The girls are sore from running yesterday but they are smiling. The boys’ varsity coach has posted their times on the mile and the half mile outside his classroom door. Improved endurance will sure improve their game and their confidence. Mental endurance is as important – playing hard when outmatched, cooperating when one player is [...]
Eight varsity Meade River School players (boys and girls) came and ran after school! I’m proud of their efforts and hope that their times for running a mile get faster and faster. We will continue to meet Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons and time them. The PE teacher is going to do a unit on weight [...]
Conditioning, conditioning, conditioning! The Atqasuk girls’ team is going to be so few in number that we have got to be in good shape. The after-school running program begins today! Thirty-one days until practice starts…deep breath….
Our girls (and boys) are meeting tomorrow after school for a pre-season briefing on conditioning and eligibility. The players are excited. I am excited. It feels almost like the Christmas spirit! Our practice begins on November 30. We have one game before the Christmas break and then nearly every weekend after the break until early [...]