We had a bit of snow & wind on Saturday night but it was not to bad on Sunday morning so we met the bus in Borden, PEI & travelled to the dome in Moncton, NB for our softball game. I thought the indoor soccer building was Hugh in Stratford, PEI, but the dome in Moncton is at least 1/2 as big again. Had a good trip over & had our game with the Moncton team. The boys played pretty good and won 8 to 4 but we still have a lot of work to do before we head to Greece.
Practice is good but it never will replace a game & the extra it provides. Hopefully we will be able to play a lot of games locally between May & when we leave the End of June. Their are some teams here in Summerside who hopefully will have some games with us & we will find some teams in Charlottetown to do the same.
Not much more to say just we have the skill tests scheduled for Sunday with a team dinner after at the Delta hotel. Hope the boys all do good but I am really worried about 4 of them, time will tell & I will have the results next week.
Till next time.
Lew.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Going to Moncton, NB.
We had practice on both Sunday & Thursday night , Sunday was a good practice but Thursday night it seemed like no one really wanted to be there. Richard put up with it for a little while than he snapped the whip which got them back in the practice mode. On Sunday we practice at the indoor soccer complex in Stratford, it is quite a building with 2 indoor soccer fields. It gives us a lot more room than our regular gym so we are able to do a lot of different stuff. We borrow a pitching machine so the boys can practice batting & will not get rusty. As far as batting goes I am not worried because at the Special Olympics our strength was hitting. They all hit good and not to many innings we did not score the max 5 runs, their fielding was fair so not to many innings did we give up the 5 runs.
Sunday morning we are going to Moncton, NB to play a game with the Moncton team, it will be a good test as they never seem to play good against Moncton. It will be held indoors and a fun game but would be a big boost for them if they can win. In London, On they were the only team to beat us on our drive for the Gold medal so fun game or not it will be a real test.
We have practice again Thursday night and next Sunday we will have the second fitness test on the players. They were done in October and the results will be compared to see just how much they have improved. Hope they all do well but I am worried about a couple of them as they don't seem to really try all that hard.
That is all for now folks, will keep you posted on our little road trip.
Till next time
Lew.
Sunday morning we are going to Moncton, NB to play a game with the Moncton team, it will be a good test as they never seem to play good against Moncton. It will be held indoors and a fun game but would be a big boost for them if they can win. In London, On they were the only team to beat us on our drive for the Gold medal so fun game or not it will be a real test.
We have practice again Thursday night and next Sunday we will have the second fitness test on the players. They were done in October and the results will be compared to see just how much they have improved. Hope they all do well but I am worried about a couple of them as they don't seem to really try all that hard.
That is all for now folks, will keep you posted on our little road trip.
Till next time
Lew.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Back to work
After 3 weeks of no practice for winter storms and our player's attending the New Brunswick winter games we finally had a practice on Thursday night. Sorry to hear that one of our best players sprained his ankle playing floor hockey & will miss a few week of practice. He is a good athlete and will do what he can to stay in game shape while he is laid up.
As you would expect about 75% of the players showed up in good shape as they did their exercises at home during our break. The other 25% were another problem as they had a good vacation and didn't do much of anything. We try to get across to them that it will be ungodly hot in Athens & the better shape they are in the easier it will be on them, they just don't seem to get the message. We will keep on them, I know as we get closer to our departure date they will work harder.
Today is Sunday and we have a practice today at the indoor soccer complex in Stratford. It is going to be a busy 3 weeks ahead as we will have practice on the next 2 Thursdays plus Sunday Feb 20 we are going to Moncton, NB for a ball game at an indoor complex. On Feb 20 we will do the second round of fitness testing on the players. We did one in October and they are expected to do better in this one. There will be one more test in June just before we leave for Athens, there are a couple who I am worried about as they don't seem to get the message that they are required to improve each test or they could be dropped from the team.
Till next time, take care.
As you would expect about 75% of the players showed up in good shape as they did their exercises at home during our break. The other 25% were another problem as they had a good vacation and didn't do much of anything. We try to get across to them that it will be ungodly hot in Athens & the better shape they are in the easier it will be on them, they just don't seem to get the message. We will keep on them, I know as we get closer to our departure date they will work harder.
Today is Sunday and we have a practice today at the indoor soccer complex in Stratford. It is going to be a busy 3 weeks ahead as we will have practice on the next 2 Thursdays plus Sunday Feb 20 we are going to Moncton, NB for a ball game at an indoor complex. On Feb 20 we will do the second round of fitness testing on the players. We did one in October and they are expected to do better in this one. There will be one more test in June just before we leave for Athens, there are a couple who I am worried about as they don't seem to get the message that they are required to improve each test or they could be dropped from the team.
Till next time, take care.
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