The transition to college soccer can be difficult for some players. The level and expectations for the player are set high. Incoming players have the whole summer to prepare themselves to come ready for the soccer season which starts in August. If you decide to just lay around and not do any significant workouts forContinue reading “The Level of College Soccer”
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New Summary
As I talked about on the last two summary posts, the new summary post will be like the other ones. This post you will have a resume of the “How to Be a Leader” and “Media Day” post. The “How to Be a Leader” post gives step by step as a list format on howContinue reading “New Summary”
Media Day
Media day is the most exciting day for Troy University athletes. It is the first time the teams meet after summer break to get ready for preseason. On media day players get to wear the uniform for the first time and take pictures and video so the school can create the posts and highlights forContinue reading “Media Day”
How to Be a Leader
1. Leading On and Off the Field: Being a good team captain is leading by example. In order to be a good captain, you must be giving full effort all the time because as a captain, you are going to be someone who your teammates look up to. If you’re slacking off and half doingContinue reading “How to Be a Leader”
Summary Part 2
The summary part 2 will continue to giver an overview of Troy women’s soccer team blog. As mentioned on part 1 people have learned from the posts what it takes to be a division I student athlete. It takes a lot of hard work on and off the field in order to succeed as aContinue reading “Summary Part 2”
Summary Part 1
The Keeping Up with Troy Soccer blog posts have helped some people to know more about the university women’s soccer team and what it takes to be on the team as a division I student athlete. These posts tell and show behind the scene workouts, schedule and relationships of the players with the soccer staff.Continue reading “Summary Part 1”
Get to Know Alisa
Today I am interviewing Troy women’s soccer player, Alisa Detlefsen. Alisa has been playing at Troy for the past two years and is a sophomore at Troy University. She is from Jacksonville, Florida and has been playing soccer for 15 years and is a center midfielder. She has been a starter at Troy since herContinue reading “Get to Know Alisa”
Harsh Reality of College Sports
One of the harsh realities of college sports is that they do not always work out. Before coming to college, college sports can be very hyped up from your parents to your friends to your coaches and teammates. Everyone around you is going to happy and supportive of your opportunity to go and play aContinue reading “Harsh Reality of College Sports”
Steps for Getting Recruited for a College
Make a List of Potential Schools: When deciding that you want to play a college sport you cannot just have one or two schools in mind. Playing college sports is a very competitive field and there are thousands of prospect athletes who want to continue their athletic career in college. Having a wider range ofContinue reading “Steps for Getting Recruited for a College”
UNDERDOGS
As an athlete, you are always going to be faced with challenges. One of the greatest challenges that athletes face is being the underdog. In college, this happens all the time. You are always going to be playing teams that are bigger and better. What is even harder than playing these teams, is getting inContinue reading “UNDERDOGS”
Keeping Up With Troy Soccer 