Football can you take to weird and wonderful places, but can give you dark times as well. Few players know that better than Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Jamie Young.
Young's return to the team has coincided with an upsurge in Brisbane's form that has seen them stunningly rise into fourth spot and finals contention.
"I’ve definitely made a positive impact since I’ve come in," he said.
"I’ve always set a high standard on myself no matter what happens. I do a lot of help with our goalkeeping coach Jason Kearton, and I have to give a lot of credit to him to help me play at this standard."
Young's displays were rewarded in January with a new two-year deal. He is now tied to the Roar until the end of the 2021/2022 campaign.
With nearly two decades of professional football experience under his belt, Young feels the best is yet to come.
"Definitely being 34 I use my brain a lot more now," he said.
"I know how to manage myself physically with that sports science background. I really, as I get older, enjoy the rigours of training from a skill-acquiston point of view as I know, being 34 now, I’m probably on that other side of the fence with my career.
"So I want to enjoy these moments as much as I can. As I get older I enjoy the chess of football.
"The strategies or phiosophies that teams use against each other and how that all plays out. I enjoy talking to all our coaches about different philosophies, about high press or where to distribute in a high press, game-management.
"I was having a great conversation with our assistant Tony Grant about that [the other day]. Just the philosophy of football is quite intriguing at my age, where as when you’re 21 all you want to do is get the ball and kick it.
"So using the mind a bit more and understanding the philosophy of the game, the strategy of the game, is a bit more novel to me."
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