Another year of soccer has just wrapped up for the Lady Jags, ending in time for final exams. This season has held moments of triumph, bonding, and learning for the Girls\u2019 Soccer team. It was not always easy, but the players powered through and forged a solid foundation to be proud of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the players, this season had a growth curve, but junior Ayla Cohen said that she \u201cwas happy with how we all had a good time regardless of the score,\u201d and stayed positive, even though \u201crecord-wise the season wasn\u2019t great.\u201d Enthusiastic teammates freshman Kayla Joel and sophomore Tova Bregman looked at the big picture. \u201cThis soccer season was amazing, the team played the best season we have had in a long time,\u201d shared Kayla, who played on the High School Soccer team while in Middle School. Tova, who is in her second year on the team, felt that \u201cthe Soccer season went really well, and even though we didn\u2019t win a lot of games, everyone put in their best effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is never easy to play through a season facing recurrent disappointment, and players can get discouraged. \u201cWe kept on getting very frustrated because we were putting in our best effort and we weren\u2019t winning any games,\u201d said Tova. Ayla agreed, commenting, \u201cI\u2019d say this season falls along the trends of past seasons because we had some really strong individual players but still lost a lot.\u201d The losses led to a drop in morale, and the girls had to approach the situation with a focus on confidence and discipline. It was difficult \u201cremembering to keep our morale up after so many consecutive losses, but I think that ended up turning into a triumph of ours \u2014 keeping our heads up,\u201d concluded Ayla. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These are two important aspects of sports at AJA \u2014 welcoming athletes who are new to a sport onto a team, and appreciating teammates both as individuals and as part of a team<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n The girls worked together and grew as a team, and what really made an impression on Kayla was seeing teammates who had never played soccer before step up and do a great job. For Tova, the fun bus rides to the games were the highlights, providing bonding time and getting prepped for play. Kayla apprec 3 3iated the culture of inclusivity and the willingness of coaches and teammates to have everyone participate and play. \u201cEveryone was very welcoming, and even though I was a freshman, I felt included and I still played during games.\u201d These are two important aspects of sports at AJA \u2014 welcoming athletes who are new to a sport onto a team, and appreciating teammates both as individuals and as part of a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kayla saw each individual goal as a highlight, saying, \u201cone of the greatest things about the season was when we scored a goal,\u201d and as a step toward cementing a stronger and more united team. \u201cI think that this season was so much better than last year. We scored, which is not something we did last year, and everyone seemed so close. This year was a lot more fun than last year’s season.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n A cohesive group, positive attitudes, growth mindset, and a common purpose. What is next for the Lady Jags Soccer team? As Ayla looks forward to her senior year, she hopes \u201cthat the AJA girls soccer team keeps up the hard work and good spirits, but also figures out how to raise our skill level, especially when playing against other schools.\u201d Kayla echoed that sentiment. \u201cI hope that in the future we can win some games and that the team will continue to have fun and be close with each other,\u201d she said. Clearly, this is a team of dedicated athletes who are planning to put in the time and work to learn new skills and boost their performance while maintaining an atmosphere of friendship and fun. Go Jags<\/p>\n\n\n\n How the AJA Girls\u2019 Soccer Team is Rising to the Challenge and Raring Their Engines for Next Year By Jemima Schoen Published in the June…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":2227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-12-6.14.16-AM.png?fit=579%2C284&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2228,"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions\/2228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palette.atljewishacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Image Credit: Free Image from FreeCreatives<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"