Competitive female soccer players, listen up.
At EduKick, we're always excited to help young athletes expand their knowledge of soccer and the world. Over the past few years, one of requests we've most often heard has been for a higher level international soccer camp for female players.
Well, you asked, and we answered.
We're proud to announce that we've partnered with the Spanish Football Federation's Women's National Team to offer our very first Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp, happening this July in beautiful Madrid, Spain. Female players between the ages of 14 and 24 are welcome to attend.
The camp will include participation in the Donosti Cup, Northern Spain's famous youth tournament.
Be warned, though. We're not just throwing "elite" in the title for show. This is a high-level international soccer camp directed at helping female players better their skills for competition on the collegiate and professional levels. The coaches you'll train with are professional coaches, and you'll be playing with girls who are just as talented as you are, or if not more so.
On top of that, the Spanish Football Federation is actively seeking to recruit North American players with Spanish origins through this new girls-only elite camp. Players with Spanish parents or grandparents will be able to get a Spanish passport, which is necessary for them to potentially play for Spain.
Of course, that doesn't mean players of non-Spanish origin shouldn't attend the camp. The competitive soccer skills you gain from going to an intense, high-level international soccer camp like this one are unmatched by any other camp you could attend on your home turf. Plus, you get to experience another culture and play on a team with other female players from around the world.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience you can't afford to miss! Click here to visit our website and sign up!
http://www.edukick.com/soccercamps.asp?cat=149)
EduKick offers International Football (Soccer) Academy Boarding Schools: • International Football and Education Academies • EduKick Pro Football Trial Courses • EduKick Spain Female Football Academy • EduKick Soccer Team Tours • Soccer Life Coach Consulting
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
EduKick Announces Girls Only Elite International Soccer Camp
EduKick Announces Girls Only Elite International Soccer Camp
Competitive female soccer players can now take their game overseas. EduKick, Inc., an international soccer exchange program, has partnered with the Spanish Football Federation to host a Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp in Madrid, Spain.
Oakville, Ontario (PRWEB) January 25, 2008 -- Competitive female soccer players can now take their game overseas. EduKick, Inc. (http://www.edukick.com), an international soccer exchange program, has partnered with the Spanish Football Federation to host a Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp in Madrid, Spain. Competitive female players between the ages of 14 and 24 are welcome to attend the camp, which will be held in July.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for any girl who wants to attend a high level competitive soccer training camp," said Joey Bilotta, vice president of EduKick. "There aren't many camps that are geared toward competitive female players, and we're excited to be partnering with the Spanish Football Federation's Women's National Team to help female players get the training and experience they need to excel in the collegiate and professional soccer world."
Though EduKick has long offered coed international soccer camps, this is the first year that they have offered a girls-only "elite" camp. The camp not only includes the high-level soccer training and instruction that EduKick is known for, but also participation in Northern Spain's famous youth tournament, the Donosti Cup.
"Girls have been participating in EduKick camps since our inception in 2001, and their numbers have steadily increased," Bilotta said. "We've had a high demand for higher level international soccer camps geared toward girls, and we're only too happy to create this camp in Madrid to fulfill that need."
The extensive training and tournament play are only two reasons for competitive female soccer players to consider this camp. The Spanish Football Federation is also hoping to discover talented North American players of Spanish origin through the Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp.
Players with Spanish parents or grandparents are eligible to apply for and receive a Spanish passport, which would allow them to legally play for Spain. Bilotta encourages North American female players with parents or grandparents from Spain to contact EduKick immediately.
However, he adds, this doesn't mean female players without Spanish origins shouldn't attend this unique international soccer camp.
"Attending an EduKick soccer camp or boarding school is not the same experience as attending a soccer camp at the local park in your hometown," Bilotta said. "EduKick is a travel abroad high level soccer training camp with players attending from all over the world. It's very intense, with professional coaches and in a soccer culture and atmosphere. The benefits of such an exciting experience are invaluable for a young female soccer player."
