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What Not To Do At A Soccer Tryout - 7 Soccer Tips
soccer tryouts can be a bit tricky
you're usually competing with a ton
dozens sometimes even hundreds of other
guys trying to get very limited spots in
a team so really you need as much help
as you can get in order to make the team
on for these other players so in this
video I want to go over what not to do
at a soccer tryout so that you're not
taking yourself out of contention and
you can actually start doing the right
things to make the team that's coming up
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the new videos that we release so as I
already mentioned this video is gonna
focus on what not to do at a soccer
tryout it's good to be aware of what
some good things to do and we'll go over
those too but it's also good to be aware
of what to avoid so that you can start
planning to avoid these things already
so let's get into the first one so
speaking of preparing the first mistake
is not preparing you know leading up to
the tryout if you're not preparing for
this trial if you're not getting
yourself in shape practicing doing all
the things you need to do so that you
have the skill set to stand out at this
tryout well then you're fighting an
uphill battle already you know one thing
I tell players all the time is if you're
going into a tryout out of shape not fit
well it's gonna be an almost impossible
task especially if the coach recognizes
pretty early that you are not in shape
you know he's gonna look at you and go
well he didn't have the discipline to
get in shape for this tryout you know
Acey gonna be able to help my team I'm
gonna have to work on getting him in
shape where I'm trying to teach tactics
and do other drills with the other
players it's just not worth it
even if you're a great player it's not
gonna be worth it for the coach plus
you're not gonna be able to show
everything you can do because you're not
gonna last that long on the pitch so
regardless of how skilled you are you
could be the most skilled player there
if you can only play for like 25 minutes
before you're gassed and you're done
it's not gonna matter so make sure you
leading up to the tryout that you're fit
that you're in shape that you're
prepared and ready to go
number two is another killer and it's
poor mentality mindset attitude all
three put together
if a coach identifies early on or at all
in the trial that you have a poor
attitude you give up you blame other
players you put your head down when you
make a mistake and can't recover you
know they're gonna pick up on that right
away you know a big part of being able
to play in a team and to perform well
and actually have a good impact on the
team which is the kind of players the
coaches want to bring in is having good
mentality having a good attitude coach
is not gonna bring a player and they
thinks going is going to affect the
dressing room negatively he's not gonna
bring a player in he thinks is going to
adversely negatively affect his other
players and he's also not going to put a
player on his team who might be skilled
but never shows it because he doesn't
have the confidence to do it so you need
to demonstrate to the coach that you
have a good attitude you know you are
encouraging your players you are
offering feedback you are not
criticizing you're not blaming you know
you're not getting super um you're not
being super hard on yourself when you
make a mistake you're staying in the
game you're keeping your energy levels
high you're communicating effectively
but as soon as you start dropping your
head and taking yourself out of the
place you should start blaming other
players for what's happening you know
even if you think it's their fault it's
not gonna help and you know he's not
gonna want to bring in a player who
criticizes his teammates on the pitch
right so make sure you're coming in with
a good attitude a good mentality a good
mindset
number three is one that all coaches
love I would say the majority of coaches
will look out for this and it's your
work rate you know if you at the child
aren't willing to fight when you're
literally fighting for places to get on
a team and you're not showing good work
late at a tryout then the coach is gonna
assume well he's not gonna do this why
would he do it be any different way he's
actually on the team if you're being
lazy you're not tracking back again
you're giving up on the play after maybe
the ball is taken away from you or
something happens you know you're just
not putting in the effort that's gonna
reflect negatively on you again even if
you're one of the best players there
that's going to make him second-guess
your inclusion in his team even if
you're a good player now the great thing
is you can make up maybe for your lack
of skill with hard work of course you
need to be skilled to to make
teams but working hard only stands to
help you while not working hard only
stands to hurt you so make sure when
you're at the tryout you were you were
doing your absolute best you were
working your absolute hardest let the
coach know that this is how you normally
perform it your best every single time
your hardest the best that you can do
and he will take that into an account
and will take notice of that the fourth
thing not to do is being afraid of
standing out and I I've experienced it
so many times myself included I've done
this in the past but I've experienced so
many teammates who I played with and
we're trying out for me be like like an
all-star team or something when they
bring everyone together and play some
kind of game I've noticed it with
players I played in high school or in
other places who are trying out for us
the same club team and I know how good
these players are and yet for some
reason during the trial they don't show
it they shy away they're so afraid of
making a mistake and looking bad that
they don't go out there play their game
and actually shine they're afraid of
standing out and you've probably noticed
this too as well maybe a player you know
who's really good just fantastic super
skilled plays super conservative when
it's a tryout opportunity or a trial
opportunity the fact that matter is you
need to play your game you need to not
be afraid of standing out you can't play
in order to just play safe the whole
time in play so you don't make any
mistakes and don't try and make mistakes
but you need to play your game you need
