Notebooks can have anything you like in them. Many top performers keep some sort of
journal. Eminem actually uses a shoebox
to store scrap pieces of paper with new ideas and inspirational themes. Write down something you heard from a coach
or teacher. Pen new concepts or drills
that you like. I know many goalkeepers
that would write down teams, names, or numbers of players who took penalty
kicks and which way they shot, so they could reference them before games in
case they took another PK.
Your notebook is for you and it doesn’t need to make sense
to anyone except you. I have seen
several over the years. Ones that have
diagrams of training sessions, quotes from coaches, players, and even parents. There are notebooks of things that work well
and things that didn’t work at all.
The important aspect of a notebook is that you not only
write things down, but you review it as well.
A notebook can bring clarity and act as a GPS for where you want to go. When
you write it down and review it, it will help you from travelling in
circles. It also can help you get back
to a place you really enjoyed.
