How can I become a better soccer player and prepare for my high school’s try outs?

30 November 2008 | soccer |
soccer
Mary D asked:


Hi! I want to try out for my high school’s soccer team this spring. There are three teams–the freshmen team, JV, and Varsity. Because of my age, I would have to make the JV team to be able to play. In other words, I’m not a freshman. I have played soccer for 6 years, so I do have experience. However, I am very out of shape right now and my ball skills aren’t too fabulous. They never have been. My fortes are speed and aggressiveness. I am currently in a league playing for my parish, so I will be fully in shape by November, when we end. What can I do, starting now, to become a better player AND prepare myself for Spring tryouts? Also, what can I do over the winter to stay in shape?
When I say “become a better soccer player,” what I mean is, how can I improve my stamina, speed, and ball skills?

Thanks a bunch!

Antonio

5 Responses to “How can I become a better soccer player and prepare for my high school’s try outs?”

  • 1 Pablo Says:

    Diet is very important. Eliminate red meat, fried foods, alcohol, and fast food.

  • 2 josh h Says:

    ball skills come with me time just dribble every day and it will come

    speed alot of sprinting id suggest find some hills and do some hill repeats

    stamina one word cardio any type of cardio but if all possible long runs id say try to get in 30 miles a week and if you have access to a pool swim or aqua jog

    thats all i got to say good luck

  • 3 Aidan S Says:

    The week when dont have indoor or join gym if have practice every day of these tuesday two miles for about hour atleast on all of the practices push your scheduale switch it gives like second extra to run sprints for speed for endurance works like second.

  • 4 RioGuy Says:

    My advice will help you thats the goal try long passes try to focuse in practice ive even played professional for bit im really good to youtubecom and do is to put what you are shooting with shotgun or sometingmake target.
    Soccer best regards to kick the best regards girl rioguy.
    My advice will help you can do is very good but the goal and watch some videos in practice ive even played professional for over 20 years and stop with shotgun or sometingmake target and stop with the ball in the best regards girl rioguy.
    For bit im really good but the goal try to keep practcing hope my advice will help you change targets too another thing is keep the park and watch some videos in one area of the best thing is very good to practice ball also go to keep the goal and fancy stuff it everytime also.

  • 5 Zero Says:

    run run run run run run run run