Hey everyone.

Ever heard of Charlie Munger?

He sounds like a QPR player from the 1970’s. But he’s not. He’s actually an American billionaire known for being a pretty decent investor.

He has a framework for success in life and in work. So I thought I’d give it a whirl in the context of being a football parent.

It goes like this: if you want to achieve something, identify all the things that would guarantee failure.

Then do the exact opposite.

So we tried it…..

How would you guarantee messing up being a good football parent?

Keep reading. It’s so bad it’s almost funny.

Let’s get into it!

RAISING THE LEVELS

👀 This goal line clearance is worth celebrating

Love seeing how pumped this kid is afterwards. Rightly so.

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😍 This is why you should start your football journey young!

We will never get bored of watching the incredible @fitdad__ and son duo.

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HOW TO BE RUBBISH

10 traits to guarantee football parent failure

We borrowed this inverse success framework from a billionaire. And we’re keeping it.

📍 Quick reminder: the idea is that to succeed at anything in life, just figure out what would guarantee failure. And then do the opposite.

So here we go…. if you’ve ever wondered how to make sure your kids aren’t active and don’t like sport? Do this:

1. Wait Too Long to Start
   Be passive and wait until school age to introduce sports.

2. Make It All About Performance
   Focus solely on championships and titles. Create pressure instead of pleasure.

3. Push Instead of Pull
   Force activities when they don’t want to. Kill intrinsic motivation.

4. Don’t Be Active Yourself
   Under no circumstances demonstrate positive engagement with sports and physical activity yourself. Children mirror what they see.

5. Ignore the Fun Factor
   Make activities feel like strict training sessions. Keep it miserable.

6. Resist Intentional Engagement
   Assume your children will naturally gravitate towards activity. Fingers crossed!

7. Prioritise Passive Entertainment
   Default to TV and just chill instead of creating opportunities for movement.

8. Be impatient and get angry
   Damage that parent-child bond.

9. Limit Access and Opportunity
   No regular "touch time" with balls and active play equipment. Hide it.

10. Don’t Support and Encourage
    Go Victorian parent style. Do not express positive emotions.

Simply follow these instructions to ensure failure!

Or try the opposite. 😆 

REPS REPS REPS

🛠️ Skills and drills and video tape

These are some of our favourite drills and play activities…

🧤 Shout out to the keepers out there working on their craft on front room carpets!!!

↔️ Love seeing movements like these broken down.

🌟 Everyone loves an Iniesta.

🥚 Love a bit of nutritional advice. My little one won’t try eggs even though I have told him Jude Bellingham does. I’m not even yolking!

💫 Use this Flick up to impress your friends!

⚡️ 1 v 1 upper body insights to throw your opponent off balance.