Compliance meetings, physicals, team meetings...oh, and classes.
We have 10 returning players, one transfer and only one freshman on our team this year, so everything is going pretty smoothly. You would be surprised how hectic the first week can be when you have a large number of new players like we did last year (8).
Our young ladies do a great job of taking care of our freshmen, so I'm not worried about Kim Browning fitting in at all. Kim is our first freshman not to live with other basketball players. She is living with three soccer players...I guess that's good.
Our players will play pickup today. Coaches can't watch, but I don't want to watch anyway. Pickup is where all of the bad habits are developed - post players act like point guards, the ball never goes inside, no one sprints back on defense, etc.. But they will have fun and draw a crowd of guys who will ooh and ahh at every long 3 or behind-the-back pass.
We will start individual workouts, conditioning and weight training this week, but I'm really excited about one of our new community service projects. Every Friday we will serve dinner to homeless women and their children at My Sister's Place women's center in Baltimore. It will give our young ladies a chance to interact with women who are down on their luck and hopefully put a smile on their faces.
Have a great Labor Day weekend! I will talk to you next week.
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