I have decided to try and start a daily update on this journey so people back home can follow along.
My day started at 4:30 AM to get ready for the 6:15 flight. The flight was no problem except for the cranky lady beside me from Halifax - Toronto who complained about everything from the lights to the service to the tv's. She bitched about everything.
Arrived in Toronto at 9AM and got to the Canada Basketball offices around 10. I hung out there for a while and then headed to the nearby Chapters to buy more books :)
I left the office around 2 to head to pick up some coaches and head to York for the open tryout.
The tryout had about 25 players from across the country and had a varying level of skills. CBU was represented by Kelsey Hodgson. She had a good tryout and was very energetic. She has made the next round of tryouts and I am very proud of that. She has worked very hard and has earned a second look with the senior women's team.
I chose to remove a lot of my input into the decision regarding her as I didn't want to bias the selection. She earned her way and now has a bigger task ahead of her to crack the senior women's squad. Regardless of what happens she will gain a tremendous amount over the next two days.
Tomorrow starts what I have been waiting for, PRACTICE. I have been wanting to get into this level of basketball for a long while and tomorrow another goal is checked off the list. There are some very high level athletes and coaches here so it should be a tremendous experience.
I will update as much as I can over the course of the next 3 weeks. Now it is a little after 11 and I am exhausted. Off to bed with an 8AM wakeup then two 3 hour practices.
Coach McKenzie
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