The Week Ahead: 8.14. to 8.19

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness

is trading what we want most

for what we want at the moment.

~Anonymous~

Our first "week" (three days) of practice is in the books! We're off to a great start in the water. In these first two-plus weeks we will talk a lot about fundamentals, habits, and choices. If we can start off with great fundamentals and consistently choose to focus on those things, in a few weeks we will have habits that we won't even have to think about that will set us up for plenty of success as we head down the road of our season. It can be trying at times, but the more we can really own that process, the better we will be for it!

This week is PACKED with details! Please read the following carefully...

Practice Times

• Monday and Going Forward
• 3:15 to 5:45pm (divers may go to 6:00pm depending on board availability and Diane's schedule).

Locker Room Use

• Maintenance is being done on the instructional pool locker-rooms, so we will not be able to put locks on our normal lockers until after Labor Day.

Athletics' Parent Night

• HC Athletics' Night is Tuesday (8.15) at 7:00pm
• At 7:40ish we will break out into meetings for individual sports.
• Each family will receive a packet with info from our picture forms, to our Team Handbook, and lots of pertinent information will be gone over.  Please have a parent from your family in attendance!
• The Team Handbook is required reading.  A signed-off sheet (both parents and athletes) is due on Friday, 8.18.
• There is a goal sheet in the back of the Handbook that needs to be filled out and brought to the retreat.

Pay-to-Play

•  Pay-to-play for this year will be $85 (checks payable to Holland Christian).
• You will receive an envelope at the Parent Meeting, so if you bring a cash or check that night you can just turn it right back in!

Team Pictures

• Our team pictures will be at 3:00pm on Thursday (8.17).  So, be on-deck and READY for pictures by 2:50pm so we can pass out parkas and be good-to-go there.
•  Picture forms will be handed out at the Athletics' Night on Tuesday.  If you want an individual or team photo, be sure to have your daughter bring a filled-out form with them on Thursday!
• We will be wearing our parkas. Underneath, athletes should have dark jeans with a white shirt.

Team Retreat

•  Our Team Retreat is this Friday and Saturday (8.18-19) at the Edewaard's house in Hamilton.
• We will carpool there after practice on Friday.
• On Saturday afternoon, we will be going to somewhere near the water (location TBD this week) for boating, tubing, and just hanging out. Pickup will be from that location at 5:00pm.
• Key items to bring:
• Your filled-out goal sheet from the back of our Team Handbook.
• A bag chair.
• A lifejacket (if you have one).
• A swimsuit and towel.
• Sleeping bag & pillow.