{"id":154156,"date":"2026-01-07T08:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154156"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:32:31","slug":"still-kicking-episode-2-its-time-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154156","title":{"rendered":"Still Kicking \u2014 Episode 2: It&#8217;s Time for a Change!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WZNUTgHcWxU?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Episode Two: First Practice, First Impressions<br \/>\n\u23f1 Length: 28 Minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Green arrives ready to lead Burlington City FC\u2019s first training session\u2026 only to discover a huge problem with the field. Undeterred, he sets new standards for the season: clear expectations, discipline, and a challenge to raise the bar.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 The session dives into fundamentals and possession games, pushing the squad toward a higher level. Just as momentum builds, coach Green had not planned for what happens at the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u2728 But instead of frustration, the players respond with energy, enthusiasm, and grit.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 This isn\u2019t just practice. It\u2019s the spark of something bigger. Don\u2019t miss how a team begins to transform under new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>SoccerCoachTV, over\u201150 soccer, Burlington City FC, Shaun Green, Still Kicking documentary, men\u2019s soccer documentary, rebuilding a team, pre\u2011season match, soccer coaching journey, leadership in sports, team culture, inspirational sports stories, over\u201150 men\u2019s league, soccer coach.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WZNUTgHcWxU\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Two: First Practice, First Impressions \u23f1 Length: 28 Minutes. Coach Green arrives ready to lead Burlington City FC\u2019s first training session\u2026 only to discover a huge problem with the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":154157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154156","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\/154156","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}