Saturday, August 18, 2012

Day 10 Preseason


Today was back to business as usual on the practicefield.  The morning session startedwith a slow jog just the right pace for me to lead the group on a couple oflaps and plenty of stretching to get the guys legs back after the previousgame.   Then a friendly gameof soccer horse shoes unless you were playing against me and Shefrin wherewinning was everything!!  CoachIrizarry seems to like this game maybe because you don’t have to run and yourfirst touch can be a pass.

Many of the players are taking advantage of the ice bathspost practice and the Mount Vernon pool to help them recover.  Me personally I just jump in theshowers at Mount Vernon which ONCE AGAIN were freezing both am and pm sessionsdespite being perfect on Monday when Brauzer tested them??

Enough of me complaining.  The PM session was another pre game run through a littleshape some set plays and home to rest. Another scrimmage tomorrow and a long trip to get to Norfolk, VA to playODU will be a big test for us.  Alittle confidence from Thursdays win will help the players for Saturday andhopefully we can play more consistently with the ball. 

Have to give a shout out for the start of the premier leaguetomorrow.  A lot of interest fromthe players, Shabans Arsenal have sold RVP and Song in the last few days to hisdisappointment, we have 2 Newcastle fans in the dressing room Scott andForrest, Coach Felix is a Liverpool Fan, and many more.  Sunday will see the match up of currentchampions Abaie’s Manchester City v newly promoted and my boysSouthampton.  For abaie’s sake thescore line should be in my favor as we will be practicing afterwards and I’d hate to bein a bad mood with only a beep test tocheer me up.

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