Crazy Volleyball Schedules – My weekends are finally mostly free, but my weekday schedules have gotten pretty brutal, at least 3 days a week.
Tuesdays, Wednesday and Fridays, I wake up at 5:00 in the morning. I get a 30-45 minute workout then get ready for work, which starts at 7:00. I am there until 3:00. I get home between 3:30-3:45 to change and grab a quick bite and leave again by 4:10. Then, I am in the gym coaching from 4:30-9:00 and finally get home for the day at about 9:30. Just to wake up at 5:00 again the next morning (except on Saturdays, I like to sleep in now!). Mondays are my free afternoon and Thursdays I get home to leave at 4:10 for karate. Thankfully, that is only an hour so I am back home by 5:30. I am trying to get into a habit of making dinners for a few days at a time on the days I have off. I haven’t been able to do that yet. It’s very difficult to eat at all healthy when you are running around like that and I’ll figure out a way to do it for a couple of days and then it all goes to hell again!
But, two of my teams did have their first games last night. My little ones and my middle ones. Both teams did win both of their games. The little ones, I have some girls that have been playing with me and they are right on that edge of being able to take the next step and I felt it hurt them a little bit to have a younger team around them. The newer ones played well but we have A LOT to work on to get where they should be. I had to take some of my more experienced players aside and tell them to use this a learning experience as a leader. Take hold of the team, let everyone know what is expected and show the how it is done so you can get ready for the next level. I hope it sinks in and she decided to be the hardest worker on the team. My mid-level team started off so well. Their first set, they played as good as I have ever seen them play and this was them moving up, their first game at the next level. I was excited and then they went a bit downhill. They started missing and making not so good decisions and losing some focus. They did end up winning both of their games, but they have a long way to go to be at the level they were at before they moved. I think after that first set was so easy, they expected it to be just as easy as it always was so weren’t bringing the intensity they started with.
It was good to be able to start with wins while still seeing what we really need to work on. Overall, I was happy. Tonight, it’s the big kids. This is going to be my hardest test yet, I think. I hope it goes well!
P.S. My book is out now on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432755583&sr=8-1&keywords=jennifer+shriver
READ IT! J
Tuesdays, Wednesday and Fridays, I wake up at 5:00 in the morning. I get a 30-45 minute workout then get ready for work, which starts at 7:00. I am there until 3:00. I get home between 3:30-3:45 to change and grab a quick bite and leave again by 4:10. Then, I am in the gym coaching from 4:30-9:00 and finally get home for the day at about 9:30. Just to wake up at 5:00 again the next morning (except on Saturdays, I like to sleep in now!). Mondays are my free afternoon and Thursdays I get home to leave at 4:10 for karate. Thankfully, that is only an hour so I am back home by 5:30. I am trying to get into a habit of making dinners for a few days at a time on the days I have off. I haven’t been able to do that yet. It’s very difficult to eat at all healthy when you are running around like that and I’ll figure out a way to do it for a couple of days and then it all goes to hell again!
But, two of my teams did have their first games last night. My little ones and my middle ones. Both teams did win both of their games. The little ones, I have some girls that have been playing with me and they are right on that edge of being able to take the next step and I felt it hurt them a little bit to have a younger team around them. The newer ones played well but we have A LOT to work on to get where they should be. I had to take some of my more experienced players aside and tell them to use this a learning experience as a leader. Take hold of the team, let everyone know what is expected and show the how it is done so you can get ready for the next level. I hope it sinks in and she decided to be the hardest worker on the team. My mid-level team started off so well. Their first set, they played as good as I have ever seen them play and this was them moving up, their first game at the next level. I was excited and then they went a bit downhill. They started missing and making not so good decisions and losing some focus. They did end up winning both of their games, but they have a long way to go to be at the level they were at before they moved. I think after that first set was so easy, they expected it to be just as easy as it always was so weren’t bringing the intensity they started with.
It was good to be able to start with wins while still seeing what we really need to work on. Overall, I was happy. Tonight, it’s the big kids. This is going to be my hardest test yet, I think. I hope it goes well!
P.S. My book is out now on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/loss-MOTHERs-Jennifer-Shriver-ebook/dp/B00Y7I7L4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432755583&sr=8-1&keywords=jennifer+shriver
READ IT! J