It depends on how big your dream is. If your dream is just to be good at football, that can be done with a decent amount of work, just by doing what your coaches ask. If that's all you want, you'll be fine.
But if you want to be the very best, in anything, you have to be willing to train harder and longer than everyone you're around. The point when your friends think you are eccentric (crazy/overboard) about your training, that's when you're almost there.
Become a great athlete: Lift, jump rope, run hills, do speed drills, etc.
Become a great thrower: Work on timing, work on touch, throw a lot to improve arm strength, and do band training. Practice making all different throws.
And then, to take everything to another level, become a championship thinker/leader: Read leadership books (21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, How To Win Friends and Influence People, etc), and spend time around champions. People who have found great success in an area.
If you start there, you will jump start yourself over 95 percent of your peers, and the rest is how far you're willing to take it. Good luck to you.
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