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Football World Cup

Football: The Beautiful Game is a Terrible Shame.

Every four years, us non football (soccer) people get excited, enthusiastic and ecstatic about the FIFA Football World Cup.

We get caught up by the nationalism, the marketing hype and the promises of the ”beautiful game” and being witness to the world’s biggest sporting event.

And, every four years, we walk away scratching our heads thinking “why haven’t they fixed the same problems they had four years earlier? ” Read more

The FIFA World Cup: How to make sure you fail at Football.

The most basic of all concepts in high performance sport (and art and other areas of human endeavour) is that you do things as an extension of your national culture – or in simple terms “you play like your place”. Read more

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  Expert advice, ideas, innovation and inspiration for all sports coaches and team managers - from 'grass roots' through to elite and high performance levels. All posts are written by Wayne Goldsmith, AKA the "Sports Coaching Brain". If you have a question or comment about any post, please add it to the comments section.

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