Samir Haj
Samir Haj
basics beat given stick tough
It has been a tough conference. You can get beat on any given night. You have to stick to your basics and concentrate on fundamentals.
ball feet ground running touch
We wanted to keep the ball on the ground and play to feet so we could keep possession. In the first half, we were just making one touch and running all over the field.
kicking kids panic
Panic kind of set in, and we just started kicking the ball. The kids were nervous, because they had a lot to lose.
awesome ball came jackie key picked playing
Jackie did an awesome job. She was playing really well. She came and picked up every ball that came through. She was the key to our victory.
instead junior people playing start
Karen has been our go-to person on the junior varsity team. We're going to incorporate more people into the scheme. We're going to start playing 18 people instead of just 13 or 14.
across difficult fields five players string yards
Most fields are so narrow. It makes it difficult to string five players across the midfield. Our field and Bentonville's are the only ones that are 65 yards across.
feels good
It feels good to be back in that place again.
approach challenge existing few freshman front leave open until
Up front we have a few freshman that will challenge the existing the corps. Our approach is to leave everything open until after our preseason tournament.
almost beginning hard kids struggled until
We struggled until almost the end. But it will show our kids that if you don't concentrate and play hard from the beginning anything can happen.
controlled final game pass played sluggish
I don't think we played to our potential. It was our first game, and we were a little sluggish and nervous. Our final pass wasn't there all night. But I still think we controlled the game from the beginning.
bring field great half hate running though utilize
I hate to bring this up, but it's a new field and it was just like running in sand. We were not able to utilize our speed. Even though we had great opportunities the first half we were not able to finish.
behind deserved felt game good pass possession prepared
We had really good possession at midfield, but we could not get that penetrating pass to get behind (Rogers). I think they deserved to win. I felt they were really prepared and wanted the game more than we did.
against fitness good identified level matches played teams weaknesses
We've played well this year. Our fitness level is very good, but matches against two good teams like Bentonville and Jenks have identified some weaknesses that we need to remedy.
bleed nose shifted
She had a nose bleed that she couldn't stop, and she was out for 30 minutes. That shifted the momentum.