News for the Week of July 7, 2014

Program Notes for the Week of 7/7/14:

Schedule for the Week of 7/7:
MONDAY - 9:30AM-11:00AM Weight Training & ACL Prevention Program at Avon Lake High School.

TUESDAY - 9:30AM-11:00AM Technical Training & Open Play at Troy Intermediate School.

WEDNESDAY - 7:30AM-9:00AM Running & Endurance Training at Troy Intermediate School.

WEDNESDAY - 7:00PM High School League Game vs Buckeye HS at Buckeye.

THURSDAY - 9:30AM-11:00AM Technical Training & Open Play at Troy Intermediate School.

FRIDAY - Coaches Contact days - 8:00-9:30AM Tactical training & 10:15 - 11:00AM Technical training at Troy.

SATURDAY - Coaches Contact days - 8:00-9:30AM Tactical training & 10:15 - 11:00AM Technical training at Troy.

SUNDAY - Coaches Contact days - 8:00-9:30AM Tactical training & 10:15 - 11:00AM Technical training at Troy.

SUNDAY - 7:00PM High School League Game vs Olmsted Falls HS at Troy.


Alumni Game:
The date for the Alumni Game & Picnic is Sunday July 27th at Avon Lake HS stadium.  We will be playing at 3:00 p.m. as part of a double header with the Boys Alumni game. Afterwards, we will have a picnic dinner. Watch your e-mail and pass the word to other Alumni and mark your calendars now for an afternoon of soccer, food, & fellowship!!


World Cup 2014:
We are almost down to the end now as we are in the last week.  Today Germany blitzkrieged Brazil by a jawdropping score of 7-1.  Germany will now play the winner of Argentina vs. Netherlands.  The final will be played on Sunday afternoon 7/13.    All the remaining games will be televised on ESPN or ABC.  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 "The Best Soccer Drills for the First Touch":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXR8h6T5Er8&list=PL6SOwqge94ahsBirjKQtxR4tX1hcBPqfz&feature=player_detailpage


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:

Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.

A champion shows who they are by what they do when they're tested.

What you can become depends upon what you're willing to overcome.

In order to get it all you must be willing to give it all.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

You can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.