One of the things I am most proud of when I think of our team, is our work ethic. I am blessed to have a group that is not afraid to push themselves beyond what most would call "hard."
We take great pride in the fact that what we do, from core strengthening drills, to our County Fair conditioning drills is physically tough. It requires mental strength to push through it and we do. Reminds me of this article I read today.
Pictured here is a hill that 49ers head coach Mike Singletary had installed this summer at their training facility. What had been a gentle slope is now padded with 2,500 tons of dirt. It takes a run of about 45 feet to get to the top.
Coach Singletary calls his creation, "Pain"
Singletary said that athletes who trained that way “were a cut above some of the other competition around the league and had a long playing career.”
“It’s something you can’t get in the weight room. Something you can’t really get on the track,’’ he said. “It builds something that’s kind of a mystery.”
"We set the bar high, and these guys worked their tails off,” Singletary said. “You do that, and something develops inside a team. You can’t buy it. You can’t talk through it. You have to do it. We paid the price.”
(thanks coach Cooley)
No comments:
Post a Comment