Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Who Gets the Credit for the Goal?

I watch Barcelona whenever I can. It's a joy to watch them play soccer. One of their young forwards, Pedro, is a player I tell my kids to keep their eye on. Sure he scores plenty of goals, but I tell them to really keep their eye out for 2 things:
  1. Watch how he hustles. His energy when he's pressuring the ball and off the ball movement when he's not are a great example to any kid.
  2. Watch what he does when he scores. The first thing Pedro does after a goal is sprint to the player that passed him the ball and "give" that player the credit for the goal.
When my kids score, that's what they need to do; look for the teammate that helped make it happen and give them a big hug or high-five. I think Pedro's attitude is contagious within his team. I even saw David Villa run to Pedro after after scoring a goal assisted by a nice pass in from Pedro. It's moments like these that really make me smile.

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