For more information about EduKick's new Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp, visit them on the Web at http://www.edukick.com/soccercamps.asp?cat=149
About EduKick, Inc.:
EduKick's mission is to provide intensive soccer development training programs and academic soccer boarding schools that also teach youngsters about cultural diversity and foreign languages. As professionals, soccer fanatics and fathers, Joseph Bilotta and Corey Zimmerman wanted to create programs that maximized the EduKick youth's time abroad; instilling a sense of independence and pride through experiencing international travel, structured language study, cultural excursions, and daily professional soccer training.
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Competitive female soccer players can now take their game overseas. EduKick, Inc., an international soccer exchange program, has partnered with the Spanish Football Federation to host a Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp in Madrid, Spain.
Oakville, Ontario (PRWEB) January 25, 2008 -- Competitive female soccer players can now take their game overseas. EduKick, Inc. (http://www.edukick.com), an international soccer exchange program, has partnered with the Spanish Football Federation to host a Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp in Madrid, Spain. Competitive female players between the ages of 14 and 24 are welcome to attend the camp, which will be held in July.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for any girl who wants to attend a high level competitive soccer training camp," said Joey Bilotta, vice president of EduKick. "There aren't many camps that are geared toward competitive female players, and we're excited to be partnering with the Spanish Football Federation's Women's National Team to help female players get the training and experience they need to excel in the collegiate and professional soccer world."
Though EduKick has long offered coed international soccer camps, this is the first year that they have offered a girls-only "elite" camp. The camp not only includes the high-level soccer training and instruction that EduKick is known for, but also participation in Northern Spain's famous youth tournament, the Donosti Cup.
"Girls have been participating in EduKick camps since our inception in 2001, and their numbers have steadily increased," Bilotta said. "We've had a high demand for higher level international soccer camps geared toward girls, and we're only too happy to create this camp in Madrid to fulfill that need."
The extensive training and tournament play are only two reasons for competitive female soccer players to consider this camp. The Spanish Football Federation is also hoping to discover talented North American players of Spanish origin through the Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp.
Players with Spanish parents or grandparents are eligible to apply for and receive a Spanish passport, which would allow them to legally play for Spain. Bilotta encourages North American female players with parents or grandparents from Spain to contact EduKick immediately.
However, he adds, this doesn't mean female players without Spanish origins shouldn't attend this unique international soccer camp.
"Attending an EduKick soccer camp or boarding school is not the same experience as attending a soccer camp at the local park in your hometown," Bilotta said. "EduKick is a travel abroad high level soccer training camp with players attending from all over the world. It's very intense, with professional coaches and in a soccer culture and atmosphere. The benefits of such an exciting experience are invaluable for a young female soccer player."
For more information about EduKick's new Girls Only Elite Soccer Camp, visit them on the Web at http://www.edukick.com/soccercamps.asp?cat=149
About EduKick, Inc.:
EduKick's mission is to provide intensive soccer development training programs and academic soccer boarding schools that also teach youngsters about cultural diversity and foreign languages. As professionals, soccer fanatics and fathers, Joseph Bilotta and Corey Zimmerman wanted to create programs that maximized the EduKick youth's time abroad; instilling a sense of independence and pride through experiencing international travel, structured language study, cultural excursions, and daily professional soccer training.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Show, Don't Tell! The Importance of Promoting Yourself in a Competitive Soccer World
How many times have you heard "It's not what you know, it's who you know?"
It's been said so many times it's starting to get old, but the point is that it's important to get out there and meet people in your chosen field, however you can. We all have heard, over and over, the importance of networking and self-promotion for when you want a job. But what you may not have heard much about is the importance of self-promotion when you're a soccer player.
If you're planning on pursuing soccer beyond high school, either by playing in college or by trying out for professional teams, you need to master the art of self-promotion.
Unfortunately, for a lot of people, this is harder than it sounds. When we think of somebody who talks about their accomplishments, we tend to think of people who are arrogant, conceited, boastful or braggarts, and we certainly don't want those negative words associated with us.
Repeat after me: I'm the best!
Look at it this way: You're going to be just one of hundreds, if not thousands, of other student athletes applying for that soccer scholarship or trying to get that trial for that professional team. If you don't talk up your soccer accomplishments, nobody else will, and that scholarship or tryout will go to somebody else.
