Keeping Pace

Keeping Pace

We are mighty

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…tired. Mighty but tired after the first week of practice in full pads.

These “junior midgets” the biggest and baddest (read: oldest) on the fields.

As I sit in the shade watching them do their thing, I glance over to the far right hand corner of the fields. Here the “mighty mites” run around in their mini-sized pads. The contrast in size and experience is tremendous.

This, being YaYa’s last year of Pop Warner football and middle school, is certainly a year to cherish. As I sit back and observe, I think back to the year we first joined the pack. It was YaYa’s first year of tackle, his first year of private school, and we where just 1 year past the passing of his father.

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to hell and beyond

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“Hell week,” as they call it, has come to an end…and now the fun really begins. And by “fun,” I mean “work.” HARD WORK!

YaYa, who is still rubbing arnica gel on his left forearm and taking doses of acetaminophen and ibuprofen for total body soreness thinks the end of hell week means things will settle into a more routine level of work. That it will…but only after the increased intensity of toughness is built.

I suppose it’s not unlike the base building, followed by long run progression to “peak performance,” in marathon training. I realize this isn’t about running but I have to draw parallels to what I know.

Now that the team has logged their 10 hours of conditioning, their base conditioning has a nice foundation. From here, they will enter into full pads and starting hitting it full force, build a nice base in-pads, and continue on towards peak performance. And hopefully, their “peak” will be marked with a nice helping of success (though I’m simply praying for no serious injuries) as our league steps it up and enters into our 1st year of Division 1 competition!

Please join me in wishing the boys a great season. Leave your comments here.

Pretty Cool in Pink!

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Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Each year, our football & cheer league sponsors a breast cancer awareness day. For the girls, it’s not a big deal to wear pink. For the boys, however, it could be a really big deal. If any of them have ever complained about it, I’m unaware. Here, the boys march down to take the field wearing pink socks, pink shoe laces, and pink mouth guards. What a way to toughen them up, eh?

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