If you missed tonight's call, here's what you need to know. 💧 GAME DAY HYDRATION PROTOCOL 2 hours before your game: 1 full bottle of water. 15 to 30 minutes before: half a bottle of water. Water ONLY before the game. Gatorade's high sugar actually makes you thirstier and more drained before kickoff. Save Gatorade and Pedialyte for halftime or after the game. Why Pedialyte over Gatorade? More electrolytes, less sugar. When you're running hard you're losing salt and minerals that water alone won't replace. Pedialyte is kid-approved and a safer bet than random electrolyte brands. How to check if you're hydrated: look at your urine color. Light/pale yellow = good. Dark = you need more water. But don't panic-chug right before the game or you'll be asking your coach for a bathroom break. Start hydrating the day before. Early 8 AM games? Wake up at least 2 hours early and get a full bottle in immediately. Pre-game snacks like grapes, watermelon, and pineapple beat dry options like raisins because they actually contain water. 📐 THE YOUTH SOCCER PYRAMID We broke down every level from AYSO all the way up to MLS NEXT and GA at the top. Your goal: find where you are now and target one to two levels above. Not five levels in six months. One to two in the next year. Real ESA24 players are making these jumps right now. AJ went from SoCal to ECNL RL. Jax went from Flight 3 to Flight 1 and is on track for EA. Another player just signed with MLS NEXT 2 after playing EA. The players climbing the pyramid are the ones doing ALL the little things. Hydration. Nutrition. Extra training. Weekly check-in forms. That's how we find the gaps in your game and close them together. Skip those steps, you stay where you are. 🎥 WATCH THE REPLAY Go watch tonight's full coaching call replay right now. Coach Jessie broke everything down live with the hydration chart, the full league pyramid, and real player examples. This is the stuff that gives you an edge over every kid who just shows up to practice and hopes for the best. Watch it. Take notes. Apply it.

Hi, I’m Kristopher and I’m 12 years old. I play striker position for the AYSO Moreno Valley 12U team. A goal that I have for this season is to average at least 2 goals a game. Thank you Coach Jesse for working with me and I look forward to improving my game.