So don't be afraid to let coaches, agents, scouts and soccer clubs know just how awesome you are. And don't just tell them. Find ways to make your self-promotion stand out from the crowd. Grab their attention and show them why you're the best player they've ever seen.
Get them your soccer résumé
When you're job hunting, one of the first things you do is create a résumé and cover letter. The cover letter is the first step to selling yourself to potential employers, and the résumé backs it up with a detailed listing of your experience and accomplishments.
When you're a soccer player, it's important to have a soccer résumé and cover letter that do the same thing. The object of the cover letter is to convince the coach why you're perfect for his team, or to convince an agent that he needs to represent you in attaining professional trials.
Your soccer résumé should back up your cover letter with your soccer experience and accomplishments. You need to have the teams you've played for on there, along with how well the team did during your time with it, as well as how well you did while playing for them. You also need individual statistics, like goals scored, points, assists, shut-outs, etc., plus any soccer awards or honors you've received.
It's also good to get recommendation letters from coaches you've played with, be it at your school or elsewhere. They can provide firsthand testimony to the kind of player you are, which can be invaluable for your soccer career.
If it's a scholarship or university team you're applying for, you may need to include some academic information, like ACT or SAT scores and your GPA. Because many universities have minimum academic requirements for acceptance, a coach needs to know if you'll even qualify to get into the university.
Modernize your soccer résumé approach
While a paper résumé is important to have, it's something that every other student athlete will have as well. You need to find a way to push your résumé out of the crowd. One way to do this is to include a video résumé or a highlight reel along with your traditional paper résumé.
Where your paper résumé will tell people what you've done, a soccer video résumé will show them, especially coaches who may not have had the opportunity to come and see you play. Plus, modernizing how you display your résumé will set you a cut above the rest. If you don't send in the video résumé with your traditional paper one, make sure that you include a note at the bottom that lets coaches know you have one available. A better idea still is to upload your video résumé to "Google Videos" and include a link to the video on your paper résumé.
If you've been involved with any soccer camps, see if they have videos of your playing time. If you're lucky, some camps or soccer programs may even help you create a soccer video résumé.
Don't hold yourself back from getting that soccer scholarship or scoring a chance to play for that professional team. Get started now making your soccer video résumé and highlight reel so that you can blow those coaches away.
About the author:
Joey Bilotta is the vice president of EduKick, a soccer boarding school exchange program. They host international soccer camps in countries as diverse as Mexico, England and China. EduKick offers all participating soccer boarding school players and summer campers the opportunity to purchase a Soccer Video Résumé while abroad with EduKick. See more information here:
http://edukick.com/soccervideoresumes.asp?cat=146
It's been said so many times it's starting to get old, but the point is that it's important to get out there and meet people in your chosen field, however you can. We all have heard, over and over, the importance of networking and self-promotion for when you want a job. But what you may not have heard much about is the importance of self-promotion when you're a soccer player.
If you're planning on pursuing soccer beyond high school, either by playing in college or by trying out for professional teams, you need to master the art of self-promotion.
Unfortunately, for a lot of people, this is harder than it sounds. When we think of somebody who talks about their accomplishments, we tend to think of people who are arrogant, conceited, boastful or braggarts, and we certainly don't want those negative words associated with us.
Repeat after me: I'm the best!
Look at it this way: You're going to be just one of hundreds, if not thousands, of other student athletes applying for that soccer scholarship or trying to get that trial for that professional team. If you don't talk up your soccer accomplishments, nobody else will, and that scholarship or tryout will go to somebody else.
So don't be afraid to let coaches, agents, scouts and soccer clubs know just how awesome you are. And don't just tell them. Find ways to make your self-promotion stand out from the crowd. Grab their attention and show them why you're the best player they've ever seen.
Get them your soccer résumé
When you're job hunting, one of the first things you do is create a résumé and cover letter. The cover letter is the first step to selling yourself to potential employers, and the résumé backs it up with a detailed listing of your experience and accomplishments.
