Schedule:
Tryouts begin Monday, August 17. Times and locations are not yet finalized. We will send an update once the schedule is confirmed.
- Freshmen will attend a 2 hour session on Monday 8/17, Tuesday 8/18, and Wednesday 8/19.
- Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors will have double sessions on Monday 8/17, and Wednesday 8/19, and a single session on Tuesday 8/18.
- A 2 mile timed run will be held one of the mornings.
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Important Ways to Prepare
- Strength training. This is important and often a huge differentiator.
- Run a lot. Varsity players should be targeting a 2 mile time of 12-13 minutes.
- Play. Play as much as you can. Play with older kids. Play with better kids.
Tryout Evaluation Elements of Focus
- The ability to dribble in tight spaces and at speed with BOTH feet
- The ability to shoot with accuracy inside the 18 with BOTH feet
- The ability to shoot with power outside the 18 with BOTH feet
- The ability to play a 10-15 yard pass accurately with BOTH feet
- The ability to play a cross from the wing, with BOTH feet
- Dribbling skills
- First touch and control in general
- Movement without the ball
- Maturity
- Speed, endurance, strength
- Being a good teammate
Ongoing Summer Opportunities (Summer Camp, etc)
These are entirely optional but also a great way for players and coaches to get to know each other and prepare for the fall.
- Friday night 11v11 sessions held by the coaching staff (currently scheduled for 6-8pm at Underhill but subject to change).
- Pickup sessions organized by the seniors (if your child is not on the GroupMe, please let us know so we can pass along their contact information to the upperclassmen running the GroupMe).
- Coaches’ Preseason Camp 8/10-8/13. Details and registration here. This opportunity is available to all players, and attendance at camp does not impact a player’s chance to make the team. If cost is a concern, please reach out to any of the Boosters or to Coach Muirhead.
- The coaches no-contact period this summer is 7/25-8/2.
