You Can't Make This Up

I will try to be as brief as possible with this particular entry because of the fine work many of our Bison did today both in and out of the pool.

Today (and in many future entries,) we asked several members of the team to take charge of the camera and play the role of investigative reporter.  If today's raw footage is any indication of what is to come, you are in for quite a treat.

What I enjoy most about these videos is how each has a distinct approach to the assignment. 

Let's examine this first video:

You might be saying to yourself, "There's something wrong with my computer; I can't see anything."  The reason you can't see anything is because we couldn't see anything this morning, either.  We arrived at the pool around 5:45AM and the lights would not be turned on until around the top of the hour.  In this video, you'll hear sophomore Matt Calhoun ask a couple of questions to team members.  Usually the first rule of taking videos is to make sure you can see something, but I guess the audio will have to do.

 

Other interesting observations include how the Bison Matt is interviewing not only think they can be seen, but how they there isn't a solid train of thought from anyone.  It should be pointed out in the beginning of the video that Matt's first question is, "Is it dark outside, guys?"  Listen to the commentary and have a small amount of sympathy for anyone trying to talk in the dark before a workout.  We should, however, Herc Up, as is junior Darell Hungerford's advice.

 

This morning went really well from the groups.  We had four different workouts going, with solid performances from senior Darien Washington, sophomores Briana Dillon and Miles Hector.

 

Speaking of Miles...

 

This second video (click the link to the left)was reported by junior Janai Ederaine.  You should know that Janai put a lot of thought into creating this video, including making sure the audience could actually see something and using the Christmas tree has a backdrop to give the effect this training trip is one massive holiday gift.  Miles, along with sophomores Mohamed Bouzaghrane and Ben Skelding, endured the most meters in the long course morning practice and should be commended for it.  Miles does a nice job articulating his thoughts while Janai continues to ask questions with the help of the telepathic, voodoo Santa. 

 

The afternoon practice started sluggish, much like yesterday afternoon's workout.  The difference, however, came in the second half of the practice.  The 50 sprint group and 500 free group stepped-up nicely during the most anaerobic portions of the practice.  It was a nice rallying cry for the group as fatigue seemed to transform into motivation to give more effort.

 

The dryland portion of the afternoon followed the workout.  I could write a lot about the land activities, but why don't we let the video below, featuring sophomore Trent Popovich and freshman Cameron Gray, do the talking:

 

There are many points of note from this video (click the left link again:)

1) Notice how Cameron is allotted the :11 sec. mark to the :14 sec. mark to talk and Trent takes the :14 sec. mark to the 1:00 mark.

2) Did you hear how Trent told the world that he and Darell missed the bus for practice.  Can't say I told him to say that one ...

2a) Trent and Darell made it 2 miles in their jog to the pool before their coach politely requested that Anthony and Miriam pick them up in the bus.

3) Ben takes great pride in getting Trent and Cameron excited about Trent "dunking on" their coach, who just so happens to write the workouts for each practice.

 

Emeka will break you.

 All-in-all, it was a good day to be a member of the Bison.  We worked very hard, forced the wind and cloud cover to head north and away from our training schedule, and build team camaraderie at the expense of one of the greatest recreational, basketball activities known to mankind.  We continue to build muscle, build trust and build the foundation for what hopes to be a epic final eight weeks to the season.