Ladies:

I sure hope this e-mail thing works.  Please reply and confirm that you rec'd this.

Besides starting our foundation for perimeter defense today, we worked on blocking.  Hopefully we'll have time every practice or two to recap the key of sealing the net while blocking:

• Decide early what the offense might do.
• Keep your eyes open when you set the block in the right place at the right time.
• Form your block by pressing your hands over the tape with tension in your forearms and hands angled toward the middle of the court.

With that reminder stated, let's make sure we all do our homework for the week.  Starting off slow, we have 5 core exercises that should make a very good impact on our performance:

1. In & Outs
2. Bicycles (forward & reverse)
3. Crunchy Frogs
4. Oblique Crunches
5. Mason Twists

If anyone forgets how to do any of these exercises, please just do a Youtube search.  Also, please start with around 15 reps for each set (that's 7 sets total -- 2 for bicycles and 2 for obliques).  If you can go all the way through with 15 reps, slow it down a little (make it more difficult) and add another rep.  Keep working your way up to 20 or more.

Okay.  I sure hope this e-mail program works now...

See you all on Sunday!

Coach Chad