News for the Week of July 29, 2013

Program Notes for the Week of 7/29/2013:


Schedule for the Week of 7/29:
Busy week ahead for the Shoregals.  Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday will be spent with Avon Lake youth players at our annual camp which many of the girls are working at.  Then the season gets started on Aug. 1st with two a day tryouts on Thursday and Friday.  On Saturday will be our annual Teambuilding outing and tryouts and scrimmages will resume next Monday. Always a stressful part of the season - good luck to all!!


Shoregals around the World:
Ever wondered what happens to old Shoregal uniforms?  Well, in the case of some recent uniforms they ended up in Uganda. Coach Daegen working with Bob Barnes, the Head Coach of Ohio Weselyn Univ. arranged to make a donation to a youth soccer club in Uganda.  See the attached picture:

I have some more pictures which are unfortunately too large to down load into this blog, but if you could you would see a group of young Ugandan boys playing soccer in the old uniforms.  Uniforms that they would not be able to obtain without donations from the U.S.  Glad to see that the old uniforms are going to good use!

2013 Alumni Game:
We would like to post a team pic from this year's Alumni Game - great looking group of Shoregals!!

Video of the Week:
We are going to continue with 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 "The Top Five Soccer Skills Players Need"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqIVj9fCwNM


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:

Losers say what they’ll do; winners do without saying.

Pain is weakness leaving the body.

If you want it, work for it!

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete. - Willie Shoemaker (jockey)

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. - Satchel Paige (Cleveland Indians).

If you still look cute at the end of your workout, you didn't train hard enough.

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.