First of all, I think that I would not be the best person to ask about this kind of topic, especially since I am a rookie in the world of professional football and have little-to-no experience of what the most important things are to focus on. However, as they asked me, I would try my best to convince the relative either way.
The first point I would lead of with is that the best players on the best teams in sports tend to be the hardest working and focussed people. Now of course that doesn’t always relate to school for a few, but in a sport as complex as football, showing mental aptitude towards studying even when it gets boring and stale will only serve to build character and good traits that can be used throughout their potential career as a professional player. I would then let them in on the very obvious trade secret that - while a lot of practice time is taken by drills to improve physical traits and fluidity in formations - a massive chunk of time with teams are dedicated solely to studying film and learning playbooks cover-to-cover. Not only does studying build the character they need to make sure they know they can succeed, it also makes coaches and GMs that much more interested in getting you in their team and giving you a shot at the career everyone dreams about. Not everyone dreams of studying film for half of their sporting life, but it is the price that must be paid for making it to the top.
And finally, I would remind them that athletics do not last forever, and as such gaining skills in educational disciplines outside of PE will help when Father Time catches up on them and they have to survive in the real world again. It will be a while until I get there, but it is something that needs to be worked on early in order to have the plan set for the time arriving.
The first point I would lead of with is that the best players on the best teams in sports tend to be the hardest working and focussed people. Now of course that doesn’t always relate to school for a few, but in a sport as complex as football, showing mental aptitude towards studying even when it gets boring and stale will only serve to build character and good traits that can be used throughout their potential career as a professional player. I would then let them in on the very obvious trade secret that - while a lot of practice time is taken by drills to improve physical traits and fluidity in formations - a massive chunk of time with teams are dedicated solely to studying film and learning playbooks cover-to-cover. Not only does studying build the character they need to make sure they know they can succeed, it also makes coaches and GMs that much more interested in getting you in their team and giving you a shot at the career everyone dreams about. Not everyone dreams of studying film for half of their sporting life, but it is the price that must be paid for making it to the top.
And finally, I would remind them that athletics do not last forever, and as such gaining skills in educational disciplines outside of PE will help when Father Time catches up on them and they have to survive in the real world again. It will be a while until I get there, but it is something that needs to be worked on early in order to have the plan set for the time arriving.
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