Goals, Updates, and a Year Worth Living

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Social media has mixed reviews: People like it. People hate it. Two fair opinions. OK, I'd say three: people use it for work, so it's meh 😐.

One of my social media goals is gaining a little traction in a one step forward, two steps backward, one step forward, one step forward fashion. Yes, I am trying to reach a larger audience 😆, and it takes work!

February saw a decrease in the number of blog posts, but that is OK. March will enter like a lion on the way to 300+ posts for 2022. Setting goals like this one reminds me to practice patience - I would like to see what 300 looks like for a year, but I can wait. 

There is no need to rush time - easier said then done 😆.

On another goal note, the Bishop O'Connell Varsity 2 ice hockeybteam that I coach lost in the quarterfinals with a 2-3 overtime loss. We scored with 9.7 seconds on a 6-on-4. Hopefully, the boys learned some skills to take with them into their spring sport seasons and into next year's ice hockey season. The team had to learn a lot from our first couple of games, and the playoff game saw them wake up in some aspects. 

On the UMBC side, the Retrievers made the playoffs as well. With the first playoff game this Friday, it will feel good to start the post-season, the first one in about five years - that is, after a two-year hiatus from college hockey, a comeback season, and a Covid season that saw no games. 

Difficult seasons. The hockey season is long and warrants top-notch shape. The typical player may not reach solid conditioning until December. If he or she adds even a little bit of concentrated strength & conditioning throughout the in-season, play can improve. Enter tryouts in shape and expect to have a better season.

...Work on learning the game and improving sport-specific sense and the season improves a bit for the team, especially individual players.

...Work on the mental strength side of the game during the season and watch a player excel.

...Solid overall athleticism should be a goal per student-athlete. So, play other sports as well, peeps. Or, workout. Engage in another sport in addition to the main sport you play for optimal physical and athletic development.

What else combines with athleticism? Growing as a person. Enrich yourselves student-athletes. Don't just go home after school and do schoolwork. Volunteer, act, social club time at school, something.

Well, let's end that for goals and updates. This year has so much ahead of it. People, whether young or adults, must continue to develop and learn.

Derek|@teemptraining|derekteempt@gmail.com