10 points to consider as achieving physical conditioning

1.   Accept every challenge.

2.   Have a good mental and physical approach

3.   Set your goals high.

4.   Don’t be afraid to succeed

5.   Play to win.

6.   Have heart and desire.

7.   Help people get better.

8.   Have a sense of humor.

9.   Don’t worry about things you can’t control.

10. Accept the challenge to play against people who are better.

10 Ways to Work

1.   Have a plan.

2.   Always think improvement.

3.   Use the correct form.

4.   Be mentally prepared.

5.   Be physically prepared.

6.   Have the right equipment.

7.   Always stretch first.

8.   Have a good attitude.

9.   Always challenge yourself.

10. Never rest until you are the best.

10 Steps to Stardom

1.  Competitive greatness – includes patience, your mental attitude, faith, determination, and fight.

2.  Coachability – Be hardworking, loyal, and enthusiastic.  Listen well.  Have the ability to adapt to different systems.  Be a leader.

3.  Skill development – have a will to work at the basics, giving attention to all details.  Strive for perfection.  Use repetition to achieve success.

4.   Conditioning – Conditioning includes mental, physical, and emotional training habits; diet; prevention of injuries; and the ability to take on all challenges.

5.  Confidence – Lead by example.  Respect all, fear no one.

6.  Practice habits – Be the first one there, the last to leave.  Be cooperative, have discipline, be alert, and have enthusiasm and team spirit.

7.  Loyalty – Be loyal not only to yourself, but to your school, coaches, and teammates.  There’s nothing more important.

8.  Goal setting – Plan your improvement.  Reach each level of your goals, little by little, until you achieve where you want to be.

9.  Ambition – Have the confidence and desire to be the best.  Work hard.  Be better than others.  Make your dreams a reality.

10.  Being a good sport – Show respect, integrity, and good judgment in how you treat teammates and opponents, coaches and officials.  Have self-control.

Development of Juggling Skills
Development of juggling skill in training provides four important benefits that money can’t buy, these being:

touch
balance
agility
soccer specific fitness

Touch - top level players feel the ball through the shoe, and know at every moment what part of the ball and what parts of the foot are in contact. The player learns to project, mentally, down to the surface touching the ball, foot, thigh, chest, or head, and learns to feel where the ball will go next based on the last touch. For example, it’s easy for you to toss a basketball back and forth between your right and left hands, even with your eyes closed. Your mind is in your fingertips. Why shouldn’t practice make it easy for a player to "toss" a soccer ball between their feet?

You must encourage juggling in order to develop touch, because touch translates into better results in matches. With good touch, players will weight their passes more accurately, have an easier time beating opponents with attacking moves, and be more successful at holding the ball against pressure, all because of improved touch gained by juggling.

Balance - When you juggle, touch on the ball is half the battle; the other is in controlling your body. Being able to make rapid, quick, micro adjustments with all the large and small muscles is a requirement for successful juggling, and players with better balance are the ones who can move to their right but keep their balance to shoot the ball to the left, just inside the post.

Agility - Balance’s natural partner, the ability to change directions quickly. As juggling increases balance, it does improve agility somewhat, especially for those players who work in-group juggling exercises where movement and control mix together.

Soccer Specific Fitness -Juggling is fairly aerobic, especially if you do it in a group with movement, and helps accomplish development of those little muscles that wear out quickly in matches if not conditioned, like hip flexors and lower back muscles. Kids with underdeveloped hip flexors have absolutely no speed at all late in a game.

At practice either before or after, a player may choose to show us how many consecutive touches they can do.  After they reach every level, the player will be awarded accordingly.