Recap

So over the past few weeks:

I had the team camp that I mentioned in the previous post. Then following that was a week of conditioning camp which included miles and miles of running, a lot of jumping, push ups, planks, and very little soccer. After a few days off we started tryouts and 2 a day practices. So that means 2x 2hour sessions every day for 6 days straight. We did a timed 2 mile run on the track and I ran it in 12:45. Since then we have done a pool session where we did treading water with weight, without hands, swimming, pool muscle ups, and lung busters. A few day ago we did the infamous Cobb's Hill run.

1.4 mile run
6x .7 mile run(6:30 pace)
11x 100m hill sprints
1x 200m hill sprint
1.4 mile run

On average we have been running around 10 miles a day during the 2 a day sessions but as the season has begun it is closer to 4 miles. We had our first game on wednesday. A 2-1 win over one of the better teams in section V. I played some but not what I was hoping. I'm not worried about time on the field this year. My time will come to play.

As for the sudden post, I have been swamped with summer homework and I am really trying to just enjoy what few days I have left. Will post more frequently once school starts.

Spartan race next weekend. Stoked and ready to crush the competition. There's going to be no contest.

HOOYAH
Steve

Another Camp

For the past couple of days I have been attending a team camp as a preliminary exercise before the high school soccer season. I have been trying to take it easy during the day to nurse a back injury. Even so I cut down a few small trees and their stumps on sunday. It was back breaking work.

I also have completed the first draft of the letter to my BGO. I will look it over a few more times before I send it. I want to make sure I make the best impression possible.

HOOYAH
Steve

Soccer Camp

This is going to be a long post so bear with me. The past week I have been attending soccer camp at Boston University. It is a college ID camp for coaches to get a closer look at prospective college players and evaluate where they should be playing at the collegiate level. It started on sunday in the afternoon with a  1 1/2 hour training session with the WIlliams College soccer coach. Later that night we had a 1 hour game. Monday in the morning we had another hour and a half training session followed by short sided games in the afternoon for over an hour followed by a night game. Tuesday was similar in terms of scheduling but by then I was sore and I had gone to the trainer who told me I had a strained back. Wednesday was the last day with short sided games through the morning. 

In total it was 9 training sessions over the course of 72 hours. What it really did for me was open my eyes to college soccer. Most of the kids at the camp were way better than me. I felt really pressured to preform well in comparison to them. Soccer started to become a chore rather than a game. I would rather enjoy playing soccer for a few more years and maybe not play in college or play for a club team then go super hard to play Division 1, not play in games, and hate it the whole time. 

On the way to the camp in Boston we took a tour of Dartmouth. On the way back I got a call from a college student who applied to the Naval Academy. He ultimately did not get in, but did get an NROTC scholarship to Old Dominion. He told me a ton of the "goods" and "bads" of the Naval Academy vs a civilian college. Being at Old Dominion, he is right next to Little Creek where a few of the Navy SEAL teams are stationed. He told me all about how he trains with them and how they will eventually write him a good letter of recommendation for his SEAL application. He is one lucky guy.

Thursday I rested up a bit. Yesterday my friends aunt came to town. She is a soccer coach, Crossfit, fitness nut. So we did a Crossfit/girls soccer workout.

8 stations:
Jump rope/double unders
weighted russian twists
Bosu Ball burpees
agility ladder
ring tucks (see below)
Push ups
Wall sits
Resistance overhead press

Each station 1 minute. 3 minute rest in-between full rounds.
Three rounds of each total.

Ring tucks:

And of course I've been swimming a lot.

HOOYAH
Steve