Like I said after the scrimmage last night, ladies... DON'T WORRY AT ALL ABOUT THE 3-0 LOSS to Zeeland East. That scrimmage was a great way to get us to condition, play together, try different positions, discover some strengths, and to experience where our weaknesses are as well. I was impressed with our first half overall, and although we let down a bit in the second, I was also trying people at places they've never been before. Again... NOTHING to worry about / be concerned with / even THINK about. One thing I loved about last night was that it got people asking questions. You experienced a certain amount of confusion within your position last night and it caused people to ask the question, "well what do I do when...". We need to carry that on into practice today as we go over some questions about positioning and / or positional job descriptions. Because you experienced a taste of it yesterday, today should make more sense to you and be of more relevance. Hopefully it is a time to connect some of the dots.
One thing I did notice yesterday is that we still need to be in better terms of our overall fitness / conditioning level. The Zeeland girls were running circles around us in that second half, and I think a lot of it is just that we are not field-ready. Today and tomorrow will certainly help, but we need to be sure we are doing all we can in the area of fitness and conditioning in order to improve throughout this season. That goes from our goalies all the way up the field to our forwards. Remember... conditioning is a privilege:) I know that thought got some laughs in the past, but in all seriousness, it is the truth! If you want to be a better athlete, if you want to win, and if you want to look good on the field in general, you need to be in better physical condition than the person you are up against... that doesn't happen without a lot of really hard work. You know my husband and I are MSU fans, but we certainly have a lot of respect for good coaching and strong programming. Michigan's new football coach, Jim Harbaugh, has some really great words that fit in to the philosophy of conditioning being a privilege. Mgoblog had this to say of one of Harbaugh's recent practices... "When practice was over Harbaugh brought the team around him and awarded the day to the defense. As a reward he told them they had to run while the offense watched because “here, the winners are the ones that earn the opportunity to get better.” See, guys... it's not just YOUR coaches that are crazy!
Let's get better at practice today and get ready for our scrimmages tomorrow. Remember, 3-5 practice today, meeting in my classroom dressed and ready at 3. Team dinner is directly after practice at our house, (52 W. 18th) and we'll be having pizza and salad. I know... super healthy! :( You should expect to be picked up / taken home between 6:30 and 7:00pm tonight!
Tomorrow you will need to be at GVSU by 8:15 at the Lower South Field. We will meet there (you can't miss our bright yellow warm-ups... right!?)
Bring both jerseys, but please wear your blacks, as I am hopeful they will let us wear that jersey for both games. Technically we are HOME for our first game, but Big Rapids has all red uniforms for their away jerseys so I am hopeful we can get away with it:) See you at the field at 8:15!
One thing I did notice yesterday is that we still need to be in better terms of our overall fitness / conditioning level. The Zeeland girls were running circles around us in that second half, and I think a lot of it is just that we are not field-ready. Today and tomorrow will certainly help, but we need to be sure we are doing all we can in the area of fitness and conditioning in order to improve throughout this season. That goes from our goalies all the way up the field to our forwards. Remember... conditioning is a privilege:) I know that thought got some laughs in the past, but in all seriousness, it is the truth! If you want to be a better athlete, if you want to win, and if you want to look good on the field in general, you need to be in better physical condition than the person you are up against... that doesn't happen without a lot of really hard work. You know my husband and I are MSU fans, but we certainly have a lot of respect for good coaching and strong programming. Michigan's new football coach, Jim Harbaugh, has some really great words that fit in to the philosophy of conditioning being a privilege. Mgoblog had this to say of one of Harbaugh's recent practices... "When practice was over Harbaugh brought the team around him and awarded the day to the defense. As a reward he told them they had to run while the offense watched because “here, the winners are the ones that earn the opportunity to get better.” See, guys... it's not just YOUR coaches that are crazy!
Let's get better at practice today and get ready for our scrimmages tomorrow. Remember, 3-5 practice today, meeting in my classroom dressed and ready at 3. Team dinner is directly after practice at our house, (52 W. 18th) and we'll be having pizza and salad. I know... super healthy! :( You should expect to be picked up / taken home between 6:30 and 7:00pm tonight!
Tomorrow you will need to be at GVSU by 8:15 at the Lower South Field. We will meet there (you can't miss our bright yellow warm-ups... right!?)
Bring both jerseys, but please wear your blacks, as I am hopeful they will let us wear that jersey for both games. Technically we are HOME for our first game, but Big Rapids has all red uniforms for their away jerseys so I am hopeful we can get away with it:) See you at the field at 8:15!