Lower Secondary Soccer
# BE _ ac tive
Lower Secondary Soccer
Ryan Yi , Jason Jang , Johannes Ha , Jimin EE , and Woo Bin Cha warm up before practice by running Suicides . A ‘ suicide ’ is a type of run , where players run back and forth from the goal line to the penalty circle line , then from the goal line to the 18 yard line , and lastly from the 18 yard line to the half line .
Top Row : Coach Francois , Monica Park , Eugene Jang , Sally Kwon , Coach Sarah Kim , Coach Lyons ; Bottom Row : Seohyun Min , Lauren Ryu , Nicole Wang , Julie Lee , Soo Rin Kim , Ghayeon Kim , Grace Lee
Top Row : Coach Lee , Brian Lee , Ryan Yi , Kelvin Kim , Jimin EE , Tobey Lee , Kevin Ju , Eric Shin , Jude Joung , Maheshwari Navaodit ; Middle Row : Ethan Hur , Woo Bin Cha , Ethan Kim , Junho Cha , Joseph Park , Keito Uchiyama , Yuito Kimura , Jonathan Lee ; Bottom Row : Saran Watanabe , Keahi Brumsickle , Ethan Baek , Hyungwook Ku , Johnny Tuohy , Johannes Ha
For the 33 students , 23 boys and 10 girls who participated in soccer during the fall sports season , some spurring factors were the enjoyment of the sport , the ability to work well as a team , competition , building friendships , and adrenaline .
From a simple game played by children to a world renowned sport played by champions , soccer has evolved through experience , and so have those who play it . Those who participated in soccer were put through a lot of training to get to where they are now . The soccer players trained two hours a week after school . They did drills like high knees and lacing in and out of cones . After their warm-ups and stretches , they did exercises like passing the ball in a circle or playing a shadow game , where no ball is used but players pretend to pass to each other and play a game .
For Saran Watanabe , his love of the sport motivates him to push hard during drills and other exercises , “ Soccer is fun and requires you to be really athletic and energetic and improves your communication skills and social skills .” No matter what the training demanded from him , he kept persevering so he could
80 Fall Sports and Activities build friendships and develop other skills .
While he did not provide any specifics , Woobin Cha said he has played soccer since third grade and explained his motivation is that he “ really enjoys it [ soccer ]” and “ just really loves soccer .”
The girls soccer captain Monica Park thinks soccer is “ fun to play with a team .” She started playing soccer because her friends were playing and thought it would be fun to try . Despite having to train for endless hours , her dream of a sportsmanlike and competitive game fuels her determination .
The other girls soccer captain , Nicole Wang , explained she “ likes the way they play soccer .” The friendliness shown throughout the games shows how soccer can be competitive as well as friendly . Nicole mentioned because “ there are only eighth-grade girls , and no new faces , they work well as a team .”
The students participated in about seven jamborees , each jamboree contained three to four matches . The soccer teams won most of the games .