When you're a soccer player, it's important to have a soccer résumé and cover letter that do the same thing. The object of the cover letter is to convince the coach why you're perfect for his team, or to convince an agent that he needs to represent you in attaining professional trials.
Your soccer résumé should back up your cover letter with your soccer experience and accomplishments. You need to have the teams you've played for on there, along with how well the team did during your time with it, as well as how well you did while playing for them. You also need individual statistics, like goals scored, points, assists, shut-outs, etc., plus any soccer awards or honors you've received.
It's also good to get recommendation letters from coaches you've played with, be it at your school or elsewhere. They can provide firsthand testimony to the kind of player you are, which can be invaluable for your soccer career.
If it's a scholarship or university team you're applying for, you may need to include some academic information, like ACT or SAT scores and your GPA. Because many universities have minimum academic requirements for acceptance, a coach needs to know if you'll even qualify to get into the university.
Modernize your soccer résumé approach
While a paper résumé is important to have, it's something that every other student athlete will have as well. You need to find a way to push your résumé out of the crowd. One way to do this is to include a video résumé or a highlight reel along with your traditional paper résumé.
Where your paper résumé will tell people what you've done, a soccer video résumé will show them, especially coaches who may not have had the opportunity to come and see you play. Plus, modernizing how you display your résumé will set you a cut above the rest. If you don't send in the video résumé with your traditional paper one, make sure that you include a note at the bottom that lets coaches know you have one available. A better idea still is to upload your video résumé to "Google Videos" and include a link to the video on your paper résumé.
If you've been involved with any soccer camps, see if they have videos of your playing time. If you're lucky, some camps or soccer programs may even help you create a soccer video résumé.
Don't hold yourself back from getting that soccer scholarship or scoring a chance to play for that professional team. Get started now making your soccer video résumé and highlight reel so that you can blow those coaches away.
About the author:
Joey Bilotta is the vice president of EduKick, a soccer boarding school exchange program. They host international soccer camps in countries as diverse as Mexico, England and China. EduKick offers all participating soccer boarding school players and summer campers the opportunity to purchase a Soccer Video Résumé while abroad with EduKick. See more information here:
http://edukick.com/soccervideoresumes.asp?cat=146
Friday, December 07, 2007
EduKick Introduces Video Résumés for Soccer Self-Promotion
EduKick, Inc, a soccer boarding school exchange program, has introduced video résumés to its repertoire to help students promote themselves in the competitive soccer world.
Oakville, Ontario (PRWEB) December 7, 2007 -- With technology changing the way people work, play and even job hunt, soccer players applying to universities or professional clubs need to modernize their self-promotion efforts. To that end, EduKick, Inc, a soccer boarding school exchange program, has introduced soccer video résumés to its repertoire to help students promote themselves in the soccer world.
"University and professional teams are inundated with calls and résumés from players wanting to get noticed," said EduKick Vice President Joey Bilotta. "The key is to produce a packet of information for the coach or decision maker, including a high-level video highlight summary and a professionally designed soccer video résumé. You need something that will grab their attention and distinguish one player from the rest."
Soccer video résumés provide an opportunity for coaches to see players in action; even if they haven't been able to come watch them play in person. Players should still submit a traditional soccer résumé, which includes information like teams played for, those teams' standings, and individual statistics like scores, assists, points and shut-outs.
A soccer video résumé adds to that by giving soccer players their own personal highlight reel, which can help grab the attention of coaches, scouts and agents.
"We hear all the time how important self-promotion is when you're looking for a job," Bilotta said. "For our players, soccer is their job. We have the means to help them document their accomplishments on the field in a professional DVD highlight reel, which they can then use to help them stand out from their peers."
For the past five years, EduKick has been giving high school and university soccer players a unique opportunity to attend soccer board schools around the world. EduKick's soccer exchange programs take students to countries as diverse as Mexico, Italy, China and England. Some EduKick players even get the opportunity to participate in professional soccer trials.
"With EduKick, you get an experience unlike any other: training abroad in a professional soccer school environment," said Bilotta. "And now our players don't just have to tell coaches or professional teams about it. They can actually show them with video what they did with EduKick and how they played while abroad with us in our soccer school."
