January 29, 2024: Last Practice of 2024 (4 hours)

Yesterday was a great day off. I had some family time and got a good workout in. However, I couldn’t go the full day without being a coach. I ended up watching film on our next opponent and getting together the scout for the game. I woke up at 10:00 a.m. today and went to the gym for leg day. After, I got my protein shake then came home and made a quick lunch. I ate and relaxed until it was time to get ready for practice. I got to the gym at 6:00 and talked about the practice plan with the coaches. I also showed them the scout I did for tomorrow's game against St. Joseph Brooklyn. After we talked we went down to the gym for our 7:00 practice. Since tomorrow is game day there was no need to do much running today, we just walked through our plays and worked on our defense. We still paid attention to every little detail, but instead of making them run for silly mistakes we just made them do pushups. Once we were satisfied we ended practice with a shooting drill and team free throws. No one could leave until every player made 2 free throws in a row. They finished at 9:00 so we huddled up and sent them home. The coaches stayed another hour to talk about tomorrow’s game. If we win tomorrow it would almost solidify our spot in playoffs, if we lose it digs us deeper into a hole. However, we were extremely confident about the game because, in the first matchup, we came out with the win. The four of us headed home at 10:00 to get a good night’s rest before game day.