Thursday, May 21, 2009

THE LAST Coach's Corner...

...after a season-ending 2-0 loss to Zeeland East. Girls, you have NOTHING to hang your heads about after the loss and the conclusion of the season. Please always keep in mind that this was the most SUCCESSFUL JV girls soccer season at Hamilton EVER. And you all are directly responsible for it. I'm not even talking simply wins and losses here (overall 7-9-2 record); i'm talking about the overall character you girls displayed all season. It was a thing of beauty to a coach, and you should all be proud of your efforts.

Now, the season is over, and it's TIME TO START IMPROVING FOR NEXT SEASON! I hope you take to heart the comments you received on your evaluations. They were all made in an attempt to make you all better players and athletes in general.

Good luck! Let me know if you need anything AT ALL! I'm always here for you girls.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

BLOG...

Girls, thank you for being patient with the blog business this season. Please remember, this was the first year i've had it, and it was meant to increase the level of communication and offer the opportunity for you to play a role in team building. I hope you found some use in it in the end! Your comments and quotations were great for ME to see all season long.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Liz Vandenbil's QUOTATION and comment...

“No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.”

~Mia Hamm

and I have a comment on it:

"Ladies, we know that anything can happen in a soccer game at any time. Going into a game anyone can win, no matter what the outcome is expected to be. We need to go out there and give it our all, keep those concepts of hard work, determination, planning, and perserverance, and if we do that then it doesn't matter what the outcome is. If we keep these in mind and actually do them then we went out and gave it our all and at the end of the day that's all we can do. There're some factors that can come into any game that we can't control. We've had a great season ladies! Let's finish strong and leave it all on the field Wednesday!"

~Liz

Girls, please respond to these wise words by Wednesday at 730 AM.

Rae's Quotation...

"As a futboler you always want to test yourself against the best so try hard and never give up, run alot in games, you won`t die. Maybe sore but you wont die."
-David Beckham

Girls, please respond to these "wise" words no later than Wednesday at 730 AM.

Coach's Corner...

...after another big loss to Holland Christian. I'm actually very glad that Brittany posted her quotation when she did, because she basically stole the words from my mouth; that is, we HAVE to believe that ANYTHING can happen in a given game of soccer...even against the "big dogs". But, you've got to go out there and DO something about it. Today, we didn't have nearly enough girls "do something about it". Let's regroup and look forward to our last game together on Wednesday...and end with an effort we can be proud of!

Brittany's Quotation...

“It's why we play the game. Anything is possible and anything can happen if you put your mind to it."
-Casey Korkus

Girls, please respond to these wise words by this Wednesday at 730 AM.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Coach's Corner...

...a couple days after the impressive 2-1 vs. Wayland. Girls, simply said: A job well done. I truly believe that was our best performance of the season...for a few key reasons: 1.) being down 1-0 at halftime and pulling out the comeback victory shows heart and mental toughness. 2.) overachieving against a "more talented" team overall points to a key characteristic of a GOOD team. 3.) we made the most of scoring chances and played a SMART game defensively, especially in the second half playing with the lead. GREAT JOB, ladies! Now, on to a rematch with H.C. VISUALIZE SUCCESS and BELIEVE IT!