For more information about EduKick's soccer exchange boarding schools and soccer video résumés, visit them on the Web at http://www.edukick.com
To see EduKick's Soccer video résumé web page, click here: http://edukick.com/soccervideoresumes.asp?cat=146
About EduKick, Inc.:
EduKick's mission is to provide intensive soccer development training programs and academic soccer boarding schools that also teach youngsters about cultural diversity and foreign languages. As professionals, soccer fanatics and fathers, Joseph Bilotta and Corey Zimmerman wanted to create programs that maximized the EduKick youth's time abroad; instilling a sense of independence and pride through experiencing international travel, structured language study, cultural excursions, and daily professional soccer training.
Oakville, Ontario (PRWEB) December 7, 2007 -- With technology changing the way people work, play and even job hunt, soccer players applying to universities or professional clubs need to modernize their self-promotion efforts. To that end, EduKick, Inc, a soccer boarding school exchange program, has introduced soccer video résumés to its repertoire to help students promote themselves in the soccer world.
"University and professional teams are inundated with calls and résumés from players wanting to get noticed," said EduKick Vice President Joey Bilotta. "The key is to produce a packet of information for the coach or decision maker, including a high-level video highlight summary and a professionally designed soccer video résumé. You need something that will grab their attention and distinguish one player from the rest."
Soccer video résumés provide an opportunity for coaches to see players in action; even if they haven't been able to come watch them play in person. Players should still submit a traditional soccer résumé, which includes information like teams played for, those teams' standings, and individual statistics like scores, assists, points and shut-outs.
A soccer video résumé adds to that by giving soccer players their own personal highlight reel, which can help grab the attention of coaches, scouts and agents.
"We hear all the time how important self-promotion is when you're looking for a job," Bilotta said. "For our players, soccer is their job. We have the means to help them document their accomplishments on the field in a professional DVD highlight reel, which they can then use to help them stand out from their peers."
For the past five years, EduKick has been giving high school and university soccer players a unique opportunity to attend soccer board schools around the world. EduKick's soccer exchange programs take students to countries as diverse as Mexico, Italy, China and England. Some EduKick players even get the opportunity to participate in professional soccer trials.
"With EduKick, you get an experience unlike any other: training abroad in a professional soccer school environment," said Bilotta. "And now our players don't just have to tell coaches or professional teams about it. They can actually show them with video what they did with EduKick and how they played while abroad with us in our soccer school."
For more information about EduKick's soccer exchange boarding schools and soccer video résumés, visit them on the Web at http://www.edukick.com
To see EduKick's Soccer video résumé web page, click here: http://edukick.com/soccervideoresumes.asp?cat=146
About EduKick, Inc.:
EduKick's mission is to provide intensive soccer development training programs and academic soccer boarding schools that also teach youngsters about cultural diversity and foreign languages. As professionals, soccer fanatics and fathers, Joseph Bilotta and Corey Zimmerman wanted to create programs that maximized the EduKick youth's time abroad; instilling a sense of independence and pride through experiencing international travel, structured language study, cultural excursions, and daily professional soccer training.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Show, Don't Tell! The Importance of Promoting Yourself in a Competitive Soccer World
Show, Don't Tell! The Importance of Promoting Yourself in a Competitive Soccer World
How many times have you heard "It's not what you know, it's who you know?"
It's been said so many times it's starting to get old, but the point is that it's important to get out there and meet people in your chosen field, however you can. We all have heard, over and over, the importance of networking and self-promotion for when you want a job. But what you may not have heard much about is the importance of self-promotion when you're a soccer player.
If you're planning on pursuing soccer beyond high school, either by playing in college or by trying out for professional teams, you need to master the art of self-promotion.
Unfortunately, for a lot of people, this is harder than it sounds. When we think of somebody who talks about their accomplishments, we tend to think of people who are arrogant, conceited, boastful or braggarts, and we certainly don't want those negative words associated with us.
Repeat after me: I'm the best!
