Goals for this Summer

Recently (before today, when i look outside and all i see snow!)  i have been thinking about summer - more specifically - soccer season.  i think wrestling and the motivated Darby Huckle really got my head wrapped around the idea that i need to be 'jacked' for this season.  she has taught me great life lessons just by watching her practice, or when i walk by the weight room at lunch and see her working out everyday.  i have started looking at soccer in a whole new perspective!  how my soccer season can be different from last season.  along with that, thinking about how i can improve my soccer skills, how being more in shape can help me, how i can be more serious, and focusing on being mentally prepared (thank-you Lyle).  i also have been thinking about if soccer is going to be in my future.  i sure want it to be.  it is where my heart and passion is.  and that means that i have to take it seriously now.  i have to look at soccer with a different perspective then other girls.  for them it is just a game and competition. for me it is so much more.  it's a lesson.  you learn something new every time.  i take it so much more seriously!

to make this season different from the rest, must mean working out more.  being more in shape can improve my soccer game.  recently, i have been working out a lot.  and planning my summer with working out on my everyday agenda.  i won't ramble on about where i have been going, and what i have been doing.  but let me just say this: i have never been so healthy and in shape.  don't believe me?  here is the proof!  all of my summer clothes from last year don't fit.  (not a good time for this to happen because i need to save for my vacation to Paris...so it looks i am living in soccer shorts this summer!)  no, i am not trying to loose weight.  my goal is to gain more muscle and less fat.

my overall goal is for this to be the best soccer season yet.  i strive to be a better soccer player and with my perspective it's time to take it to the next level.  i want my soccer skills to continue.  i want to be more in shape.  i want Fall to hit, and be proud of what i have accomplished this summer.  i want to have zero regrets.  zero.  none.  we are going into a much harder league, but i have a new perspective, stronger than any team or player.   goals aren't there to dream about, they are there to be accomplished.  and that can only happen if you work towards them. you must go after your goal, because it's not coming to you.  i look to this video  for motivation.  (keep pressing next until you see 'Lauren Cheney')
bring it on!  i'm ready!  i can not wait for the summer!

To accomplish your goal, you have to be willing to sacrifice beyond what others are willing to sacrifice;  you have to be willing to train at levels others are not willing to train at;  you have to be willing to accept accomplishing goals that others have never reached.

                                                                                                                                      ~ Apolo Ohno

still love this picture!  soccer season - here i come!

~amy