Training Recap 7/14

28 Guys and 1 Gal! That is awesome!

Full field action, stopped on occasion to review what we want!

  1. Counter press – this was lacking and needs to improve
  2. Head up and pass quickly
  3. Off the ball movement and runs must happen decisively
  4. Overlapping runs by fullbacks – these MUST MUST happen and only one or two do them.
  5. Lacking fitness

To be better, we need to GROW. That means working hard to get better – not just play.

Men of the match highlighted:

Harnit and Keerat

Yahriel

Juan*

Thursday I will be looking for growth on all these items AND we will have it all on record with our NEW LIVESTEAMING capable AI camera! WAHOO!!!!!

WABSC Weekly Schedule!

I am looking to build in a few evening practices for players who work in the AM. I am working with my schedule to make time for those and I will announce when I have it down.

This Week:

Tuesday at 8:00 AM-9:00 at WAIS

Thursday at 8:00 AM-9:00 at WAIS

I will likely post one other time this week. Be ready!

New Edpuzzle to be posted tonight on positioning! Check it out and do it!

Love, Sacrifice, Humility, Fire

Do you check the website each day?

Are you training your body each day?

Are you training your skills each day?

Are you training your brain each day?

Are you ready to sacrifice for and love your teammates?

Are you ready to grow and be your best YOU?

Do you have the fire inside to make big things happen?

Email me back if you read this.

Training Tomorrow!

Training tomorrow at 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM at WAIS! I would love to see 30 guys there. Set those alarms. Get out of bed and going with your day and have some fun with us! Great seasons do not just “happen”. Be ON TIME – by that I mean ready to go at 7:30 AM.

Player Rating USMNT vs Belgium

Having read some of the other websites player ratings – I am wondering if they watched the same game. Here are my thoughts:

I will start with the good grades:

Tillman – A – This is not because of the goal. He was tireless and active and of our players seemed truly in the fight.

Balogun – B – He made runs, was active, and had a dangerous chance. Strikers can’t and don’t score every game. He was active.

Robinson – B- – You knew he was on the field unlike some of our other players. Up and down and having to cover the whole left side really. Some culpability in the 1st goal but he was fine tonight.

Freeman – C – There was trouble down the right all night. Some successful challenges. Some poor positioning. Some good some bad.

Adams – C- – Outmanned in the midfield and not on his best night but was saddled with low ebb all around him but he didn’t dispel the gloom and became lost in it.

Berhalter – C- The super sub brought some fire and that shot was whisker close ….. to hitting the post! A full foot from punching it in. Good hit but those are not enough for a grade above a C. Not much else that was game changing from the son of our former coach.

Dest – C- Not as aggressive as I wanted him to be. Some sites have him ranked as a 2/10. C’mon man!

Richards – C- Had some clumsy moments. Seemed to care the most at the end – nothing objective to support that. He’s a good center back – it just all crumbled around him.

Ream – D+ – Did have some successful challenges. No one can be a hero all the time and he was ordinary tonight. Beaten on header. Clumsy on the 3rd goal when we needed a hero. The grade seems harsh based on his age but no favors for the old. I think we need another center back or two.

Reyna – D Not much to speak of and he played TOO LONG for that to be the narrative. Did he help with momemtum at beginning of second half – yes. Did he change the game? No.

McKennie – D- Forgot he was playing. I even looked for him at times to locate him. Disappearing act par excellence.

Pulisic – F – Led the team in turnovers despite exiting. Maybe he was playing hurt all along. I hate the whining for fouls which makes him hard for me to grade always but today he did not pass the test.

Coach Pochettino – As a coach my heart goes out to him. Did he pick our best 11? Probably. Do we have some talent holes and gaps? Yes. He tried his best to hide our weaknesses and for that I rate him well. BUT – we came out with less intensity than we should have and that is on him and despite kicking bottles was not able to change the game enough with subs – partly due to the roster. Was he expecting Belgium to pack it in like our other opponents (except Turkey and we lost to them). Distractions, energy, and lack of aggressiveness are his responsibilities and he must go down with the ship – D.

Training Recap – The Inside Game

The good:

Some of the linkups and passing looked great today. We need to be able to do this and possess the ball and be clean and we looked really good with this at times.

I liked the energy and fun the guys were having

What we need more of:

Consistent Attendance and Commitment. I am NOT talking about guys away on vacay or such – everyone should do this (including me) and enjoy your families – I am talking about being around and not coming. We need you at YOUR best. Show your commitment and be here.

Fitness Training – train hard every day you aren’t with us. You don’t need me to get strong. You don’t need me to get fit. RUN RUN RUN. Lift. Do push-ups. Track your times. Email me. High School Soccer is competitive and hard and we need everyone physically up to it BEFORE AUGUST 17. I can’t spend our first two weeks getting you fit.

Looking ahead:

At fields at WAIS Thursday 7:30 – 9:00 AM. I want to see 30 boys out there Thursday.

Day 1 of official practice will be testing (fitness and skill).

Fitness:

1/2 mile time

Shuttle run time (6, 18, half, 18, 6)

Pushups in 60 seconds

1/2 field sprint

Skills:

1st touch and passing (ball and a wall – both feet)

Long balls (be able to kick the ball accurately 30-40 yards in air)

Ball Control through course

Headers (off long balls and punts)

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