I just wanted to send very sincere "Thank You" to our two assistant coach's, Coach Eric and Coach Gary. It has been very nice to enjoy a vacation with my family, and know that the girls at home are still getting great training, and the coach's are taking the training and running with it. I have had no input on the training while I'm out, but have full confidence I don't need to get involved. I've been reading their emails to you guys and to each other, and I know I've told you how lucky you guys are to have these coachs for your girls--but I am lucky to have them too. Thanks Eric for following my lead with the video's and the emails to keep the parents and kids up to date on the training, practice notes, etc. I think it's good for them to actually not have me there and to hear a new voice every once in a while. Thanks Eric and Gary!
Parents, I want to thank you also.
I know that our training can seem like the necessary evil... What I mean by that is I know we all have 50 million other things going on with other activities, other children, etc. So I know we are all running around like crazy; but at the same time I know we all want our kids to get "Elite training", 2-3 days per week (I have four kids myself). I know many of us think, especially when the practice days come, that we wish it could be canceled or to allow your daughter to skip--but looking at the bigger picture, we want them to have the best training. Thanks for your support and commitment as parents--and the same to the girls. And thanks how much you work to arrange your schedules to get your girls to the training/practices.
It's been sort of a funny observation I've had with my 4 girls. When my Maria has a practice, we don't even think of her skipping--not even an option unless sick or out of town. We pay a lot of money (way too much) for her to play on their Elite team, so we constantly think that if she misses, that we are wasting our money (and trust me, if there was a good select team her age that I knew of, she'd be on it, but there isn't). Anyway, with my other three, who all play on Select teams, since the money factor doesn't come in, we tend to not put the importance factor on their trainings like we do for Maria. This is not only not fair to my other three, but I got very lucky in knowing that the other three are getting just as good (or better) training as Maria gets (Madalyn's coach's actually just hired a trainer!). Just an observation I wanted to share since I know if I'm feeling this way, many of you are probably too! I've shared this with Heidi in a great attempt to make sure those three get to their trainings on a very consistent basis.
We as coach's do our very best to make their training fun by adding new activities, adding in the "video portions" ect. But, I can promise, they all aren't all going to be "fun". Training will be challenging, and sometimes that challenge may not be exactly "fun"! Please continue to support us in keeping your daughter involved and showing them the posts and videos, and most importantly getting them to the trainings! Thanks, and for those that are going out of town for spring break, or have activities scheduled for Spring Break, please enjoy!
Brian
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