2012 was a very good year for us. It was also a very fun year. But our year is illustrative of a problem that is very common in sports: your team has a great year, a historic year, an amazingly fun year. And then it ends and there is barely time at all to bask in the glory before you want to start all over again, except do it EVEN BETTER this time. Work harder, be in better shape, play smarter, score that header you missed last year, be more supportive of your teammates, finish that breakaway, beat that team you lost to in overtime, dominate that team you hated playing, make that save you almost had, and above all win that last game and go even farther.
Before that whole business starts up however, our players are busy this January. We have three kids playing hockey (two actively, one on the Disabled List but apparently she is doing an excellent job of opening the door from the bench to the ice), two kids coming off of surgeries and rehabbing, four kids spending the second semester overseas in Rome, Florence, London, and Beijing, and three seniors who are preparing for their last semester before graduation and the real world.
Our spring season will start up in March and before that the team has to get back to campus, get back into the swing of classes, start up in the weight room again, play a little pick-up on the indoor turf, maybe even get their touch back in the racquetball courts (that might be a coach's wishful thinking), and get their legs churning on the treadmill (more wishful thinking?).
After the holidays this blog will be back with some more Forester news. Right now campus is empty and quiet and the team is scattered to their homes all over the country. Stay tuned. And be sure to check our official Athletic Department page to get updates on the off-season awards and accolades our kids have piled up.
Happy New Year!
