"The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching." -Anson Dorrance
(In the picture to the left: I made my break away from the defender. I had already passed her up and the only way she would be able to stop me would've been a slide tackle, to regain possession of the ball. As I ran passed her she slid and was only able to get my feet causing me to trip and fall badly. The ref called it a foul because the defender did not go for the ball but for my feet instead. As a result I was full of dirt.)
Two weeks ago, my team (Spain) and I had a game, if we won we would make it to the finals. It was a tough battle as you can see in the picture to the left. We all had the determination to win. My team and I had so many chances to score, but as the minutes grew less and less, we finally scored a goal......winning the game!!
Last Sunday we lost to the top team on our league, Chelsea. It was unfortunate, but we have to learn from our mistakes. We know what we have to work on coming into the finals, like finalizing or first and last touches and practice goal scoring plays.
On Wednesday I had soccer practice with the Southlands Girls and Boys Soccer Team. We train together. In our practices we focus on training and conditioning. We started practice running to an adjecent soccer park from Southlands a couple of miles away.(but it felt like a 3 mile run.) As we arrived to our destination ( the soccer field) we did 5 sets of sprints, back and forth from the width of the field. To top it off we had to run back to Southlands and continued our exercise. We did 3 sets of suicides, which are sprinting as fast as you can from cone A to Cone B, then back to cone A to cone C. All the way to the furthest cone. That's a set. We had to do about 3 sets.We then did lunges from the closest cone to the farthest cone. My mentor Coach Tipton, wants us to be fit and able to last all 90 minutes on the field. We will be doing conditioning/sprinting exercises for practice this month, before we get touches on the ball. I have learned the types of exercises I could do to become faster and being able to last 90 minutes in a soccer game. I will use it to my advantage and keep practicing for my team.  |
| We practice with the guys...it makes us more aggressive |
That same Wednesday, I had soccer practice with my other soccer team Spain. We practiced on changing direction quickly with and without a ball. Then we had a scrimmage with the guys. It was a challenge! My team ended up winning, I scored one of the goals. Every Wednesday my day will consist of two soccer practices for mentorship that will help my team and I improve.
Now on to the finals...(:
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