the Asian Soccer Star Search

May 5, 2009 By himmet Leave a Comment

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...]

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

May 5, 2009 By sobha Leave a Comment

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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