Schedule for the Week of 7/22:
After a week of two a days in 90+ degree heat and the Strongsville Showcase, the girls will have the next 10 days off before tryouts start. Rest up, heal up, but keep up with conditioning. See below for a training video of drills that you can do on your own.
Adidas Strongsville Showcase:
The girls did a nice job at the Showcase as we played some tough teams and were able to be competitive. All the girls got plenty of playing time and ample chances to work on their skills. The most pleasant surprise of the weekend took place in the Top Flight Freshmen game where Olivia Siko was selected to take part in the game.
The Top Flight game featured 58 of the best incoming freshmen from the entire state of Ohio spread over 4 teams that played in a tournament format. Olivia played forward on the Red team. In her first game Siko scored 3 of the 4 goals and assisted with the other goal in a 4-3 win by her team. The last of her goals in that game was a header off a corner kick that proved to be the game winner with less than 4 minutes remaining. She received MVP of the game and was interviewed by Ohio Sports Net. Siko's Top Flight team then moved onto the Championship game. The game ended in a 3-3 draw with Olivia scoring one goal and assisting on the other 2 goals. It then went into a penalty kick shootout which also resulted in a tie, including the 5th PK made by Siko. After 2 more rounds of sudden death, her team finally won the game and championship!
Said Olivia after the game, "It was an honor to be a part of this game and a challenge to play with such talented players. I couldn't help but smile when I heard my Avon Lake teammates cheering me on and supporting me!" Avon Lake soccer fans will be smiling as well knowing that such a talented player will be taking the field for the Shoregals this fall.
Video of the Week:
I just came across what looks to be an interesting collection of soccer videos presented on YouTube by The Soccer Essentials. I will put a new one up each week and their website may be found at: www.the-soccer-essentials.com
This week's video is entitled "5 Soccer Drills Every Soccer Player Must Practice to Improve"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Xtrl26_HBQM&list=PL8917422FE6904AA0
Shorty Sez:
We are going to continue presenting motivtional sayings coming from the Twitter site called Women in Sports which may be found at:
https://twitter.com/Women_Sports
Once there, here are some selected examples of tweets over the past week. Hope you find something that inspires you here:
The 4 A's of Success:
1) Academics.
2) Athletics.
3) Attitude.
4) Achievement.
Don't compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person from yesterday.
There are no mistakes in life, just lessons.
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. - Arnold Palmer
The difference between excellence and mediocrity is commitment.
Success — is how high you bounce when you hit bottom ▼
Shoregal Website:
Don't forget to visit our Shoregal website at:
www.alshoregalsoccer.org
There you will find more in depth stats and stories than we can fit on our blog.
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