uncontrollables and cohesiveness

Week #1 in the books.  This past week I had the team do an exercise called "uncontrollables" where they had to list out anything they cannot control during the course volleyball competitions (i.e officials, temperature, travel, etc.). This resulted in a large list of things we as a volleyball team cannot control and therefore don't need to spend time stressing about. Instead let's put that energy toward things we can control - being tough from the service line, blocking out the sun,and  making em' pay on free balls!  Uncontrollable turned out to be the theme of the week as one of our vans blasted its alternator on the way to our team retreat resulting in half the team spending some unplanned quality time at a gas station.  Morning conditioning workouts and evening practices have been the protocol.  This team is showing some serious cohesiveness. Hope your team's season is off to a good start. Grab some coffee, work hard, serve with intention and swing away into the 2010 season.