Sports Psychology for Kids: Build Confidence & Stop Playing Scared
Playing without fear when the game's biggest — confidence and mindset for the knockout matches.
Eli Straw · YouTube
For a stretch the goals went quiet in the biggest games. Across the Coco Cup and Vicky DPDL knockouts — four semis and finals — he didn’t score. Not for playing badly: those were some of his best football. But the big moments need goals to win them.
Not a drill, and not a flaw to fix — a shift to keep an eye on. Lately it has turned: at PSL, five in the semi and two in the final (won on penalties); the Independence Day Cup final brought four. The question now is whether the pattern holds.
Being logged — the specifics land after the next coach review.
Sessions are logged here as they happen — date, academy and what was drilled — with photo and video added as the shoots come in.
Clips and breakdowns worth studying for this part of his game — hand-picked from good football channels. Watch, repeat, then take it to training.
Playing without fear when the game's biggest — confidence and mindset for the knockout matches.
Something has changed — the goals are arriving when the lights are brightest. We’re watching the coming knockouts to see it hold.