How to Handle a Mistake

Are you going to make mistakes in a game?
If you answered that question with a "No" then you are incorrect. The correct answer is "Yes"! 

Yes, you are going to make mistakes in a game. Get use to it. The difference between good players and great players is how they react to those mistakes. Don't react negative and put your head down, react positive and hustle back on defense. 

Key Points to Handling a Mistake:

1. Don't beat yourself up for one mistake. Get on with it. Understand that mistakes happen to players of all levels. 

2. React positive! You can't change the past, it's impossible. Once the mistake happens you can't change it. Don't waste your time being negative and letting one mistake turn into two or three mistakes. 

3. Get back on defense or win the ball back right away and the crowd will applaud you for your work rate. No fan likes a player that sulks and walks around after loosing the ball.

4. Forget about it! Don't dwell on mistakes too long! Learn from them, forget about them and get ready for the next play! 

Bonus Tip!

Even pros make mistakes! The difference between pros and youth players is pros make less mistakes but they still make mistakes. Study pros and how they handle mistakes. Most get on with it right away and forget about it!

Be mentally tough! Learning to handle mistakes and not let them get you down will make you mentally tough. You want to be tough mentally. It will help you in this game and in life. 

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