no experiance

Question
i have no football experience except the occasional pick-up games. i am a sophomore and going to try out for the football team, i was wondering how i can mentally prepare myself to face the experienced players, thank you very much for your time.

Answer
Hello Steve

The four keys to a football player's confidence are skills, knowledge, conditioning and experience.  Even if you haven't played school football, you can work hard to get at least the first three keys.  I suggest you talk to the coach.  In my experience, coaches REALLY like motivated players.  Ask the coach what you would need to do to be considered for a spot on the team.  Listen carefully and be prepared to work REALLY hard to do it.  Coaches want to see if a player has heart, can follow directions and really wants it bad enough to pay the price to get on the team.

Good luck and let me know how it goes.

David

David Kenward, The Mental Coach
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