ohio sports academy
This past year, we have become more familiar with the Ohio State sports academy. Its name, Ohio State Sports Academy, is an official university name, the athletic director is a current Ohio State student, and it has a student coaching staff. The location is in the heart of the Buckeye State’s biggest city, Columbus. This past summer, we have been honored to have visited the academy.
While this past summer was a fun time, it was also pretty intense. I’m not sure how many of you have been there, but it was definitely going to be a tough tour.
Before heading off to the academy, we had an orientation with the coaches. If you are in the area, go to the official website. If this is not your area, maybe get a head of a soccer team or college athletics director to go with you. The team we visited is actually one of the best in the country. There’s a lot of great players and coaches and the school has a lot of national recognition. The school has a great culture and everyone was really nice and helpful.
The school’s website says it’s dedicated to developing the game of soccer, and they have an actual field we could play on. Unfortunately, the field was destroyed in a tornado and it was a bit dreary for a practice field, but we were told they were working on it.
The team we visited was really great too. We were told their new coach, Mike Bierbaum is a really nice guy and really passionate about the game. He said he was a player himself and had come back from a season out of football and was really sad about it. He had a lot of respect for the coaches and the players on the team and said he felt like he was really part of the team.
I’m not sure if this is true, but I was told that there is a really well thought out system for the team’s players to get better. They were told to take a long hike and practice with sticks and helmets. They also were told to run around the field in a circle with their sticks. The coach also said that they are told to go to the bathroom in the tunnel and then come back out. It was clear that this was a really hard drill to follow.
These drills may seem like they’re simple, but they’re not. In fact, they might be the hardest thing you can do to improve your game, so I’m not saying there isn’t anything to be gained from them. But I would imagine that if you feel like you’re part of a team, you’d rather be the best than be the worst.
As a former player, I could definitely attest to these drills. I remember the feeling of being under pressure and not knowing what to do. I always had a great plan of action, but I couldn’t execute it. I was always like, “Dude, that was a good idea, but I can’t think of anything else right now.
I guess this is probably why I’m not a huge fan of the new version of the school, which is built around a soccer field. It’s like, “Oh, yeah, that’s pretty cool, man.” It feels very amateurish; I don’t think that team sports would be as enjoyable as soccer.
Well, in the new version of Oh-I-O-U-S-A, soccer is the mode of play. You can feel the pressure by seeing the different drills players have to practice. It seems like they are just going through different drills that they have to do without actually thinking about it. I felt like this was a waste of time when I first played it, but now I can’t see why not.