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@jason_howerton Sounds like the dream my man

I assume you asked genuinely, so I’ll answer genuinely. I live in the country, but I’m certainly part of the demographic that you might see as “boring” like this. Here’s my Friday: I wake to the shouts and giggles of two little boys. Get some hugs and some coffee, now it’s time to make money. At about 1pm my sons busted into my office and asked me if I’d take them to play golf. I said yes because I’ve built a life in which I can. When we get home, I finish work. Later, we have dinner as a family (chicken fried chicken and mashed potatoes, it was 🔥). My sons ranked their days on a scale from 1-10 like we do and they said today was a “10.” Whatever high yall city folk get from “going out,” I got it from that. Then I played basketball with my sons. We watched a little TV on the couch together. Now it’s bath time, bed time, Bible and prayers. As my oldest closed his eyes, he told me how he makes his friends pray before they eat lunch. I felt that “high” again. Kids are asleep. So now it’s time for mom and dad to do some fun things that married people do. This is my Friday night. And I’ll be absolutely WIPED by 10pm - it was a full day. And while it might sound insane to you right now, I wouldn’t trade places with any person on Earth. I have what men search for all their lives; what men would sacrifice everything to have. Some have lost it chasing the things you’re suggesting I’m missing out on. I mean this with all the love in the world. I’m not defensive. But I know with certainty, what you find rewarding will change the instant you are holding your first child in your arms. And I’m so excited for you to experience it one day. Good luck out there. Sincerely, A boring dad

@SelecaoTalk You should instantly lose all credibility with a statement like this. Nothing you say in the future should be taken seriously

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The key is getting those hours through a combination of structured play AND unstructured That’s what allows one to still do “multi sport” while getting the hours needed to maximize potential in a high skill sport like soccer Also allows all the other benefits that come from unstructured play that most kids aren’t getting

@PaulSpacey I was chatting with a friend, asking how much her kid trained per day. She said, club and then 1 or 2 extra sessions per day. No wonder why the kid is at one of the top teams in the area. I think the @HappySoccerGuy mentioned that at least should be 20hrs per week of training.

"Let them play multiple sports." Fine. Just know the kids who don't are already ahead.

@BatesvilleBob @TheBolivianYank I have a daughter too, (not old enough yet). but I grew up in South America and all I hear is horror stories about the cost lol

@boldpath @TheBolivianYank We live in southeastern Indiana. Small town of 7k people. For any good competition we go east to Cincy or west to Indy. I just asked my wife. She started at an academy at 500/ yr and as a Sr in HS we paid $1,800-2,000 max. One of the top 2 clubs in the state.

This is why club soccer in the US doesn’t work. I know too many coaches—and good ones…that decided to walk away because of not wanting to deal with parents being your boss (since they are who funds it). Our culture has it backward. Should b funded by pro clubs and many!

The funner to play by yourself is kind of true. I live and breath soccer and grew up playing street soccer, (and did it on my own), but shooting hoops on your own kind of is a lot more fun than randomly dribbling around cones on your own. That's one of the advantages of shooting hoops, it's hard to beat if you're on your own

Not sure if this is everywhere… just took the dogs for a walk for a 🏀 break and nearly every kid in the neighborhood seemed to be shooting hoops. Why can’t this happen in soccer? Is it because…

those scales are almost pointless in giving you good estimations. Unless of course you assume they tend to average 7-10% higher than what is accurate lol. In that case they can work well. You can also upload it to AI and ask it to give you a hardcore guess on your body fat %, (I.e. "don't follow bs mainstream body fat % standards, go hard on me"), and that will be more accurate. But based on your height and weight, it tracks that you're at least 25%. I think getting to 175, (assuming all fat loss), puts you at 15%, which is already more muscle than average guy for your height, (be ready to go lower if still not satisfied with leanness at that point). I'm 6'4" and went very low when doing a hardcore cut

Okay Fitbros... I need help here. My Hume scale that's supposed to read all the important shit says I'm at 28 BMI / 25.4% bodyfat. I'm 5'11", 197.2lbs. I obviously have a lot of skin, and still quite a bit of fat here, but it's quite possibly the best my midsection has looked since late middle school / early high school when I was deep in Tae Kwon Do... My question, is this BMI / bodyfat % accurate? Because it's fucking depressing me. I really want to be sub 15% bodyfat / 21 BMI as my living / standard weight... But according to every chart I look at, this means I need to drop to like 155 pounds??? I feel like I don't have 40 pounds of fat left... I was aiming for 175, until I started looking at "healthy" BMI's / body fat %'s.... Now I'm stuck. Yes, I am flexing my ass off & sucking things in like my life depends on it. lol. No I'm not showing off, this is actually pretty embarrassing, but I have a lot of friends on here way smarter at this shit than I am. So here we are... Help?