Look at it this way: You're going to be just one of hundreds, if not thousands, of other student athletes applying for that soccer scholarship or trying to get an audition for that professional team. If you don't talk up your soccer accomplishments, nobody else will, and that scholarship or audition will go to somebody else.
So don't be afraid to let coaches, agents, scouts and soccer clubs know just how awesome you are. And don't just tell them. Find ways to make your self-promotion stand out from the crowd. Grab their attention and show them why you're the best player they've ever seen.
Get them your soccer resume
When you're job hunting, one of the first things you do is create a resume and cover letter. The cover letter is the first step to selling yourself to potential employers, and the resume backs it up with a detailed listing of your experience and accomplishments.
When you're a soccer player, it's important to have a soccer resume and cover letter that do the same thing. The object of the cover letter is to convince the coach why you're perfect for his team, or to convince an agent that she needs to represent you.
Your soccer resume should back up your cover letter with your soccer experience and accomplishments. You need to have the teams you've played for on there, along with how well the team did during your time with it, as well as how well you did while playing for them. You also need individual statistics, like goals scored, points, assists, shut-outs, etc., plus any soccer awards or honors you've received.
It's also good to get recommendation letters from coaches you've played with, be it at your school or elsewhere. They can provide firsthand testimony to the kind of player you are, which can be invaluable for your soccer career.
If it's a scholarship or university team you're applying for, you may need to include some academic information, like ACT or SAT scores and your GPA. Because many universities have minimum academic requirements for acceptance, a coach needs to know if you'll even qualify to get into the university.
Modernize your soccer resume approach
While a paper resume is important to have, it's something that every other student athlete will have as well. You need to find a way to push your resume out of the crowd. One way to do this is to include a video resume or a highlight reel along with your traditional paper resume.
Where your paper resume will tell people what you've done, a video resume will show them, especially coaches who may not have had the opportunity to come and see you play. Plus, modernizing how you display your resume will set you a cut above the rest. If you don't send in the video resume with your traditional paper one, make sure that you include a note at the bottom that lets coaches know you have one available.
If you've been involved with any soccer camps, see if they have videos of your playing time. If you're lucky, some camps or soccer programs may even help you create a video resume.
Don't hold yourself back from getting that soccer scholarship or scoring a chance to play for that professional team. Get started now making your soccer resume and highlight reel so that you can blow those coaches away.
Joey Bilotta is the vice president of EduKick, a soccer boarding school exchange program. They host international soccer camps in countries as diverse as Mexico, England and China. They also offer players a video resume to help them continue their soccer career after their time at EduKick. For more information contact EduKick!
How many times have you heard "It's not what you know, it's who you know?"
It's been said so many times it's starting to get old, but the point is that it's important to get out there and meet people in your chosen field, however you can. We all have heard, over and over, the importance of networking and self-promotion for when you want a job. But what you may not have heard much about is the importance of self-promotion when you're a soccer player.
If you're planning on pursuing soccer beyond high school, either by playing in college or by trying out for professional teams, you need to master the art of self-promotion.
Unfortunately, for a lot of people, this is harder than it sounds. When we think of somebody who talks about their accomplishments, we tend to think of people who are arrogant, conceited, boastful or braggarts, and we certainly don't want those negative words associated with us.
Repeat after me: I'm the best!
Look at it this way: You're going to be just one of hundreds, if not thousands, of other student athletes applying for that soccer scholarship or trying to get an audition for that professional team. If you don't talk up your soccer accomplishments, nobody else will, and that scholarship or audition will go to somebody else.
So don't be afraid to let coaches, agents, scouts and soccer clubs know just how awesome you are. And don't just tell them. Find ways to make your self-promotion stand out from the crowd. Grab their attention and show them why you're the best player they've ever seen.
Get them your soccer resume
When you're job hunting, one of the first things you do is create a resume and cover letter. The cover letter is the first step to selling yourself to potential employers, and the resume backs it up with a detailed listing of your experience and accomplishments.
When you're a soccer player, it's important to have a soccer resume and cover letter that do the same thing. The object of the cover letter is to convince the coach why you're perfect for his team, or to convince an agent that she needs to represent you.
