For training, game, and event dates, go to the Calendar page. Rising freshmen can attend all events.

• Go for a 5K run, one time per week. This is meant to be a hard day.  Push yourself to lower your time and track your improvement. A 5k is 3.1 miles. Come August 15, Varsity athletes should be able to do this in less than 24 minutes.  
• Hydrate and eat healthy. 
• Spend four days per week going on 15–20-minute jogs.  A soccer game in high school consists of two 40-minute halves. Start to prepare your body to be able to move for a length of time. It is up to you on how hard you push yourself on these jogs. The important thing is to increase your heart rate and breathing rate for extended periods of time.  
• Make sure you always stretch after runs and workouts. Flexibility not only decreases rate of injury, but also helps build muscle and improve recovery time.
• Lift weights if you have access to them.
• Work in calisthenics, too.  
• Get to MVHS for summer weight trainings and captains’ practices.
• Listen to your body and make sure you're resting. There is a difference between being sore and being injured. When you're sore, take it easy until your body gets used to this level of exercise. Being sore doesn’t mean “do nothing” until you aren’t sore.
• Make sure you're getting 8-10 hours of sleep each night, as it's the best thing for your body and mind, especially between the hours of 10 pm and 8 am.  

Nobody is going to do this work for you!  If you are “dedicated to excellence”, you stand a chance of playing to your potential, and that’s all anyone can ask of you. If you have questions, feel free to reach out to Coach Ian over TeamSnap. He'll try to check it every 24 hours.