September 14, 2007
Dylan gives Seiritsu a whirl!
Dylan getting the handle of 'peacing' every picture!
Hi, my name is Dylan (from New Zealand) and I have come to Seiritsu Gakuen for soccer trials to try to be accepted to come back next in the year 2008 for 3 years.
I am here for 3 weeks and while I am at Seiritsu I will train and play with the first year team. I love the lifestyle in Japan because everyone works as hard as they can so the competition and soccer level is very high.
School finishes at 12.30, apart from Monday when it finishes at 3.30. When school finishes at 12.30 we go to the grounds and train and Tuesday training is physical training so it is very hard work. At the moment it is very hot so it has been hard to acclimatize to the heat, especially when you are playing soccer in it. Your fitness level has to be very high. I hope to come to Seiritsu Gakuen next year a take the next step into the long road of becoming a professional soccer player.
While I am here I stay in the soccer player dormitory, where Michael Fitzgerald and a lot of other 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students live. There are 2 people to quite a small room, but it is quite good to have a room mate to talk to. The dormitory is at the grounds, which is also very handy because it is easy to train by yourself and there is a weights room and balls you can use as well. Training will usually run for around 3 hours, sometimes more sometimes less.
Hopefully I will come back to Japan next year and be a part of the amazing experience!
Dylan