Sir, yes sir!!!

I thought to myself a couple of weeks ago, "what could I do to become a better coach"? I thought, "go to a clinic and learn something new". Then I said to myself, "How can we make 2009 THE YEAR? Then it finally hit me. "Experience the same pain that our players feel during workouts" So I did the unthinkable. I signed up for a basic training class at the YMCA" I had 2 choices. Either go at 5:30 AM or 5:30 PM. Now, anyone who knows me knows that mornings are not my thing. I am a night owl. I am actually writing this at 12:15 AM on a school night. So I said to myself again, "Do what I would normally not do" so of course I joined the morning session. I am now in my 3rd week and let me tell you something. I cannot believe how happy people can be at 5 in the morning. It has been a very interesting experience with the running, torturous ab workout and millions of push ups. I was suppose to take this class with 2 other coaches but they backed out at the last minute. I will not mention their names so I dont embarrass them but I will say that their initials are JP and CF. Figure it out.
The first week, everyone who has not taken the class is named "recruit", the drill sargeant yells and you have to take a test. number of push ups and number of sit ups in 2 minutes as well as the mile run. I had 75 sit ups, 88 push ups, and a 7:40 run. I will admit to you that I practiced for about 2 weeks prior. Anyway, I will keep you updated on our teams off season progress and my fight to get up in the mornings. There are also a couple of things in the works that I am excited about for next year but cannot say exactly what it is just yet. And dont forget that Pain is weakness leaving the body, sir.