News for the Week of June 2, 2014

Program Notes for the Week of 6/2/2014:


Weekly Calendar:
For those who are taking part, there will be technical training this week at your scheduled times.

A very important event this week is the concussion base measurements which will take place on Thursday June 5th at the following times:

Seniors – All Sports   10:15AM
Juniors – All Sports   10:45 AM
Sophomores – All Sports   11:15 AM
Incoming Freshman – All Sports   11:45 AM

All players must have these measurements taken in order to be able to take the field for both tryouts and the regular season.  Please make arrangements to be there.

Also, on Thursday June 5th there will be a walk through of the PEP ACL program that will be run this summer. The meeting will be for Seniors only as they will be leading the rest of the team in these important exercises.  The meeting will take place from 1:00 - 2:30 pm at the high school.


Team Captains:
We are pleased to announce the Varsity Captains for the 2014 season:

Clare Adams
Sarah Nasr
Rada Zunich

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit." - Arnold Glasgow

"Great leaders don't succeed because they're great. They succeed because they bring out the greatness in others."

Let's wish them good luck in their new positions and that they have a year of growth and development of their leadership abilities.


Alumni Game:
Tentative date for the Alumni Game & Picnic is Saturday July 12th.  More details on the location and times to follow, but mark your calendars now for an afternoon of soccer, food, & fellowship!!


World Cup 2014:
The Men's World Cup is almost upon us with the kickoff starting on June 12th.  The US plays its first game on Monday June 16th vs. Ghana at 6:00 pm.  All games will be televised on ESPN.  Follow the World Cup on the official FIFA website at:

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/index.html

Follow the US Men's National team at:

http://www.ussoccer.com/mens-national-team


Video of the Week:
We are going to post what looks to be an interesting collection of soccer videos presented on YouTube by Progressive Soccer Training.  I will put a new one up each week and their website may be found at:

www.progressivesoccertraining.com

This week we will present a video entitled "How to Play with Your Head Up":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dh6gaAnDHvA&list=PL6SOwqge94aioRi-D2ok6Zbe8gzovmMjs


Shorty Sez:
We continue with our collection of motivational 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:

There are going to be lots of hard times in your life, but those hard times only make you stronger in the end.

Find your happiness not just in the big moments of life but in every little one.

Every new day is another chance to change your life.

A negative mind will never give you a positive life.

Your mistakes should be your motivation, not your excuses.