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As a Huron High School soccer player, you represent yourself, your school, and your community. River Rats are expected to be leaders both on the field as well as off. In order to be successful in this role, the Huron Men’s Soccer program will provide a variety of experiences to encourage the development of
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Fundraising
During each soccer season, several fundraising events are scheduled. Funds raised during these events cover the remaining costs of running the Huron soccer program.
In 2024, an event setting up the Ann Arbor Art Fair, a sponsorship banner event, and a SnapRaise fundraising campaign are planned to help raise funds to provide each student with the best experience possible.
Nutrition
TOP 10 NUTRITION RULES FOR FUELING SOCCER PLAYERS
1. Eat minimally processed foods. Limit foods with added sugar, trans fats and saturated fat.
2. Eat a rainbow. Choose a variety of fruits and vegetables.
3. Choose lean proteins. Have lean protein with each meal. Chicken,Turkey, and Fish are great options.
4. Choose healthy fats. Include healthy fats such as olive oil, flaxseed, fish, avocados, nuts and seeds.
5. Choose complex carbohydrates. Whole grains (wheat bread or wheat pasta), brown rice, legumes, potatoes (with the skin). These complex carbohydrates break down slower to give you energy that lasts longer.
6. Eat breakfast every day. “Break the fast” and kick-start your metabolism with protein, carbohydrates and fluids.
7. Fuel for your training. Don’t skip meals.
8. Stay hydrated. Dehydration equals decreased performance! Men should drink approximately 3.7 liters of water a day. 8oz water intake for every 15 minutes exercising. Proper hydration means that when you go to the bathroom, it is clear. If it’s yellow; you are not properly hydrated.
9. Recover. Have a recovery drink with a 4-1 ratio of carbohydrate to protein within 30 minutes of exercise. Eat a balanced meal within two hours.
10. Sleep. Get eight hours every night to ensure proper recovery.
If you would like further information, all players and parents are encouraged to read this article: The Perfect Training Diet for Soccer Players written by Kristine Clark, Ph.D., R.D. She is the Director of Sports Nutrition for Sports Medicine as well as a Nutritionist for the United States Olympic Gold Medal winning women’s soccer team from 1995-2007.
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Personal Goals
S.M.A.R.T Goal Setting Principles
It’s a very good idea for people to set goals as they pursue something meaningful. You should organize any goal you have in mind.. Whether it is a process goal, outcome goal, or performance goal, you need to have something you aspire for. Aspirations are essential and should be the focus. SMART goals are another way to organize your goal and keep you accountable and organized. SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time
We want our athletes to take a multi-disciplinary approach to improving. They can set many different goals beyond just improving their performance or scoring goals. Athletes can set practice goals, mental game goals, fitness and conditioning goals, as well as nutrition goals. One warning though…. perfectionists will set goals and see them as a task to master, and this could cause burn out. Instead, athletes need to see goals as general guidelines that can be continually evaluated and adapted.
The staff would like to help all of you achieve your goals. Please take some time to set up your own personal and Team Goals you have for the upcoming season. Click Here to complete personal and Team Goals.
1. Specific
When making goals, they have to be precise and not too general. Saying you want to score goals is not specific. Something like, I want to score 15 goals, and five assists now give you specifics behind your goal. Saying you want to get better at passing is excellent, but saying you want to get better at your forward passing into the striker is even more specific!
2. Measurable
Being able to identify if you’re getting closer or further away from your goal is critical. With goals, you’re trying to achieve them, and if there is no way to achieve them, that is a waste of time. Scoring 15 goals and having five assists is easily measurable during the season. Running all your Scottish 18’s in 16 seconds by the end of July gives you a specific goal you’re trying to achieve.
3. Attainable
We love to see student athletes demonstrate drive with ambitious goals. However a major part of balanced and realistic goal setting is ensuring that your goals are also attainable.
4. Relevant
Does this goal make sense? Does this goal align with what it is you trying to achieve? If you’re trying to become a better one v one defender, you shouldn’t be working on your cross. If you’re a center back working on passing, you shouldn’t be shooting. Make sure you’re doing the appropriate drills to get better!
5. Time
Set a specific time that you want to try and achieve your goal. Time is good because it will keep you on your toes because you know you need to put in the work if you want to achieve your goals in the allotted time. Be mindful that even if the goal isn’t complete in the timeline you predicted, that’s ok, continue to make strides towards this!
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Scholarships/Fee Waivers
Families requesting a waiver for the PTP Sport Fee must provide documentation to their school’s athletic office of one of the following: An AAPS Free/Reduced Lunch Letter or Proof of a Current Rec & Ed Scholarship. Staff at your athletic office will give you a discount coupon code for on-line registration. The code you are given will automatically reduce your PTP Sport Fee by 50% or 100%.
If your family does not have a current Rec & Ed scholarship, click on this link for additional information and application forms, Rec & Ed scholarship: https://www.a2schools.org/domain/662
(Please indicate on the scholarship form or attach a note that you are interested in waiving the Pay-to-Participate Sport Fee). Only one scholarship application is needed per household.
Rec & Ed accepts scholarship applications in person during office hours at the Rec & Ed office, by mail, by email scholarships@aaps.k12.mi.us or in our secure 24-hour drop box in the entrance of our office. It takes 5-7 business days to process scholarship applications with all completed documentation.
Training Information
During the fall soccer season, training for the Freshman and JV White teams takes place from 3-5pm. 95% of these practices are on the front turf field (except for the rare occasion when they have to go to the soccer grass field).
JV Green and Varsity have training from 3-5pm at the stadium or from 5-7pm on the front turf field.
Teamsnap
Communication between the coaching staff and players and for scheduling is through Teamsnap. All information during the pre-season and regular season is posted on Teamsnap (as opposed to email, text messages, etc.).