News for the Week of August 15, 2016

Program Notes for the Week of 8/15/2016:

Training Schedule:

Monday, August 15th
5:00PM              Scrimmage: JV vs Brecksville HS @ BBHHS Stadium
7:00PM              Scrimmage: Varsity vs Brecksville HS @ BBHHS Stadium

Tuesday, August 16th
3:30PM - 5:00PM   Training at ALHS Stadium

Wednesday, August 17th
5:00PM              Scrimmage: JV vs Bay High School @ Bay HS Stadium
7:00PM              Scrimmage: Varsity vs Bay High School @ Bay HS

Thursday, August 18th
Free Day

Friday, August 19th
5:00PM              Game 1: JV vs Oregon Clay HS @ OCHS Stadium
7:00PM              Game 1: Varsity vs Oregon Clay HS @ OCHS Stadium

The Case for Mouthguards:
Another concern for young athletes is whether to use a mouthguard or not. Something to consider - an athlete is 60 times more likely to sustain damage to teeth when not wearing a mouthgurard. The following article presents the case for using mouthguards:

http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/mouth-guards-in-sports-a-necessary-piece-of-equipment


Soccer Links:
With the regular season starting this week, we want to highlight some websites to increase your enjoyment of the game.  Understanding the Laws (rules) of soccer can be challenging at times.  This week we will feature a site that can help you understand those rules and you can even ask real life refs questions:

www.asktheref.com


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:

The person who rows the boat doesn't have time to rock it.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weighs you down.

The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.

Playing time is not about what others think, rather what you earn practice by practice, game by game: make it obvious.

Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team can have. – Pat Summitt