And they’re off!!

Day One is in the books:

Fitness Testing – Check, Heat Acclimatization – Check, Rolling out a shape – Check, Rolling out some themes – Check, Building Confidence – Setting Goals – Check, Realizing Connor Millen won’t take free kicks – Check (Having some fun with Connor here), Battle for Starting Positions – Check, Some Suffering – Check

Fitness Testing Resulted in:

4 Geronimo Class Players – Congrats – Jeff, Danny, Andrew, and Nolan B

More to come on results. These numbers are not the end all be all – Know that. Quality with the ball, game sense, communication, heart, character – these factors among others ALL play a large role in player selection.

Practice Player of the Day Today – Rashad (He worked really hard in all drills and without a jacket!) Great job!

Blue captained by Danny wins the group of the day today – free gatorades for ALL blues tomorrow courtesy of coach.

Practice Plan Tomorrow:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bTkqPeIh6vHJwqRg_9eeZ7DDnnAuSWoEu0hvp0ZuOGs/edit?usp=sharing

Theme Tomorrow:

Muscle Beach – Sleeveless shirts is the ticket.

Its just the beginning:

Get out of bed tomorrow and come to day 2 no matter how sore you are. Stick with us. The team needs you everyday! Everyone of you!

Jayden and Tyam and Kyle join us tomorrow!

Go Time

Our recurrent themes this year are:

Tough, Humble, Together (THT)

I will ask all players this tomorrow. As will I randomly quiz players on what I post here. The few of you who are checking here, spread the word. This is where EVERYTHING is communicated. Let’s go!!!!

What to bring to Practice?

1. Water bottle you can carry easily. We migrate a bunch around the fields and its nice to have water with you. There will be plenty of water to use for refills out at the fields

2. Sunscreen and bug repellant. Bugs are a Wilson staple and the sun can bronze you up fast in August.

3. Comfortable cleats – tough day to start with new ones – they will need some break in if new so maybe bring the old ones too

4. Anything needed for the theme. Monday is bandana day. A strip of cloth will do if no bandana can be found. Don’t buy one.

5. Any shirt or shorts you want.

6. Shin guards – optional but recommended for practice – mandatory for games. All shin guards worn in games “MUST BE AGE APPROPRIATE” .. itty bitty shin guards are all the rage now but keep in mind, this is an NFHS rule.

7. A ready to rock attitude. I don’t want anyone nervous or worried. We are not going to cut you unless you flagrantly violate team/school rules. Relax, bring your energy, and we are going to have some serious fun.

Last Email Update

As we begin to switch to the official season, I will not be emailing updates to the website. If you would like a email notification every time I post, please subscribe – you will see a field where you can enter your email at the bottom. Alternatively, you can check the website http://www.wilsonwarriorsoccer.com regularly – whichever you prefer. We want to encourage the players to be proactive and responsible for knowing their schedule, reporting times, etc.

We had a brief players meeting last night on zoom. I will post a recording soon that must be watched by any player that was not in attendance.

Here are the guys that were there! Great job Boys!

Steve Barba, Owen Miller, Harnit and Keerat, Levi and Kyle, Yahriel, Dillard, Gigi, Danny, Connor, Jeremiah, Anderson, Alex K, Andrew, Justin, Rocco, James. I know we had some guys trying to get in after we had just started but I had to be careful as we had some mischief from a few folks on the zoom. Sorry about that.

In any case, if you didn’t get to meeting or couldn’t get in, watch a video I will post later today and shoot me an email after you do. Happy Friday! 3 days to season launch!!!

Daily Update – Gratitude

1. Thanks for the help yesterday morning from some of the boys – Braden, Rocco, Ben, Gigi, Dillard. Pumped up the balls, went through uniforms. We are getting ready!

2. Thank you to parents and players who are working to get physicals in. I know it can be a headache but do it! Jose is done, Gigi, Jayden, Liam, and Lucas are getting close or waiting for approval

3. For every student athlete that is getting on the boat with us this year.

As you get your minds ready for the season, keep this in mind. Being on a team is not about what you get out of it, it is about GIVING to the school and community. Giving is always more fundamentally motivating then getting. This is what gets people up in the morning excited to do the work. Let’s give this community our very best!

REMINDER: ZOOM MEETING WILL BE AT 9:00 PM instead of 8:30 PM. I have soccer rules meeting tonight up in Nazareth and it may run overlong so 9:00 allows for that. It will be 15 minutes long.