When I was a freshman in high school, I joined the soccer team with high expectations. I had been playing club soccer for several years, and at that point high school ball was the next step for me when the fall season came. The program that I was about to enter was reputable for discipline and winning seasons. Sure enough, the training was difficult, and by mid-September all of my teammates and I were well-conditioned and hardy, but most of all eager.
Our soccer team played against some decent competition in our region of Southwest Missouri, but this year, we planned to take a trip up to St. Louis to play one of the state’s top ranked teams. Our coach informed us that they were the reigning state champions, but he assured us that that was no reason to be intimidated. The whole bus ride upstate, I could tell that all of my teammates were nervous, and I, for one, imagined that the team we were about to play would be some of the best competition I would ever see.

Sure enough, when we arrived I noticed that everything from their field to their equipment was top notch. The school I go to is a public institution and it could never be financed like the well-to-do private school that we were visiting. Also, I was aware that most of the kids on the other team played on very prestigious club teams in the spring. Needless to say, so many things were running through my mind that had the potential to destroy my mental game.

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