First of all, it took her a lot of time to become a professional soccer player. She started training since 14 years old that is when she realized she wanted to become a professional soccer player and set a goal for herself. After school she would practice and practice even on her free time she would run miles around the track and do drills by herself at the field. Her coach started seeing how Alex practiced on her own and how she was improving so much. At the games he would put her in and she would shock everyone to slide tackles, shots, headers etc. Nothing got in her way of her dream when she would get cleated or get a type of injury she would shake it off and go back in she wanted to show people what she is capable of and everyone seen it. She knows practice makes improvement she never liked saying practice makes perfect because nobody is perfect everybody …show more content…
For example she does squats and sprints for a minimum of 35 minutes to work on core and build endurance for her quads and calfs speed is key for soccer players. Other types of drills she does are shooting and finishing drills at first she would get tired easily but she did not give up she would fall on headers and hat tricks and she will get up she was not a quitter. Now everything she does at practice is easy for her she is used to her routine now. Like Geoff Colvin said deliberate practice is key to succeeding and becoming