Junior Matilda's Coach Mike Cooper: How to Grow an Australian Woman Footballer.
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Mike Cooper discusses the challenges and commitments required to develop elite female soccer players in Australia.
The Price of Entry. I love this phrase. It fits for anything you really have to try for , if you really want to achieve and is the key nugget of wisdom from my chat with Junior Matildas Coach, Mike Cooper for the latest episode of Red Card For Mummy. There's a price of entry for all players if you want to be good. If you want to be elite, the price is higher. Who knows, when you get in, you may come home with a door prize. So as Australia celebrates her soccer gene as the World Cup kicks off and our Instagram reels are swamped by gyrating Ugandan Kids, Tim Payne and Norwegian Vikings pulling imaginary oars, I can't help but reflect on the effort it takes to get there. To a World Cup , that is. For players. For parents. For Everyone. The Price of Entry. Nothing in the world of football is certain, except that everyone is just one ACL injury away from wanting an exercise bike for Christmas. But there are some things in sport that are true. On the point of that ACL. It mightn’t be that, but you will get injured. You will have to do the rehab. That’s if you want to make a comeback. An injury is not a shame or an aberration or an unexpected…
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