The Week Ahead: 9.12 to 9.17

Team work is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives.

It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Andrew Canegie

The strength of the team is each individual member.

The strength of each individual member is the team.

Phil Jackson

Our quotes this week hit at some of the improvements we can make as a TEAM coming out of West Michigan Relays. Although we are each competing individually, it's our strength as a TEAM that will really fuel our endeavors as we go throughout the season. We need to allow the successes of others to fuel our own: cheering on a teammate as they set a personal best gives motivation to those cheering. Meanwhile, trusting each teammate to do their part as we go throughout a meet needs to be a foregone conclusion, needs to be a something we trust will happen.  Moreover, these are things that we cannot take for granted, but must be intentional about until they become a habit. Each one of us is responsible for the culture of our TEAM.

After a somewhat shorter 4-day week thanks to Labor Day, starting this week we jump into a bit more of a regular school schedule, with full weeks, Saturday practices, etc. Be sure to stay on top of school work and sleep and get into routines that you can carry throughout the rest of our season. If you wait until you're truly really busy to do so, it'll be too late!


Sweatshirts

• They should actually be in this week in time for Thursday! If you haven't paid yet, $13.50 or $3.50 if you worked the Herman Miller Picnic.

Thursday 9.15

• Meet HOME vs. West Ottawa and Portage Central
• Athletes need to be on deck at 5:15pm for devotions.
• Warm Up @ 5:30pm.  Meet Starts @ 6:30pm.

Friday 9.16

• Practice:
• Ben and Diane will be at the MISCA Clinic in Battle Creek, so Lisa will cover swim practice and Areal Tolsma will cover dive practice.
• Football Cleanup
• This is our second cleanup!
• We are doing this jointly with the boys team due to Homecoming festivities. Please see the emails I've sent out with the SignUp Genius link to sign up.

Saturday 9.17

• Saturday Practice:
• IN THE WATER from 7:00 to 8:30am.
• Breakfast to follow, so allow time afterward.