Coaches’ Blog

Take a deep breath and hold it.  Keep holding it.  Keep going.  Almost there.  Just nine more months to hold your breath.  Seriously…nine months.  Sometimes, this is exactly how I feel every school year.  And Nationals is the moment right before I get to exhale, sigh, take a deep breath, and recharge.  You’d like to [...]

We asked each other, “Do you think he’s as excited as he was last year at this time?” We thought there had to be something special about the first time an athlete goes to nationals that could not be replicated a second or third time around. As we watched him compete for the third and [...]

This year was a first for me and my wife…she came to nationals.  Afterwards, she came up with the great idea of posting some of her thoughts on this site.  I thought it would be great to expand that one step further.  With that in mind, this will be a four part blog entry giving [...]