Recap of the Last Few Days

Hello Family!   i thought this would be an easy way to keep you guys updated and you guys can come on and check anytime you like! Mom sent out an email today with everything that has been going on and i would just like to follow up!

I have been doing well especially with not really having a coach or team this last year. I've been training with SU for three days now and I'm already really excited about being coached! :) it's amazing what good coaches can do for a team! Among the two-a-day trainings we have had various fitness tests which have been difficult and EXTREMELY tiring. I'm pooped to say the least.

The first test that i had to do was called the beep test. this is where we run 22 yards back and forth to the sound of a beep. it gets progressivly faster to the point where you are essentially sprinting back and forth. You can miss one beep but then you have to catch up to the line before the second beep or you are done. The standard time for SU was 10:00 minutes and the starting time is 10:30. I got 10:11 which i guess is really good for a freshman who has never ran it before, so that was pretty exciting! i will have the opportunity to run it again and i definitely will. Its awesome to hear all the girls cheering you on, but it sucks when you don't hear the coaches tell you you have to catch the next line or you're done. Thats what happened to me haha no worries though! We have 5 technical tests that we can do to add time to our beep test. So right now my time is 10:21. I have two more tests i can do and if i pass then i don't have to do the beep again which would be awesome! anyway... I had the mile test yesterday and got a 6:21 and i needed to get a 6:30 so that was great! I've been extremely nervous for all these tests so im feeling pretty good about them now! i have to do the shuttle run tomorrow which i am definitely not looking forward to :( its supposed to be 86 degrees and we have to do the run on turf.... my feet are gonna be HOT!

The soccer portion is going pretty well. I'm not entirely pleased on how i have been playing, but i never am, so nothing is new haha I've been playing centerback and learning how these coaches like to play there back line which is a little different than what im used to, but its been great to see their style of play! Like mom said in the email, i had an awesome goal in a small sided game which saved my team from having to do extra sprints so i was pretty excited! I was playing right back and was going to shoot with my right but a defender was coming so i cut it back to my left and had a left footed shot that bent into the side netting. i was as surprised as everyone else when it went in hahahaha didn't know i could do that! woohoo! i've been working really hard in centerback, but its been kinda difficult because i haven't been playing with the best centermids so i have been constantly hammered in the back and i talked with my right outside back about it cuz i didn't know what to do and she said i was doing great that the people who were constantly dribbling down the middle were the centermids jobs so that was good to hear that it wasn't entirely my fault. I then started tell the centermids where to go and to mark up more and it got better. This mornings training was probably the best practice of my life.... we had a walking practice :) we just did a walk through and talked about situation stuff as a defense. my legs were very, very grateful! i'm extemely sore and these breaks we have in between 2-a-days are spent napping. Yesterday I wasn't doing the best, but Rich (the assistant coach) was helping me out and telling me what to improve on. We were doing 1-1 defense which i'm not very good at and he was giving me pointers on what to do. The girls on the team are awesome and i am sooooo happy that i chose this team over any other. They are all extemely encouraging and make sure that us "freshies" are doing well :) i've gotten some really good compliments from the coaches so i'm feeling better about my play. They told me that they can tell i've done my fitness packet because i'm really in shape and they have said a couple times that i have had good practices.

hope all of you are doing well! love you so much :)

-kelly ann