Yes they do, and I personally love their system. But a few examples in those skill dominant sports doens't prove that model for that sport. For example, Haaland grew up with a professional Footballer as his father. He wasn't dividing his time equally between sports. He was getting a LOT more time towards soccer. Again, they do fantastic as a nation, but no model is perfect across the board for all sports, as all sports do have differences built in. By and large like you said, they're doing amazing and more should learn from them

@boldpath They’ve got some world class tennis, golfers, and soccer players. Plus they do well in handball. All skill sports At some point, population obviously matters. They’re going to have a smaller talent pool. Which makes team sports harder.

The key to Norway's sporting success?
 "It takes everything we do in the US and does the opposite. We treat child athletes like budding professionals, prodigies train like the pros they look up to. In Norway, they let kids be kids. We don't keep score before age 12."

@BatesvilleBob @TheBolivianYank Dude where do you live lol

@TheBolivianYank My daughter played club soccer for ~8 yrs. High level team in a top club. state championship-level team & club. Won at least 1, maybe 2. Not shabby at all. We never paid anywhere near $3,000 for a season.

Enforcing quotas for female coaches dilutes the product Only way this makes sense is if their viewership truly cares more about seeing female coaches than watching the best soccer possible

@rwl140172 @KathrynBatte It only helps if their viewership prefers seeing more female coaches over the best quality

@KathrynBatte Does this actually help the woman’s game. Say for Instance a so called top Manager say pep wanted to manage woman’s team would that not help raise the woman’s game?

FIFA have ruled that all national teams and clubs competing in its women’s competitions must have a female head coach or assistant. Only 12 managers at 2023 World Cup were women. Seven of those countries now managed by men. telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

@KathrynBatte This lowers the quality of the league If you’re trying to grow the product this is a bad idea UNLESS, they’ve done a deep dive and realized their market cares more about seeing female coaches than it does the highest level of play

@TheBolivianYank @tomsan106 If the argument is making it as far as you can, this makes sense This guy arguing might be arguing for overall quality of life, having other options, variety etc But that’s different argument

False. Read up on @tomsan106. He’s the reason why the current Japan crop are so good technically. To have that high caliber of player, he preaches it all begins when you could walk.

@40wheels @TheBolivianYank This is unequivocally false when it comes to soccer All sports are not the same There are some you can make it despite starting in high school assuming you’re an athletic freak. Soccer ain’t it

I agree that club soccer is ridiculous to pay $3000yr for kids, but you don’t need to develop talent that young anyway. Doesn’t really need to start until high school. The proof is in our other major sports - kids don’t get big until high school anyway there’s no point in spending so much money before then.

@TomBradyEgo Another lovely fake encounter.

Kevin Hart tried playing peacemaker when Gronk and Logan Paul got into it 😂

@ManagerTactical They are WAY too cocky and confident in their takes. The rest of the world has put them on too much of a pedestal, and this is what we're left with. It's no different than coaches with an English accent in North America getting way too much respect just cause of the accent lol

It’s always someone from England with the worst takes. Holy f*ck

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@maretorX @mageeclegg My point is you’re not saying anything I didn’t already say I simply said it used to be way louder back in the day lol

@boldpath @mageeclegg Well, compared to the Caribbean Chile is very quiet. Of course, there might be some countries that are less noisy. It also depends on the neighborhood and area you spent time in.

Mexico 🇲🇽 is loud. Chile 🇨🇱 is quiet. I lived in Mexico for 6 years… Then spent the last year in Chile. I forgot… 🇲🇽 Music everywhere. Vendors shouting. Horns, bells, voices on top of each other. It’s a beautiful kind of chaos… 🇨🇱 Voices stay low. People are aware of each other. Play music on the beach… you’ll get fined for it. I miss Mexico 🇲🇽… but a quiet beach in Chile 🇨🇱 is hard to beat.

@maretorX @mageeclegg Never said it was. But I disagree anyways. Sure, it wasn't as loud as Argentina or Brazil, but definitely louder than many other south American countries

@boldpath @mageeclegg Chile has never been as loud as other Latin American countries.

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