So in this game at West Ham’s old stadium Upton Park, I was ready to play fresh. I recognised it as a weakness I needed to improve. But in that talk with the coach, I realised I lacked confidence and self belief.

Its tough to take when you’d been working so hard the months prior and it didn’t come off the way you wanted. I had tears in my eyes after April’s disastrous performance. My 3rd tryout: Football CV Tryout at West Ham United (May)Īlright here was another chance for me.

The coach of the camp pulled me aside after and asked me “what else are you good at?” I don’t think I have to say anything else. I lost the ball in the course of the 60-minute match at least 10x. In the camp you trained twice a day and at the end of the whole thing there was this big opportunity where apparently all these scouts from different clubs would come.įeedback: I played probably my worst game ever. My second tryout was at the end of a 5-day camp with a trials company that existed back then called Football CV. My 2nd tryout: Football CV Camp Tryout (April) I wrote them all down in my blog (below are the notes) This was a famous team that used to play in the Premier League.įeedback: 3 trainings later, the academy manager told me a list of things I needed to work on. I got lucky getting this trial (after emailing 50+ teams and getting one reply) to train with a London based team called AFC Wimbledon. Here’s what happened next in that 4-month period. Just maybe someone would notice me! That was my aim, I mean I was paying all this money and travelling all this way and making all this effort. I thought of it as four separate opportunities to play and see where I was at. May: Football CV Open Tryout #2 at MK Dons May: Football CV Open Tryout at West Ham United I researched all the available trials I could arrange, organised my flights and everything was set. So, I organised a period of four tryouts during a 4-month period from February to May. When I was at the start of my journey to reach the highest level, I was training a couple of months until I thought I deserved an opportunity to get evaluated.Ībove: A picture of our back garden where I’d been training for hours on end.

It happens to everyone but getting over it quickly is the hallmark of any successful athlete.

Tips to play getting over it