It’s 3:06 p.m. on a cool, overcast day at Mulcahy Stadium when Kate Norton has finally finished setting up for Arizona soccer’s typical Tuesday training session.
Wait, not yet.
The first-year assistant coach grabs a ball from a pile on the sideline, fills it with just the right amount of air, and puts it directly on the touchline next to 10 other balls that were worthy of making the cut.
Now she’s done.
“I am a tidy, particular person,” says Norton, who arrives at least an hour before UA’s 3:30 practices, “so it just spills out into the session.