Updates Galore – Did You Miss Us?

Howdy Y’all!

Thanks to those who made a point to mention that they missed the updates.  Some even wondered in public chat forums!  It’s good to feel like people are paying attention.  These girls deserve it!  There just wasn’t much to write about unless you want details of the workouts…those might be trade secrets for Maryellen though

Well, the conditioning part of our training ends with a final workout on Saturday.  Maryellen has done a fantastic job of working with these girls in a way that’s targeted, fun, and most of all, athleticly beneficial!  You can actually see a major difference in the way that they move, their balance, their strength, and even in their posture.  I can’t wait to get them in the gym on Monday to start the long task of directing that athletic ability into proper techniques.  Don’t worry, just becasue we are moving out of the conditioing period into the technique training period doesn’t mean we forget about conditioning.  We will be doing warm up workouts everyday before practice and a cool down stretch and core work session at the end of each day.

On a team chemistry note, the girls have really turned the corner in this area.  I had mentioned a few times how quiet they were in workouts and at open gyms.  Well I can assure you that it’s not an issue anymore.  After working out together for so long and a couple of team sleepovers…I can’t get them to shut up!   Now we need to see if that energy translates to the court.

There have been many questions about our playing schedule and the actions taken by other clubs and the OVR against us.  I wasn’t going to comment on the controversy as I thought just falling on the sword and moving forward would be the best thing.  However I’m finding out that in our culture, silence is judged as guilt and leaves all kinds of room for speculation.   I am still undecided as to weather I should issue a public statement about what we feel was a major injustice or just hold my peace and let people say what they will.  Rest assured, we have a very competitve schedule of 6 tournaments and none of the controversy has effected our girls in the least. 

Thank you to Blackswamp, CVC, Mavrick, and all the others who have remained friends, offered their support, and took the time to hear the whole story.   Also a huge thanks to Scott Monroe at Oiler Attack for all of his support.  We’re proud to be under the Oiler Umbrella! 

Finally several people have asked if I am planning to blog after every practice.  The answer is, I’ll try!  I can’t guarantee that it will happen EVERY night, but I really like the idea of putting out there what we are doing and how we are doing it.  Several parents and coaches have commented on how much they like it so I’ll try to do it as much as i can.  Maybe I can even get Coach Dave to write a blog or two, after all he’s already on facebook!

As always, please feel free to leave a comment or ask a question.  See you all next week….

Viva!