How Many Hours Did I Really Train? A Pro Player Gets Honest About His Childhood

How many hours does it actually take to go pro? In this episode, we sit down with Erik McCue, a professional footballer, to get an honest, no-hype breakdown of what real youth training looked like on his path to the pro game. Erik walks us through his journey from casual pickup soccer as a kid to disciplined, high-volume training as a teenager — and shares the numbers most academies won't tell you.Coming up in this episode:The real hours he trained before age 12Why his parents never pushed him — he pushed themThe burnout mistake most soccer families make