Your soccer resume should back up your cover letter with your soccer experience and accomplishments. You need to have the teams you've played for on there, along with how well the team did during your time with it, as well as how well you did while playing for them. You also need individual statistics, like goals scored, points, assists, shut-outs, etc., plus any soccer awards or honors you've received.
It's also good to get recommendation letters from coaches you've played with, be it at your school or elsewhere. They can provide firsthand testimony to the kind of player you are, which can be invaluable for your soccer career.
If it's a scholarship or university team you're applying for, you may need to include some academic information, like ACT or SAT scores and your GPA. Because many universities have minimum academic requirements for acceptance, a coach needs to know if you'll even qualify to get into the university.
Modernize your soccer resume approach
While a paper resume is important to have, it's something that every other student athlete will have as well. You need to find a way to push your resume out of the crowd. One way to do this is to include a video resume or a highlight reel along with your traditional paper resume.
Where your paper resume will tell people what you've done, a video resume will show them, especially coaches who may not have had the opportunity to come and see you play. Plus, modernizing how you display your resume will set you a cut above the rest. If you don't send in the video resume with your traditional paper one, make sure that you include a note at the bottom that lets coaches know you have one available.
If you've been involved with any soccer camps, see if they have videos of your playing time. If you're lucky, some camps or soccer programs may even help you create a video resume.
Don't hold yourself back from getting that soccer scholarship or scoring a chance to play for that professional team. Get started now making your soccer resume and highlight reel so that you can blow those coaches away.
Joey Bilotta is the vice president of EduKick, a soccer boarding school exchange program. They host international soccer camps in countries as diverse as Mexico, England and China. They also offer players a video resume to help them continue their soccer career after their time at EduKick. For more information contact EduKick!
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Studying the Soccer Game
November, 2007 - If you’re struggling to become a better soccer player, the help you need could come from an unlikely place: from study and observation. Now, before you start scoffing about how you’ll learn more by doing than by studying, think about it. If you never watch a game on TV, you’ll never see all those drills and soccer techniques you do put into practice. If you never ask a question about certain techniques, you may be learning it the wrong way and you’d have no idea.
If you enjoy doing something, you don’t just do it. You read about it, talk about it, and drive your friends and family crazy with it, all in an effort to get better. Become a better soccer player sooner by becoming a dedicated student of the game. Here’s how to do it.
1) Watch games on television.
One of the best ways to learn something is to watch a professional doing it. Watch the games, but don’t just watch them as a spectator. Watch their soccer techniques critically. Observe the attacking and defending strategies the players use. Look at how the team works together, and at what happens when they’re less than a well-oiled unit.
Watch the great players. They all have something to give you, whether it’s a lesson in how to be a better teammate or how to use those shots you’ve been practicing in a game situation. Take what they are offering and make it your own.
2) Hit the books.
While reading about soccer probably doesn’t sound all that fascinating, that doesn’t mean you should discount it. A quick search of Amazon.com with the keywords “soccer techniques” reveals more than 400 non-fiction books about soccer that include information on skills, techniques, fundamentals, tips, strategies, tactics, you name it.Do a little research to find out which soccer books would be best for you, and actually read them. There’s a good chance you’ll learn something you didn’t know, and you can start putting it into practice.
3) Discuss it.
It’s not hard to discuss our passions, but you’ve got to find the right people to discuss them with. If you’re having trouble with a certain soccer technique or want to talk about an offensive strategy that you read about, talk to your coaches or fellow players. Talking to somebody who doesn’t love soccer as much as you do means they won’t take any issues as seriously as you, which can make for a lame discussion.
Also, go to the Internet to find like-minded people. The World Wide Web allows niche groups of all sorts to meet and discuss on blogs and forums, and it shouldn’t be too hard to find a community of people that are just as passionate about soccer as you are.
Talk with them about systems of play, soccer tips and techniques, and offensive and defensive strategies as well. You’ll get a broader perspective about what works in which situations, and they may bring up ideas and tactics that you hadn’t previously considered.
