Barely even a week in to the spring semester, the dedicated soccer girls are already back to work, preparing for the upcoming fall season. Even though next season seems forever away, we all know it will come around way faster than expected. Everyone has high standards placed on next year and the best way to attain them is to work harder than anyone else in the offseason.
To do this, Coach Rubin, our strength and conditioning coach/Case's track and field coach set up a regimen for us. We all are committed to lifting three times a week mixed with cardio workouts, all as a team. The rest of the week, we are able to complete our own workouts, whenever we can fit them in around classes. Since we do more sprint-type workouts as a team, I tend to do my longer distance running on my own. Unfortunately due to the lovely snow here in Cleveland, I am stuck on the treadmills inside. Even though our cardio room has nice, new equipment, I'd much rather be outside running in sunny weather! Of course, we like to keep touches on the ball too, so we organize pick-up games, usually on Fridays and play in the field house in Veale. To top everyting off, the team plays in the intramural basketball league every Wednesday and Sunday for a few weeks. Since I played basketball in high school and miss getting to play on a regular basis, I am always excited about lacing up the high tops instead of the cleats and shooting around for a while, but not very many other people get as excited as I do about this!
Even though we all have challenging class schedules, we enjoy making time to work out as a team, better ourselves every day, and have fun together. We never stay away from our soccer teammates for too long! We'll continue this regimen until spring break, then we get to actually have real practices and play in a few games. Befor we know it, we'll be back at Case after the summer, running the beloved beep test the first day of preseason! Can't wait!
