The Difference between Hoping, and Expectation- A Guide for Game Day Preparation
During soccer season, players are trained to prepare, plan, and practice. They have mastered, and learned different plays to confuse, and conquer a competitor. In the event of a lapse of preparation of the mind or body, the player’s performance will suffer. Prior planning and preparation will ensure the prevention of poor performance. While planning and preparation is required in many aspects of life, this guide will specifically focus on a college, or high school level soccer game. To adequately prepare the mind and body is to win the game before the whistle ever blows!
Ninety minute games, a field 120 yards long, and a consistently moving ball can add up to an …show more content…
Out of the five days devoted to endurance training, two days need be a specific type of running that involves jogging, and sprinting intervals. These running exercises involve keeping time, so be prepared with a watch, or stopwatch. A thirty minute workout involving intervals of running at jogsprint pace have proven effective. Jog at a comfortable pace for two minutes. Once the two minutes have passed, build up speed to a sprint that will continue for thirty seconds. After the thirty-second sprint is complete, return to a comfortable jog. Repeat the timed intervals until the thirty minutes is up, this should total to eight sprints total. Over time one will feel less, and less winded after the final sprint. This drill will train the targeted muscles to recover easily after a hard break away sprint during a …show more content…
Warm-ups are a tricky time for most competitors. It is a natural reaction to size-up a competitor when heading out onto the playing field. Focusing on their advantage will only cause doubt, and questioning about one’s own abilities. Disengage your opponent’s attributes by making one’s mind focus on perfected superior skills, and previous accomplishments. Intimidation is a game of the mind, and it is important to conquer it. If one is not confident, they will not execute at their best, and fall short of expectations. Doubt is inevitable, but choking is preventable. When the techniques that control our composure are mastered, one is able to step up with confidence, and compete the way they trained their mind and body. “Most battles are won before they are fought.” –Sun
During soccer season, players are trained to prepare, plan, and practice. They have mastered, and learned different plays to confuse, and conquer a competitor. In the event of a lapse of preparation of the mind or body, the player’s performance will suffer. Prior planning and preparation will ensure the prevention of poor performance. While planning and preparation is required in many aspects of life, this guide will specifically focus on a college, or high school level soccer game. To adequately prepare the mind and body is to win the game before the whistle ever blows!
Ninety minute games, a field 120 yards long, and a consistently moving ball can add up to an …show more content…
Out of the five days devoted to endurance training, two days need be a specific type of running that involves jogging, and sprinting intervals. These running exercises involve keeping time, so be prepared with a watch, or stopwatch. A thirty minute workout involving intervals of running at jogsprint pace have proven effective. Jog at a comfortable pace for two minutes. Once the two minutes have passed, build up speed to a sprint that will continue for thirty seconds. After the thirty-second sprint is complete, return to a comfortable jog. Repeat the timed intervals until the thirty minutes is up, this should total to eight sprints total. Over time one will feel less, and less winded after the final sprint. This drill will train the targeted muscles to recover easily after a hard break away sprint during a …show more content…
Warm-ups are a tricky time for most competitors. It is a natural reaction to size-up a competitor when heading out onto the playing field. Focusing on their advantage will only cause doubt, and questioning about one’s own abilities. Disengage your opponent’s attributes by making one’s mind focus on perfected superior skills, and previous accomplishments. Intimidation is a game of the mind, and it is important to conquer it. If one is not confident, they will not execute at their best, and fall short of expectations. Doubt is inevitable, but choking is preventable. When the techniques that control our composure are mastered, one is able to step up with confidence, and compete the way they trained their mind and body. “Most battles are won before they are fought.” –Sun