Traveling

Traveling for a college athlete entails a lot of preparation and detail. Getting ready to travel for a game whether it’s on a plane or on a bus, there is a lot involved. Just as soccer is a team sport, traveling is a team effort. Coach will send out an itinerary and schedule for everything that needs to be done before leaving for the trip and it all has to be done on time and the right way. Each player on the team has their own job and has to make sure that it’s done correctly because come travel day everything must be in order. When traveling as a team we have to look like a team. We can only wear Troy soccer apparel and we all must wear the same thing and if we don’t there will be consequences or punishments when we return. When we travel as a team, we have a very strict schedule. The night before we have to be in bed in our rooms by 11pm no later and must have our phones off before we go to bed. We always will have a morning run and stretch the morning of the game, followed by breakfast and then video on the team we are about to play that day. Video is one of the most important parts of our traveling trips. We will watch video about 4 times as a team and each player has their own individual portion of video to watch in order to prepare themselves for the game. By re-watching video, we are able to get a good grasp on who we’re about to play against and what we have to be prepared for against other teams. Our travel is packed with several meals and our nutrition is very important while we are traveling. Our coaches make sure that we are eating the necessary foods before and after our games. After a weekend away traveling, we usually have a debrief with our coaches on either how the game went, what we could have done better, what we did good and how we are going to improve for the next game. Traveling is very exciting and being able to travel new places is one of the best parts about playing a college sport and it truly provides great experiences and lasting memories.