soooo about this best thing...umm well my life pretty much has/will revolve around soccer for years to come probably so it only makes sense that when i was at my best would relate to soccer. it specifically relates to my senior year in high school when we won state...for the second year in a row. pretty much i started being at my best from the day of the mile run during tryouts.
the main reason why i think this was when i was at my best is because frankly, thats about as far back as i would like to think. i still remember the first day of tryouts on Monday march 15, 2010 when i almost slept through the first day of tryouts since we had practice at 7:00am but i somehow woke up at 6:44am and still made it. the first day was the day that nobody wanted to miss because it was the mile day which was the most important part of tryouts. i got second place with a mile time of 5:09 min which really gave me a lot of positive reinforcement for the rest of tryouts. long story short i made the team and practice started.
within the next 2 weeks we played our first game against cedar rapids Xavier high school and i hit the crossbar which sucked because i knew it would have just been the greatest feeling to score the first goal of the 2010 undefeated season. now it took me a few weeks to get hot and start scoring consistently but i eventually got there. by the 4th game i was averaging at least 1 goal every 2 games which in soccer is pretty good amount for a non-starter. this all changed when the starting forward got injured and i got the starting spot. from that point on i just became a scoring monster because of the upgraded level of play with the other starters. especially considering the fact that on of the other players on my high school team was named on the 3rd all national team!!! congrats to Tanner Schilling!
the reason why i think my senior soccer season was when i was at my best is because of the outcome which was a 2-time state championship title and my increased rank on the team. i went from second string forward to starting forward and second leading scorer on the 2nd ranked team in the nation right after Cox High school in Virginia:-)
I am not a big fan of Soccer, but I can see how you were great at it. I love how you tout your soccer prowess. It also seems logical that you would be awesome at soccer with all the practice you got.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good story :) ...thats kind of ironic that you woke up just in time to make tryouts and you still performed good which is awesome. Kudos!!
ReplyDeleteI've never been that much into soccer. Footballs my thing but I understand the drive, heart, and dedication it takes to be on a team. It's great to know you guys did so great! Thats amazing!
ReplyDelete(even if it was west) ;)
Go Little hawks... hahahahahah
I've always wanted to play soccer. Unfortunately my school doesn't have it. Seems pretty much like fate that you got there just in time for try-outs! I'm glad that soccer went so well for you, as I was on the volleyball team, and I know how great it is to have the season pay off!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome Abdul! Seeing your hard work pay off is a great reward!
ReplyDeleteOh heck yeah! you sounded like you were a real go getter for soccer. Congrats man! thats really good. I don't know soccer but if you guys won state and you went from 2nd string to a stater thats really good. Sounds like you were in you prime during that soccer season.
ReplyDeletewow you actually run faster then what I thought you could by looking at you. I guess appearances aren't everything. Also sound like you had a good time during soccer. Hopefully your able to keep playing soccer since you enjoy it so much.
ReplyDeleteohhhh your blogs are always so interesting. I know that with soccer it is a very intense game and you learn to love it. My sister was the goalie for our team at Webster City, and I know how much I loved watching her play. Soccer is great and I'm glad you had a good senior year in it :)
ReplyDeleteYour school must be huge if you have try-outs for soccer!! Although socccer is not as popular where I'm from, my school is one of the few schools in the area that have a soccer program which I was apart of during high school. It's a huge accomplishment that you won state title! And I must also say good job for beating cr xavier. It's nice to hear they don't win everything haha.
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