Away vs. Gorge Buccaneers (Roy's Team)
Gorge Canadians "Spanked" 5-1 by Gorge Bucaneers
Coach Brad has been tardy at writing this one up because I did not know what to say about this game (plus my old brain is quickly forgetting things). There was moments of brilliance and moments of ... let's just say ... "less-than-brilliant" play.
Although the team was missing a key midfielder and defender and a couple of the girls were ill, this did not account for some of the play on the field. The first half went fairly well with the play fairly even and our girls defending well against the attacking skills of the Bucaneer's key player Kathy (I think we may have even got her frustrated as she wasn't penetrating the defence like she may be used to).
However, the second half we came up flat ... perhaps our conditioning is not as good as the Bucaneers. But, I think the biggest problem is that you girls were beaten by yourselves in the second half. After one or two end-to-end runs by Kathy, with a goal or two, you seemed to just give up on marking her. You had beaten yourself mentally by letting yourself believe she was unstoppable. At this point in the game I think I made some coaching errors and should have changed a few things. So we all made some bad plays! We'll chalk this game up as an experience and remember it for future games.
Some bright spots...
- Kaitlin M., after a long hiatus, returned to the team and played a great game! She worked hard, did not give up on any lost balls, tackled/defended well against their key player (Kathy). Great game Kaitlin!
- Lauren and Heather continue to improve on defence.
- Alanna finally got on the score boad with a great self-made goal.
I know you girls can do better! I know you can work as a team to shut down skilled players!
Remember ... teamwork and skilled passing trumps skilled dribbling any day!
Coach Brad has been tardy at writing this one up because I did not know what to say about this game (plus my old brain is quickly forgetting things). There was moments of brilliance and moments of ... let's just say ... "less-than-brilliant" play.
Although the team was missing a key midfielder and defender and a couple of the girls were ill, this did not account for some of the play on the field. The first half went fairly well with the play fairly even and our girls defending well against the attacking skills of the Bucaneer's key player Kathy (I think we may have even got her frustrated as she wasn't penetrating the defence like she may be used to).
However, the second half we came up flat ... perhaps our conditioning is not as good as the Bucaneers. But, I think the biggest problem is that you girls were beaten by yourselves in the second half. After one or two end-to-end runs by Kathy, with a goal or two, you seemed to just give up on marking her. You had beaten yourself mentally by letting yourself believe she was unstoppable. At this point in the game I think I made some coaching errors and should have changed a few things. So we all made some bad plays! We'll chalk this game up as an experience and remember it for future games.
Some bright spots...
- Kaitlin M., after a long hiatus, returned to the team and played a great game! She worked hard, did not give up on any lost balls, tackled/defended well against their key player (Kathy). Great game Kaitlin!
- Lauren and Heather continue to improve on defence.
- Alanna finally got on the score boad with a great self-made goal.
I know you girls can do better! I know you can work as a team to shut down skilled players!
Remember ... teamwork and skilled passing trumps skilled dribbling any day!
posted by BSH at
5:40 p.m.
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