We will meet in RM 103 at the HIGH SCHOOL tomorrow.

Also, thank you to players and parents who have offered to drive kids to practice. Rogan’s mom waited at the high school. Many guys and families really stepped up. Very nice.

We are expecting storms tomorrow in the PM so we will be doing some team building and some analysis

Come mentally prepared to have a thoughtful and focused practice.

I told the boys today, we have such potential, but it can’t be coach each day bringing intensity, demands, and energy. The players must be looking inward and bringing these things every day – achieving is NOT EASY. It is HARD. Look inward and bring that focus and fire every day.

The following players MUST complete Concussion Impact Testing Before Saturday. Click on the pdf form below and it will walk you through it.

Kareem Amin

Justin Balseca

Yasser Sandoval

Naseem Danna

Declan Fischer

Aidan Flood

Brycen Kreichelt

Juan Vega

Rogan Barnes

Jeremiah Giraud

Kaarsen McNally

Lucas Parada

Jose Reyes-Fuentes

Keerat Singh

Nathaniel Carpenter

Liam Caswell

Jayden Dominguez

Alexandr Koufalis

Tyam Lababidi

Logan Moore

Lucas Aguilar

Rashad Allie

Jeremiah Bermudez

Noah Quick

1. Mrs. Barnes can take 2-3 students over to the fields. Thank you! If you need a ride there, please be at the high school at 2:50 PM to grab the ride.
2. Check out the training recap post and watch a little of those videos and shoot me an email with thoughts

Arrive at the Chrinergy fields by 3:05 PM to practice at 3:15 PM. Remember we are at Chrinergy today!

I am looking for focused, hard-working, wanting to get better players today. It is fun to play the game and it is fun to grow! Look forward to it.

First: We will be at Chrinergy Fields tomorrow on Berger Road. I wanted to try the outfield of the baseball field but it is too small and impacts our training. I did it for our kids in town who have a hard time getting rides this week but we need the space of Chrinergy. Sorry for the back and forth but this is the right call.

Second: One of themes every high school coach looks to drive home is “boys to men” – the transition from practicing and operating as boys to practicing and moving towards a common goal as men. In college the name changes from “boys soccer” to “men’s soccer”.

Drew University (D3) in Madison NJ carries more than 40 boys on their roster. Only 11 start. Everyone works hard for the team – whether they start, whether they sub, whether they train and encourage and stay ready.

Here is Colorado College Practice

Colorado is D3 and the quality is high. Don’t be fooled thinking D3 is easy – it is not. Communication is high. I am looking for a higher standard here at Wilson Area. Listen to the cheering of teammates during final 3 x 2 training.

Or an inside look at UConn soccer (D1)

If you are willing to provide a ride for kids in town, please reach out to me. Watch this video and reach out to me via email with comments. Captains and everyone committed – do this!

Best part for me around 42 minutes in – great passing and movement. No goal but was really well done.

Remember, give it some time to load. Come back to it 30 min or so if it doesn’t work.

Use link in google classroom:

Google classroom join code: qav7nz6s

READ THIS FIRST: WE WILL PRACTICE TOMORROW AT WAIS 3:15-4:45 PM instead of CHRINERGY FIELDS. TOO MANY GUYS HAD A HARD TIME GETTING TRANSPORTATION THERE.

1. I had a few goals for training today:

a. Raise the intensity

b. Focus the players on our play and not on other distractions

c. The importance of WHO THEY PLAY FOR – WILSON. We need everyone sacrificing for the team goal. Only with all the oars in the water pulling will we make it where we want to go.

d. Quality touches and quick decisions

e. Some tweaks positionally.

2. How did it go?

a. Intensity was higher and expectations must remain there.

b. We need to improve in the attacking third – bottled up and recycling but resulting in low yield chances. One of my major areas of focus will be this.

3. I am blessed with such wonderful players. Liam had a nice one time touch in our possession game – Nolan slid across the field for a critical clearance – Big Luke scored for the blues. All names I will never forget. Teammates and team bonds last a lifetime.

TEAM VIDEO SESSION TONIGHT AT 7:00 PM-7:30 ish. Be there if you can!

LOVE EACH OTHER, FIND GOOD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT, RELAX, AND DREAM BIG.