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May 26
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Building Confidence By Understanding How...

The Soccer Specialist
About this episode

Building confidence is hugely important to every player’s development.  Without a focus on building confidence to go with physical skill development you’ll never become the player you want or deserve to be.

But there are some key obstacles most players face during their development that can destroy confidence and keep you from becoming the best soccer player you can be. Let's talk about it!

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