Who Are We?

Well it is that time again. The time is here and we can't believe that we are just a couple days away from having our first game. Not sure where to begin my emotions are all over the place. Last week we had an incredible team bonding weekend. The girls didn't know where we were going. They met at the school and were greeted with a sign and envelopes. The envelopes had a story which gave them the driving directions to the Resort. Yes we stayed at the Hilton resort in Huntington Beach. Right across from the beach. We were so excited. They were even more. It was beautiful. We began our event with a couple of team building games. They were fun and we had some laughs. I think that they learned shaving cream can be used for many things. Then the toxic river. After much thought and teamwork then rethought there plan and mastered it. All girls made it safe to the other side. After that we had dinner at Ruby's on the pier. Good times and laughs. They did a trust walk there and back. Memories were created. When they got back to the resort they were greeted with the instructions of you need to write a positive and a negative on each body that was taped to the wall (they traced and outlined there bodies on butcher paper). We had Michael Jackson's song, Man in the Mirror, playing. It was quiet and you could feel the intensity. It was pretty cool to see what the girls wrote about each other. After they were done they had the chance to see what was written. We then had the girls take their bodies down and tell us a couple positives and negatives they liked. It was incredible to see how right on the girls were with each other. It actually because very emotional and great strength was built that evening. We topped it off with highs and lows. The girls went back to their rooms and played games, laughed and etc. The goals were accomplished for the weekend and we are off to a start.
Coaches meeting was pretty cool. I think the girls got it. The questions was Who are we? They learned about the characteristics of a bear, how big they are, how they each, how they hold themselves. We presented the plan... 1. We are unpredictable, 2. We scare our opponents (by running the floor, physical stamina, shooting, rebounding, etc) 3. We stand tall, Show no fear! and are Fierce! 4. Ambush our prey...opponent!
The girls get it. Next week Monday, is our first game. Our whole team will be back. (4 girls were in volleyball...they won league, semi finals in C.I.F.and qualified for state and 1 girl in cross country..they won league, 2nd in C.I.F and run the state race tomorrow... Saturday.) We got our volleyball girls back and our cross country girl will be back on Monday. We are excited about the potentials of this season and are working hard to accomplish the goals set. Our expectations are high and are motivated to achieve "greatness". Here begins our 2009-2010 journey.

We are the Bears!! We are unpredictable, we scare our opponents, we show no fear, we are fierce and we will Ambush our prey!