In August of 2012, my soccer team had just starting practicing again. We had one goal in mind: to win Missouri State Cup in June of 2013. We worked really hard during the months before Cup. Almost everyone was throwing up at practice because of everything we had to do. Every Sunday, we had a conditioning practice for 2 hours. A typical workout on Sunday practices would be a 3-mile timed run, then a 1.5 mile run, then 50 push ups and 50 v-ups, followed by 20 minutes of core, 20 minutes of cardio, then running stairs, and finally a 2 lap cool down and 50 more push ups and v-ups. Sunday practices were really hard, but they got our team to one of the best conditioned teams in the state. We did Sunday practices as well as practices on Tuesday and Thursday and sometimes Mondays from August to June. When it was finally Cup, we went to Springfield ready to win. We won all three of our pool games, so we came back the next weekend for the semis and finals. We won 2-1 in the semis, and that was the only goal we allowed the whole Cup. We played the finals the next day, and it was 0-0 at halftime. We were determined to win, and with less than 10 minutes left, we scored. We held on and won.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
State Cup
In August of 2012, my soccer team had just starting practicing again. We had one goal in mind: to win Missouri State Cup in June of 2013. We worked really hard during the months before Cup. Almost everyone was throwing up at practice because of everything we had to do. Every Sunday, we had a conditioning practice for 2 hours. A typical workout on Sunday practices would be a 3-mile timed run, then a 1.5 mile run, then 50 push ups and 50 v-ups, followed by 20 minutes of core, 20 minutes of cardio, then running stairs, and finally a 2 lap cool down and 50 more push ups and v-ups. Sunday practices were really hard, but they got our team to one of the best conditioned teams in the state. We did Sunday practices as well as practices on Tuesday and Thursday and sometimes Mondays from August to June. When it was finally Cup, we went to Springfield ready to win. We won all three of our pool games, so we came back the next weekend for the semis and finals. We won 2-1 in the semis, and that was the only goal we allowed the whole Cup. We played the finals the next day, and it was 0-0 at halftime. We were determined to win, and with less than 10 minutes left, we scored. We held on and won.
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