Strong effort

It was back to work at practice Monday, and we started fixing the things that went wrong in Grafton and refined the things that we did well.

The practice was pretty physical, and the pace of practice was much faster than usual. To keep our team from getting tired towards the end of scrimmages/games, we had one of the most difficult conditioning sessions of the year. The coaches reminded the players that conditioning is not punishment, it is an investment. We work hard now so that it gets easy later. If we need to punish players, we are certainly willing to do so - but that was not the case at the end of practice tonight.

This is consistent with the idea that players should only worry about things that they can control. I thought the players ran extremely hard, and while they probably didn't like it at the time, they will be glad they worked so hard now when they feel fresh in the 4th quarter.

The players also received their game jerseys at the end of practice. A reminder to players and parents: pictures are scheduled to be taken tomorrow during practice (weather permitting), and therefore the players should wear their home jerseys (black) and game pants to practice tomorrow, with full pads.

Another reminder that the next scrimmage is this Wednesday at Germantown, 5:30pm-7:30pm. We are asking that the players try to arrive at Germantown by 5:00pm. We understand that work schedules can make this difficult (the coaches are in the same boat), but they should try to make it early if possible. A map can be found on the website.

Any questions, you can always email me at mkenitz@kenitzlaw.com. E-mail is probably the best way to get a hold of me during the workday...if I'm not in a position to get e-mail, I'm typically not in a position to answer the phone either.

Tomorrow will be a defensive practice, and should be another physical one. See you then.