When most players and coaches talk about what helped their program to be successful, part of the answer usually involves preparation.
How they don’t take any teams for granted, how well they study their opponents, how teams come into each game ready to execute their game plan. I talk.
For Alabama, much of it is still true. Wes Hart and his staff are well prepared for each match and he trains throughout the week to ensure his players are ready to compete at the highest level. Something like that is nothing out of the ordinary compared to other programs.
But there’s a slightly unique aspect that Hart and his players have noted throughout their historic season, as the program shattered records and became the number one seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. It’s inside.
Yes, all teams are working on ways to improve every day, from fitness and recovery to offensive identity and defensive execution.
But for Alabama For real is about how the team can further perfect its craft, from pressing to hunting to how to defend as a team. That doesn’t mean Hart and Tide don’t do their due diligence. They watch tapes of Southwestern Athletic Conference original opponents and champions, Jackson State. That means the team has a very high level of execution and aggression, able to force its will into the game regardless of who’s on the other side.
Speaking to the media ahead of the game, goalkeeper McKinley Krone said, “When you get into this point in the season, every game and every moment is everything.”Each team is just as important as the next. But ultimately I want to focus on myself and doing my best in each game.
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“Jackson State is a great team, but we will eventually get back to what we are doing. We will make sure to push from the beginning and assert ourselves quickly.”
The Lady Tigers’ hallmark is their defensive prowess, bolstered by giving up the fewest goals of any of the SWAC schools. But Alabama has one of the strongest offenses in the country, represented by Riley Mattingly-Parker’s goalscoring, Felicia Knox’s facilitation, and Gianna Paul’s athleticism, and his opponent’s defense It will be a battle of strength as it will bring a mismatch to the
But for Wes Hart No It’s mostly about what other teams can and can’t do. That’s what his team can do, maximizing its potential at every opportunity.
“Our philosophy has been focused on us all year,” Hart told the media outlet. is doing well.”
Lucky for Hart, his team can do it many This is evident in the number of awards the team won prior to playing the SEC Tournament, and when three more players, Krohn, Sasha Picard and Ashlynn Serepka, were named to the All-Tournament Team.
But now everything is behind them. From here on out, it’s win or go home, and starting in Jackson State, the Crimson Tide must win six more times to live forever as national champion.
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