4) Apply it.
As you well know, all the study and observation in the world won’t help you become a better player if you don’t actually get out to practice and apply what you’ve learned. Practice techniques daily with the soccer ball in order to develop ball familiarity: where your body gets so used to the ball that it naturally adjusts to the ball being there. This includes juggling for 30 minutes a day, and kicking the ball 500 times a day – 250 times with each foot.
Practice makes perfect, and it will also give you the opportunity to apply the ideas you’ve been learning in a real setting. All the studying in the world won’t help you become a better player if you never set foot on the field.
Studying, observation, discussion and actual practice are all important elements of becoming a better soccer player. By learning more about the game by studying it, watching it and talking to others, you’ll discover new ways of practicing that you may not have considered before. And when you combine those elements, you’ll become a better, more well-rounded player.
Joey Bilotta is the vice president of EduKick, Inc., which offers cultural soccer exchange programs in countries around the world.
Register now for their 2008 half-year soccer boarding schools by visiting http://www.edukick.com/ or calling 1-905-469-5661 or Toll-Free at (1-866-Edu-Kick)!
If you enjoy doing something, you don’t just do it. You read about it, talk about it, and drive your friends and family crazy with it, all in an effort to get better. Become a better soccer player sooner by becoming a dedicated student of the game. Here’s how to do it.
1) Watch games on television.
One of the best ways to learn something is to watch a professional doing it. Watch the games, but don’t just watch them as a spectator. Watch their soccer techniques critically. Observe the attacking and defending strategies the players use. Look at how the team works together, and at what happens when they’re less than a well-oiled unit.
Watch the great players. They all have something to give you, whether it’s a lesson in how to be a better teammate or how to use those shots you’ve been practicing in a game situation. Take what they are offering and make it your own.
2) Hit the books.
While reading about soccer probably doesn’t sound all that fascinating, that doesn’t mean you should discount it. A quick search of Amazon.com with the keywords “soccer techniques” reveals more than 400 non-fiction books about soccer that include information on skills, techniques, fundamentals, tips, strategies, tactics, you name it.Do a little research to find out which soccer books would be best for you, and actually read them. There’s a good chance you’ll learn something you didn’t know, and you can start putting it into practice.
3) Discuss it.
It’s not hard to discuss our passions, but you’ve got to find the right people to discuss them with. If you’re having trouble with a certain soccer technique or want to talk about an offensive strategy that you read about, talk to your coaches or fellow players. Talking to somebody who doesn’t love soccer as much as you do means they won’t take any issues as seriously as you, which can make for a lame discussion.
Also, go to the Internet to find like-minded people. The World Wide Web allows niche groups of all sorts to meet and discuss on blogs and forums, and it shouldn’t be too hard to find a community of people that are just as passionate about soccer as you are.
Talk with them about systems of play, soccer tips and techniques, and offensive and defensive strategies as well. You’ll get a broader perspective about what works in which situations, and they may bring up ideas and tactics that you hadn’t previously considered.
4) Apply it.
As you well know, all the study and observation in the world won’t help you become a better player if you don’t actually get out to practice and apply what you’ve learned. Practice techniques daily with the soccer ball in order to develop ball familiarity: where your body gets so used to the ball that it naturally adjusts to the ball being there. This includes juggling for 30 minutes a day, and kicking the ball 500 times a day – 250 times with each foot.
Practice makes perfect, and it will also give you the opportunity to apply the ideas you’ve been learning in a real setting. All the studying in the world won’t help you become a better player if you never set foot on the field.
Studying, observation, discussion and actual practice are all important elements of becoming a better soccer player. By learning more about the game by studying it, watching it and talking to others, you’ll discover new ways of practicing that you may not have considered before. And when you combine those elements, you’ll become a better, more well-rounded player.
Joey Bilotta is the vice president of EduKick, Inc., which offers cultural soccer exchange programs in countries around the world.
Register now for their 2008 half-year soccer boarding schools by visiting http://www.edukick.com/ or calling 1-905-469-5661 or Toll-Free at (1-866-Edu-Kick)!
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