The major difference between a world class soccer player and a mid-class professional has all to do with speed. If you're thinking the answer is how fast the person runs…you're wrong! It all has to do with speed of thought, also known as, speed of play.
Andres Iniesta, Andrea Pirlo, Xavi are all central midfield players with not much to speak about athletically. Then how can they be three of the best midfield players in the world? Where there legs don't rapidly turn over, their brains are making decisions at a quicker rate than everyone around them.
Soccer is a thinking man's game. I've mentioned in earlier blogs that 90% of the game is played above the neck. My advice to young players out there, get pickup games with the older kids in the club who are bigger, stronger, and faster than you. There superiority in athleticism will force you to think quicker in order to keep up. This will make you a far better player.
About Me
- Matt Avellino
- I am one of the founders of US Premier Soccer Academy - (www.uspsocceracademy.com) and a professional soccer player who has played for the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL-2 and the NY Red Bulls Reserve Team in the MLS in 2008. I graduated from Stony Brook University in 2007 after transferring from St. John’s University where I went to the NCAA Division I National Final in 2003. I was the captain of Stony Brook in 2007 and was a member of the 2005 America East Championship team. I also played amateur for the Long Island Academy of the NPSL; Fenerbahce USA of the New York Champions League; and the Fort Wayne Fever and Brooklyn Knights of PDL. I played ENYYSA ODP for 7 years and Region I ODP. My coaching experience includes being a full time Academy coach and trainer in the Three Village Soccer Club, summer camps with the Wilmington Hammerheads and Markovic Academy of Soccer, and training the Northport Rush U15 Girls.
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