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Off the Field Work
The week of 8/28
For this week I ask that you write a journal entry. Like any good journal you don’t need to share this with me, this is for you. If you would like to please by all means share it.
Write a journal entry about what you want to do on the soccer field. This is not about stats and wins so for example don’t say you want to score a hat trick or you want to shut out the other team and dominate. What I would like you to do is write to yourself about what is fun to do on the soccer field? What brings joy? What are you trying to do on the field?
When I played soccer or american football I used to love to make people miss me to put a good move on them and to have a long break away down the line. While playing soccer I used to love to make a great pass so a teammate could run onto the ball and have a scoring chance. When I was feeling creative and the game slowed down and I felt in total control of the environment. I would be always searching for these moments. find these moments and discover what it is you want to do on the field.
Week 2
The emphasis for the next few weeks leading up to the Attack Summer Classic will be physicality and Defending together. When it comes to defending together I am not just talking as an entire defensive unit but also on a smaller scale. For example working together with one or maybe two other teammates to win the ball by pressing the player on the ball cutting of passing lanes and being tenacious and physical to win the ball.
Carlsbad Cup Tournament Break Down
Basically we are making it very easy on the other team to have success while also making players look like they are the greatest things since sliced bread which they are not. We honestly haven’t played a team that was 4-0 more athletic than us but we gave been beat 4-0 because we are not physical enough and we not working together defensively as a team yet. I say yet because it is only a kind of mindset change that is needed and one that you all can handle. Some minor tweaks and we lose these games 2-1 and take a step forward and then reassess from that point.