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**Viking Kid** · August 19th, 02:21 PM

well guys, this is the 3rd year i will be playing for my high school team, im a junior obviously. it has been the hardest year by far....

we all showed up monday knowing that we would be doing some agonizing 2 a day practices. well i was wrong.... we had 3 a day practices.... the 2 early sessions we had to do a 1.4 mile run with a ball. trust me, it is much more difficult with a ball. after our second session, i was cramping up pretty bad and my time for the run wasn't too great.

tuesday wasn't much fun either. we had some tests for our endruance and speed and stuff, i got 4.7 for my 40 yard dash, was kinda proud of that. then we had our 1.4 mile runs again, lol. then of course we had our practice that night as well.

wednesday..... the worst day of the entire week. we had to meet somewhere for our annual 2.4 mile run, most of the way uphill, i am not exagerrating. that wasn't the bad part tho. not five minutes after everyone had finished the run we had the most horrible part of tryouts... sprints... im not talking regular sprints. these were 100 yard sprints up a hill at about a 30* angle. and having to do that right after our run, it was just horrible....

thursday was a pretty easy day, it was pretty relaxed, except we had more sprints in the morning, but they were on flat ground

this morning was a pretty easy practice as well, and the coach told us who was JV and varsity. i was varsity like last year and we have a tough practice this afternoon... not looking forward to that, haha. but it probably won't be too bad. then we r gonna have pizza tonight and atch a film, then tomorrow is our brown vs. gold game (school colors) then we have the rest of the weekend off. it has been one of the toughest weeks of my life..

**chromekilla** · August 19th, 02:43 PM

Dont worry about actually being good, just buy the best cleats, they make up for the rest.

**DAVE** · August 19th, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chromekilla

Dont worry about actually being good, just buy the best cleats, they make up for the rest.

lol

All the conditioning will pay off in the season, trust me.

**butterjuice** · August 19th, 02:47 PM

sounds tought, i hope mine aren't like that.....mine are in the spring. but ya don't buy the best cleats bc the other team will concentrate on you and try to pin u down the whole time. lol thats all my team last year and our coach talked about. b4 the game we would look at the other team and whoever had to "best" cleats we would hold down the whole game. I just wear $45 addidas instead of $300 nikes like the goalie on my team

**Viking Kid** · August 19th, 02:49 PM

hmm.. i dont have to worry about them pinning me down, im the goalie

well backup goalie... but ill get a lot of playing time on the field, which is good. and im using adidas copas right now, which run about $90

**rustyness** · August 19th, 02:50 PM

going for the person with the best cleats really makes sense

if it's on a varsity level, you probably are going to have quite a few good players, so u cant really go for a best player, as most varsity players are gonna be soemwhat good atleast.

what position you play viking kid?

**DAVE** · August 19th, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by *SHOCKER*

sounds tought, i hope mine aren't like that.....mine are in the spring. but ya don't buy the best cleats bc the other team will concentrate on you and try to pin u down the whole time. lol thats all my team last year and our coach talked about. b4 the game we would look at the other team and whoever had to "best" cleats we would hold down the whole game. I just wear $45 addidas instead of $300 nikes like the goalie on my team

I have never came across a good pair of cleats under 70 bucks. By good I mean that the actual cleats arent rubber and they actually last me more than 3 games.

**butterjuice** · August 19th, 02:53 PM

we were usually right though, whoever wears the best cleats must be good rite ? but ya 90% of the time we were right......i was just warning Viking bc best cleats = the other team may focus on you

**Viking Kid** · August 19th, 02:53 PM

we posted at the saem time, goalie. im not too bad either, yesterday i was having trouble catching the ball for some reason, just got to keep my eye on it.... like any other sport

**rustyness** · August 19th, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by *SHOCKER*

we were usually right though, whoever wears the best cleats must be good rite ? but ya 90% of the time we were right......i was just warning Viking bc best cleats = the other team may focus on you

not really, best cleats doesn't mean much of anything. ive seen jv players with 180 dollar cleats, and varsity strikers with 80 dollar cleats..

**butterjuice** · August 19th, 02:57 PM

i know but.....sometimes its better not to go w/ the $200 floresant green cleats bc they may attract some attention from the other team. i wear cheap ones so whatever, its my feet that do the work my cleats just stick them to the ground

**DAVE** · August 19th, 02:57 PM

One cool trick I learned is to buy cleats that are neon colors, green, yellow, orange. Then while you are dribbling the other team focuses more on your bright ass shoes rather than the ball.

**butterjuice** · August 19th, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DAVE

One cool trick I learned is to buy cleats that are neon colors, green, yellow, orange. Then while you are dribbling the other team focuses more on your bright ass shoes rather than the ball.

lol......or they will think your cleats are sexy and slide tackle them ?

**DAVE** · August 19th, 03:01 PM

Trust me when you are on defense and a guy has on some bright cleats with fast footwork its a little distracting.

**butterjuice** · August 19th, 03:02 PM

its like the thread w/ i think brocoli (sp?) when he had the sparklers.......and waving them fast and took a pic......ya i guess lol ill just spray paint mine

**rustyness** · August 19th, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DAVE

Trust me when you are on defense and a guy has on some bright cleats with fast footwork its a little distracting.

the bright cleats dont bother me, im just worried about the quick feet

**mLuH** · August 19th, 03:33 PM

so you run a 4.7 40...and youre Backup goalie?? uhh....goodluck this season

**imagineballa991** · August 19th, 03:42 PM

i wouldve had tryouts this wekk but the damn ocean broke my foot

**Angered Fists** · August 19th, 04:30 PM

I wish I could say that cleats deserve this much attention.

**Xley** · August 19th, 05:34 PM

Over the last 4 days, I have played 27 hours of soccer. It's been tough but I'm pretty highly ranked on my team. Tomorrow is out maroon and white game. (just like yours)