 What is going on today? I want to do a little Q&A, a little question answer for you guys. I've been plowing through all those emails that you guys have been sending me and I actually decided to highlight a few of the questions and turn them into videos. So today I've got a question and it's about a player who is asking, am I too old to become a professional player? And this is what he said. He said, I'm already 16 years old and I want to go pro. I play football every day and my dream is to be a professional player. I want to know, is it too late for me? I work hard and train 8 to 10 hours per day. Is it possible for me to become a professional? I get this question probably 10 times a day and the truth is I cannot tell you yes, you're going to be a pro or no, you're not going to be a professional simply based on your age or how much or how often you train. I've never seen you play. I don't know your potential. I don't know your attitude. So I can't tell you definitely yes, if you train five hours a day you will be pro. It doesn't work like that. Saying that based on your age, 16 years old, yes, you can still become a professional player. There are tons of players who started taking football seriously at this age of about 16 and went on to become professional. So yes, you can still become professional if you are improving every day. And more importantly, if you are taking action towards developing those connections, putting yourself in the right situation. I say this all the time, being good enough to be a professional is a small piece of the puzzle. Actually giving yourself the opportunity, finding those opportunities, putting yourself in the right spot at the right time is the bigger piece of the puzzle. There are tons of players out there, myself specifically, who are good enough to play professional, but they didn't put themselves in the right place at the right time. So if you think you're good enough right now, understand being good enough, that's a small piece. The big piece is building the connections, getting the agent, contacting other professional players, contacting clubs, getting yourself in the right spot at the right time. So you can prove yourself while you're still at that ripe young age where coaches, managers, teams would love to have you. So I want you to click this link. I'll put a link right here. I've made like five interviews with professional players and they talked about their journey. They talked about how they made it happen. And they also give you advice on what you should do. So is this ideal that you're starting to be serious at 16? No, ideally you want to be getting into those youth academies when you're 10, 11, 12 years old. That's the best way to do it. That's how you're going to give yourself the best chance. Now based on where you live, your financial situation, this may not be possible. So saying that you're 16, you can't go backwards. You can only move forwards. Yes, it's still possible for you to become a professional player if you are becoming better every day. And you are focusing on building those connections, putting yourself in the right situations, going to open trials, getting trials with teams, contacting agents, these types of things. So I just wanted to touch on one thing before we end this video. This guy says he's training eight to 10 hours a day. What? How do you sleep? How do you go to school? Do you have family and life? I don't understand. Eight to 10 hours a day. That's crazy. It's too much. You're going to burn out. I'm not saying that you're a liar. I'm just very surprised and shocked that this is actually possible, considering you have other areas of your life. What I would recommend maximum, maximum, probably like five, if you're super crazy, six hours a day, maybe you're doing two, three session, two, three hour sessions or three, two hour sessions, something like that. And you better be pumping lots of high quality food and tons of water into your system, getting at least eight hours of sleep because you will burn out very quickly. What I would recommend is more like four hours a day. Personally, I'm more of like a two in the morning, two at night. Maybe you have like a gym session or an hour in the gym, an hour technical skills, and then you have your match or a team training session at night time, something like that. So two in the morning, two at night, I think that's perfect. If you're doing that every day, you will see incredible results and you will become a fantastic player. So let's just end this video there. Like I said, if you're 16, is it possible for you to become a professional? Absolutely. Are you too young? No, not at all. There are players who become professional at 25 years old. Is it rare? Very rare. Is it possible? Still possible. Okay, but if you're at 16, you're at a great age. If you can break into a professional club by contacting these players or maybe you go the college route and you get some attention by your performances in the college league. Yes, there's still time and there's still opportunity for you. So please do not give up, still believe in yourself. Just make sure you are becoming better every single day and more importantly, you are building those connections. So if you guys like this video, please like, please comment. If you found it helpful, please comment below. If you have any questions, comment below. Please share this video with your friends and teammates and anyone who may have asked this specific question, please share this video with them. If you would like to have your question asked, just comment below and ask your specific question. I'll go through the comments and I will pick my favorite and what I think are the most valuable questions and I will highlight them in videos next week. So thank you so much for watching. Make sure you subscribe for more videos and I'll talk to you guys real soon.