Soccer (Boys) - Winter Sport
Coach Claudio Myftari
Welcome to the San Jacinto Boys Soccer Homepage. Soccer is a world sport that brings together people from different backgrounds. "It is often said in soccer that a team's particular style of play bears the fingerprints of its social nature. Thus the Germans are unfailingly characterized as resourceful and organized, while Brazilians are said to dance with the ball to the free-form, samba rhythms of Carnival." Jere Longman
Through participation in this program, student-athletes are given the opportunity to display their social nature and reinvent themselves in the fabric of the Beautiful Game. We strive to develop life-long skills and positive values that include: leadership, self-discipline, integrity, commitment, and caring. A winning team must be skilled in fundamentals, well-conditioned, and most of all, play together as a team.
The following are requirements to join our Tiger Teams:
Program Goals:
To provide a program that enables players to learn about leadership, responsibility, accountability, and sportsmanship.
Guiding Principles:
Attitude
- Mental toughness: Staying focused and finding the extra effort to succeed during difficult times.
- Confidence: This is found in yourself, not in the actions of others.
- Program: You are playing for the school, teammates, and community, not just yourself.
Character
- Respect: BE RESPECTFUL ALWAYS
- Reliability: Be prepared and be on time.
- Conduct: Sportsmanship at all times (dignity in winning and defeat).
Discipline
- Fitness: Acknowledging that soccer success depends on being fit.
- Skills Development: Realize that being the best is always working on the basics.
- One vs. One: Have the competitive will to defeat every opponent.
- Nutrition: Eat and drink with your health and fitness in mind.
Performance
- Academics: 2.0 Grade point Average "F" grades are not an option.
- Practice: We train with intensity!
- Games: Always playing to achieve success in games and never giving up.
Player Expectations
Eligibility:
- Players must have 10 practices before playing in the first game.
- Players not attending practice the day before a game due to illness or injuries are not eligible for that game.
- Players getting suspended from school must sit out the length of their suspension.
- Players are expected to be in ALL of their classes daily to participate in practice or games.
Practice:
- Be dressed and ready to warm up at the given Practice start time.
- ALL Players MUST wear shin guards during training. NO shinguards mean NO practice!!
- Training times will run on average about 2 hours, but it is at the discretion of coaches.
- All players are expected to contribute to equipment duties.
Matches:
- Away games, players need to be on time for buses. The bus will leave without you. All players must ride on the bus to be eligible to play. Players will not play if driven by a parent or themselves.
- It is expected that all players will support, cheer, and encourage each other during the game.
- It is expected that you ride back on the bus. If not, fill out the "transportation request form" for EVERY game. No handwritten notes will be accepted at the game for players to ride home with their parents. **If a medical situation arises from playing in the game, then coach discretion.**
