Spring Season Begins

The Manhattanville Men's Soccer off-season is in full swing. We are currently training 4 days a week. The team lifts on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4:30 pm. On the same nights we have practice at 9 pm - 11 pm. The team goes over to Keio high school across the way to play in their gym. This is really the time where we get to just have fun and play soccer. Granted we want to gain from playing and produce good soccer but we can really kick back and enjoy it. We bring a boom box and listen to music as we make teams and play 5v5 .We also go Friday monrings at 7 am. It has proven to be a very demanding schedule and the guys are really pushing their way through it. I think its great that we can be so involved even in our off-season. The team plans to start practicing outside on the turf right after spring break. We will then practice for 3 weeks before we start playing our spring schedule in which we will play a tournament away from school. I love the off-season lifting and playing but the only thing I think about is the upcoming fall season (our real season). We are looking to really train hard and make great improvements this off-season as this is the time to do it. The guys have been really supportive of each other and people are really working hard to improve themselves, and the team. We have recently boosted the morale of the team by getting new practice gear. Guys are getting burned out and really need to have their morale boosted every once in a while. I think its a great thing to really get the guys motivated. Hopefully we can continue to improve.

Style

Style is always something that, in my opinion, makes or breaks a piece of writing. Style is how someone writes a story or new article. By “how” I mean what it looks like, or how it sounds. I would say that a good style captures the audience in any way possible. Of course a “good” style is a matter of opinion. I wouldn’t say however, that any two writers use the same style. Styles may be similar or extremely close, but I can’t say two people use the exact same style. I personally think I have my own style as I’m sure everyone believes they have a unique style. Someone’s writing style can either make a piece exciting or intriguing or can seriously kill an interesting piece of literature. Even the best content can’t survive bad style. Especially in English there are many different styles and so many ways to say the same thing. Its funny how there are so many words in the English language that mean the same thing. Certain words used in certain styles can definitely change how someone perceives the piece of writing. Style, I think, is all perception. I can think my style is extremely exciting and gripping, when someone else can think my style is extremely boring and hard to follow. Perception is everything, and if you can capture as many readers as you can then your style can be effective. You will never write in a style that pleases everyone or grabs everyone as readers, but certain styles match up with certain writing. For example when writing a sports article, an exciting writing style that dramatizes the action really makes for good reading.