Chapter 22: SAY THANK YOU – ROOKIE: Surviving Your Freshman Year of College Soccer

If you want to get college coaches into a frenzied conversation, mention the word entitlement. Coaches have a surplus of stories about players who feel they are entitled to everything they’ve been given and who keep asking for more. A disproportionate amount of what a coach hears can be translated to gimme, gimme, gimme. Believe me, it’s exhausting.

Every coach enjoys a player that shows some appreciation for all that she is given. Show that these gestures and perks don’t go unnoticed by occasionally saying thank you. Your coach will appreciate it and his opinion of you will rise.

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