Soccer players play other sports too....sort of

While attending practices, one of the interesting things I noticed were some of the exercises used to help players with technique.

After the players finished stretching and running, they would break off and play games which were variations on different sports. For instance, the men played a game based on kickball/baseball while the women played a game based on tennis.

Even though they're taking on other sports, they put of touch of soccer in it. So their hands were used very minimally, if at all.

"These warm-ups are used to help the players work on their first touch and individual technique," said Raul Ruiz, men's assistant coach.

It was also cool to see the athletes have fun, even during something as serious as practice. These players are just as competitive in practice sessions against each other as they are in the games.

Here's footage of the teams playing these other sports the soccer way.