Phase One - Day 3

Well day 3 is in the books. Started with an early breakfast of french toast and boiled eggs then off to the gym for practice. We only had one session today. We worked for about 2.5 hours this morning and the practice went OK. Decent intensity with lots of work on offense and some work on the defensive end of the floor. With so many veterans back, it is easier to run smoother offense early in the camp. The injury bug has hit though as we started with 20 and now, on a good day, might have 16 bodies available. Hopefully we can avoid that and get everybody back on the court.

After the practice, the team went to learn about a new weightlifting program. I headed to Future shop to get some cords we were missing for the video gear. After a 30 min plus adventure in future shop and a trip to the Mac store and walmart, we have almost everything we need. There are some things missing in the video box that I thought would be there but we will get it sorted out soon.

We had a video session at 5pm so I made it back in time to clean that up and get ready to roll. The session went well and we were able to show the players some of their issues with offensive spacing.

A quick supper after that and then back to residence for a team meeting with Roger Friesen who is the sport pscyhologist for the team. An incredibly fascinating man. I really enjoy listening to him and I have already made some great notes from chats with him and listening to him speak.

OF course we had to finish up our evening with a coaches meeting at Starbucks. They are going to run out of frappucino flavours before I leave.

So I am assuming that people will be using this to fall asleep but I assure you, it will get better.

Until Tomorrow.

Pictures from my room

On the top a mountain range

On the bottom, a dormant volcano called Mt. Baker