News for the Week of March 3, 2014

Program Notes for the Week of 3/3/2014:

2014 Shoregals College Prep Guide:
Once again this year we have put together a relatively comprehensive guide regarding what is involved in college soccer and how to prepare to play at the next level.  It was e-mailed to our player families last week and we have posted it here also under the Pages section on the right hand side of the blog. Hope you find it useful.


2014 Schedule:
Just in case you missed it from last week, we will present our 2014 schedule one more time this week. This year's schedule provides a variety of competition including two schools from the Toledo area in Oregon Clay and Sylvania Northview; the 4 new members of the SWC in 2015 in Avon, Lakewood, Midview & North Royalton; the current SWC teams; and two private schools in Padua & St. Joe's.  It looks to be a schedule that we can be very competitive with.

Opponent           Date

Scrimmages:
Nordonia           8/6/2014   Scrimmage   Home / Stadium  5 JV/7 V

Magnificat         8/8/2014   Scrimmage   Home / Stadium 5/7

Elyria Catholic  8/12/2014  Scrimmage   Home / Stadium 5/7

Bay Village       8/14/2014  Scrimmage   Away 5/7


Regular Season:
Oregon Clay             8/16/2014  Game   Away  11 JV/1 V

Avon                         8/18/2014  Game   Away   5/7

Wadsworth               8/20/2014   Game  Away  5/7

Elyria                        8/25/2014   Game  Away / 4:30/6:15

North Olmsted          8/27/2014   SWC Game Home / Stadium 5/7

Brecksville                9/3/2014     SWC Game Away  5/7 

Berea-Midpark          9/10/2014   SWC Game Home 5/7

Sylvania Northview  9/13/2014   Game Home 1/3

Midview                    9/15/2014   Game Away 5/7

Westlake                   9/17/2014    SWC Game Away 5/7

Lakewood                 9/20/2014   Game Home / Stadium 1/3

North Ridgeville       9/22/2014   Game Away 5/7

Amherst                    9/24/2014   SWC  Game Home / Stadium  5/7

St. Joe's Academy    9/29/2014    Game Home / Stadium 5/7

Padua                      10/6/2014     Game Home / Stadium 5/7

Olmsted Falls         10/8/2014     SWC Game Away 5/7


Conditioning Videos:
We will continue with the conditioning workouts from Shoregal alumnae Hilary George who is now entering her third year as assistant coach at the Univ. of South Carolina - Beaufort and 9th year overall on a college level. Hilary is also a certified strength & conditioning specialist. As promised we will continue to present videos of the USCB Sandsharks each week for you to enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAoOVBLy-5E&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqNIWmzYIQs&feature=player_detailpage

Keep in mind that these workouts can be copied and performed in the ALHS weight room or at the home of the player.


Shorty Sez:
We continue with our collection of motivtional sayings coming from the Twitter sites called Women Love Sports and Coach K which may be found at:

https://twitter.com/Women_Sports
https://twitter.com/CoachKWisdom

Once there, here are some selected examples of tweets over the past week. Hope you find something that inspires you here:

Winners build on mistakes. Losers dwell on them.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Don't talk, act. Don't say, show. Don't promise, prove.

Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.

There are two types of Pain in this world: Pain that hurts you, and Pain that changes you.

You shouldn't be surprised by success. You should expect it.