{"id":124522,"date":"2025-07-13T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=124522"},"modified":"2025-07-13T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:33:25","slug":"why-we-teach-listening-before-kicking-at-jc-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=124522","title":{"rendered":"Why We Teach Listening Before Kicking at JC Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FDFlerLpWfI?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>At JC Sports Houston, we don\u2019t start with drills.<\/p>\n<p>We start with mindset, behavior, and focus.<\/p>\n<p>This video breaks down why listening, direction-following, and coachability are *the real foundation* for athletic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Because the fastest way to teach a kid to win\u2026 is teaching them how to learn.<br \/>\n#coaching #youthsports #soccer #kidsconfidence<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FDFlerLpWfI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At JC Sports Houston, we don\u2019t start with drills. We start with mindset, behavior, and focus. This video breaks down why listening, direction-following, and coachability are *the real foundation* for&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7795,"featured_media":124523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}