Day 3 Preseason

A rainy morning session greeted the players for the first session of the day and made our english contingent feel like they were back home playing at the local park.  It was without doubt the best session of the camp as we put the players through some high tempo exercises and they responded by giving everything they had.  With odd numbers for the game at the end of practice yours truly switched from coaching the session to playing.  The fans were not disappointed when within 3 minutes of playing I banged one in from 35yards. If only we had been taping the session.  Second thoughts maybe not as the actual distance may have only been 15yards.  Some testing in the weight room after practice earned a well deserved muscle milk shake from our strength and conditioning department and coach Felix brought the lunch from Jimmy Johns.

After lunch we met with our sports psychologist for the first time and its the quietest Ive seen the players so they must have been paying attention (not sleeping).  The staff and I were excluded from most of the session and afterwards the general feedback from the guys was all positive.  Another new addition/idea to the program that I hope the players will take full advantage of.

Brief highlights from this afternoons session saw Bezirdjian hit a brick wall named Sandland but bounced straight back up to the relief of everyone.  The goalkeepers engaged in some goalie wars which looked fun but were then crushed conceding 18 goals in the final game.  I should add that they had to defend 3 goals and to the amusement of some of our players they probably had more running to do than the outfield guys.

I wanted to give you the chance to get to know some of our players better so with Felix on lights, Irizarry on the mic and me on video our amateur production company taped some interviews with our senior class. Follow each day for a new video!!

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