News for the Week of July 6, 2015

Program Notes for the Week of 7/6/2015:

Schedule for the Week of 7/6:
Monday, July 6 ~ 7:30AM-8:45AM @ Troy / Conditioning
Tuesday, July 7 ~ 7:30PM-8:45PM @ Troy / Injury Prevention, Technical Training & Open Play
Wednesday, July 8 ~ 7:30AM-8:45AM @ Troy / Conditioning
Thursday, July 9 ~ 5:00PM-6:30PM @ Troy / Injury Prevention, Technical Training & Open Play

Remember, spend every moment together preparing to win!  Are we working harder than our opponents?!?!


Alumni Game:
The date for the Alumni Game & Picnic has been set for Sunday July 12th at Avon Lake HS stadium. Once again this year we will be combining with the Boys for a joint Alumni Day.  The Girls will be playing at 3:00 p.m. with the Boys Alumni game at 4:30 pm.  Afterwards, we will have a picnic dinner. Everyone is invited and will be playing - both undergrads and Freshman.  Watch your e-mail and pass the word to other Alumni and mark your calendars now for an afternoon of soccer, food, & fellowship!!


Women's World Cup:
The Women's World Cup is now completed and the US are Champions!! The US overwhelmed Japan in the final by a score of 5-2.  You can follow all the action at the FIFA website which can be found at:

http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/

The results for the United States Women's team is as follows:

June 8th vs. Australia W 3-1

June 12th vs. Sweden T 0-0

June 16th vs Nigeria  W 1-0

June 22nd vs. Columbia  W 2-0

June 26th vs. China  W 1-0

June 30th vs. Germany W 2-0  Semi-final

July 5th vs. Japan  W 5-2  Final

You can visit the Fox website for more World Cup info. at:

http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/fifa-womens-world-cup

You can also follow the Women's National team at:

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

Congrats to the Women's National team on their third World Cup championship!!  This will be another huge boost to women's soccer here in the US.


The Multi-Sport Question:
Should you or should you not play multiple sports while growing up?  This is a hotly debated topic and below find an article from USA Today about the World Cup champion US Women's team and their experiences as young athletes.  Some food for your thought....

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/07/03/abby-wambach-morgan-brian-lauren-holiday/29665797/


Soccer Training Videos:
The offseason period is a great time to work on soccer skills and to assist with that we will be posting training videos and this week we have one entitled "How to do a Single Scissors". Watch the videos and then go out and practice and refine your technique.  The videos are put together by an outfit called Epic Sports.  They have a website that you can visit as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvtpFtZCdS8&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:

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself to be. – Lou Holtz

Adversity can make us better. We must be challenged to improve, and adversity is the challenger. – John Wooden

Today’s preparation determines tomorrows achievement.

You can either throw in the towel or use it to wipe the sweat off your face.

Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.