Camp - Week 1

Camp continues to go very weel, although I think the girls were a little tired today - girly drama (thank goodness I'll never be 10 again!), some whining, and just dragging the feet a bit more than usual. But all in all, they are working very hard and are doing everything that is asked of them. They are long training sessions and ALL of the girls are clearly improving greatly!

At the pool in the afternoons, I usually write their end-of-day conditioning workouts, so on our way back to the gym, I stop off at the copy machine to make a copy for each of them. As a result, the girls are in the gym for maybe 3-5 minutes by themselves, when I usually put someone in charge of making sure everyone is stretching. The first day we did this, I arrived back in the gym to see all of the girls with their pool towels wrapped around their heads! Day 2, I came back in the gym to see them all sitting in straddle position, one behind the other, playing dominos with their bodies. They were entertained for quite a while with that! If I'd only had my camera on me to take photos of these precious moments!

The kids are LOVING the afternoon free time we're having (contingent upon working hard during conditioning!) and some are really learning some new skills during this 15 minute block. Of course I get nervous with them all over the place, but for the most part, we've only had a few minor injuries...

I've discovered a new motivatino toget them to work hard during conditioning - the promise that whichever team works the hardest will get to be in charge of the stopwatch the next day. It's amazing what motivates them (not so sure these tricks will still work as they get older!).

Thank you to my INCREDIBLE coaches who are great with the girls and are teaching them so much. They have made the camp fabulous and have made my life so much easier!

I'm planning to add a little more "fun" into the mix at our final workout of the week, to reward them for their hard work this week and to keep them excited to come back next week!