to show the coaches what you can do you
could be the best finisher but if I'm a
great finisher and I go into a trial
I never shoot because I don't want to
take a bad shot or I don't want to lose
the ball well I'm not going to be able
to show the coaches that I'm a good
finisher if you're great at taking
players one-on-one but you think well I
don't want to lose the ball I don't want
to make a mistake so I'm not gonna take
anyone one-on-one the coach is never
gonna know how great you are one-on-one
you need to play to your strengths and
not be afraid of shining of standing out
of taking control of the tryout because
if you are even if you're a great player
you're going to you know just kind of
fall into the crowd you're just gonna
blend in with everyone else and not be
one of the players that stands out and
they go oh look at this guy look how
skillful this guy is look at his
finishing look at how great he
is in the midfield how tidy is the
creative ability this guy's got you need
to play your game and not shy away so
number five is actually the other
spectrum of that and usually players
fall into one or the other it's not
doing enough and kind of shying away or
over complicating it and doing things
they normally wouldn't and I've seen
this probably an equal measure to the
other and it's when a player who plays a
certain way tries to do something
different in order to impress the coach
you need to just play to your strengths
show the coach what you can do if you're
a tidy midfielder who usually plays one
and two touch do that to the best of
your ability if you're a guy who is oh
great dribbler and can take people on
your like a Robin you can cut inside and
score you can take players on really
well then you need to do that don't
cater to what you think the coach is
looking for play your game it might not
be a fit but it also might be a fit and
you'll never know if you don't actually
play your game and you over complicate
things and try and be a player that you
are not
and again I've experienced this many
times when a player will go into these
trials and try and beat the whole team
to score instead of played a normal
passing game that they would play or
vice-versa a player who's super skilful
thinks the coach is looking for a
creative midfield player will play how
to position and try and do that you know
you need to play to your strengths and
show what you can do don't try and be a
player that you're not okay so number
six I actually just kind of mentioned
and the next thing not to do is not play
your position and sometimes you will be
forced to play in a different position
but you need to at least try and play
your position and what I find is most
players will just be like hey coach I'll
play anywhere and that's great and
that's I'm not saying that's a bad
mentality but screw brownie points is
the brownie points with the coaches play
in your position where you are going to
have an impact on the match you want to
impress the coach you want the coach to
take notice of you play in your
strongest position if you can so you can
show what you can do if you're a center
mid don't agree to play left back
without at least saying hey I'm a center
mid now if you get stuck in a different
position play to the best of your
ability right and if you make the team
you can show and training that look of
all I'm probably bear in this position
or you get converted
to another position but the point is at
least try I don't think there's a single
trial I've been to where I haven't
played striker because when the coaches
asked okay what positions do you play I
go to where the strikers are and I stand
firm on that now if he didn't said hey I
need you to play center mid I need you
to play wing during this I'll go do it
but I'm going to at least let it be
known that I'm here to try out for the
striker position again if you can't get
in your position
play don't sulk play the best you can in
the position you've been put in but
don't just let that happen don't just go
I'll play anywhere when you know you're
a center mid when you know you're a
winger and know what you can do on that
wing you know it's a disservice to
yourself okay again play the best if you
put in a different position but at least
fight a little to play in your natural
position
all right guys number seven and the last
one I'm going to leave you with I kind
of mentioned earlier but I want to
highlight it a little more and it's
dwelling on your mistakes and this is
kind of an attitude thing but in a trial
you're probably to make a lot of
mistakes especially in a tryout because
things are usually a bit chaotic you
have so many players doing some of the
things I mentioned trying to do too much
trying to do too little so a lot of
mistakes are probably gonna happen so
you need to not dwell on this you need
to have the ability to bounce back
quickly and the coaches will also take
note of that
trust me most coaches notice when a
player makes a mistake and their head
hangs low and it affects the rest of
their game and they notice the players
who make mistakes bounce back and don't
let it affect their game they will take
note of that they are looking for that
as well so you know again to give
yourself every possible chance of making
the team and this is something to bring
into your game either way but to give
yourself the best possible chance don't
let your mistakes eat away at you bounce
back get back into the game and don't
worry about it if you want to analyze
your mistakes after the game great but
while you're in the game it does not
serve you to beat yourself up over your
mistakes okay guys so question of the
day is let me know about your tryout
experiences what worked for you what
didn't work what would you do
differently if you had the chance in a
previous tryout that you've already been
through I want to hear your experiences
down below guys thank you so much for
tuning into this video you know
hopefully this will help you
guys make whatever team you're trying
out for I've made other trial videos
amor I've had many players come to me
and say it helped them make the team so
I know that this stuff works you know
try and apply all of this if you can to
your games make sure you check out the
two other videos I've put up on screen
for you that can help you improve the
game and stand out even more like this
video if you enjoyed this thing got
something out of it and I'll see you in
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