When I was 14, I struggled on my soccer team, so I got private sessions with another coach twice a week. I would go out and practice and work over and over again. These trainings were painfully boring, but my coach would simply ask me to do drills over, pointing out mistakes I made as I went. I nearly quit. Towards the end of the season, the C team coach, someone who I didn't know at all, came up and asked me to try playing with him for a game or two. During the games, I started out feeling nervous and humiliated. Once play really started, however, I realized that I could play better at this level. I became much more comfortable with my game and started practicing and playing exclusively with that team. The next year of tryouts put me on the
