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.