BY AGE 12…

I needed a ball at my feet almost at all times. By age 22, I wouldn’t go anywhere without one. I would say, in retrospect, that there were about 5 defining moments that have led to the life I live now which is full of happiness, ambition, and adventure!

MOMENT 1 - 2005 - Inception:

At age 14 while in junior high, I took a basic elective course called “careers”

A pretty run of the mill “what do you want to be when you grow up” class. We did worksheets with ladder images on them that represented goal setting and how to get to your dream job.

We’d go around the room, “what do you want to be… what do you want to be…?”

I, of course, wanted to be a professional soccer player. I was a little naive then, pretty big fish in a pretty small pond, although I was talented enough at a young enough age that I could’ve

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What I Learned After Landing My First Around the World

JUGGLING IS THE TECHNIQUE OF KEEPING THE BALL UP IN THE AIR

As a youth player I got hooked on juggling the way kids are now hooked on fortnite, and at age 11 began obsessed over controlling the ball.

Therein lies the difference. Obsession.

Hundreds ask me how to do skills or learn tricks, but I wonder how many have the real determination to sit with something failing repeatedly for a month straight before finally succeeding? Probably not many.

Once I started mastering keeping the ball up, I began learning basic tricks, namely; the around the world.

soccer skillsDan DivenyDecember 5, 2020freestyle football, soccerComment

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