Back At It….

Today was my first practice since I played my last game at World Cup, which was on August 24th!!!!  I was a little worried that I might be rusty, but I impressed myself!  You wouldn’t even know that I haven’t played in over a month the way that I played today

It was supposed to be the 3 of us (Brock, Adam, & I) plus our coach Ed, but it turned out to be only Adam and I.  So Katie (assistant coach for Team Ontario and Mike (a head ref) came out to give us a hand and played with us.  Katie & Mike took turns playing us – I had Katie first – played 2 games – won 8-0 and 6-0.  I got 2 snowman’s in one game  A snowman is when the ball that is thrown ends up on top of the Jack or other ball.  Mike was more challenging – he won 4-2 in first game, but in our second game I came back in last end from being down 5-0 to win 6-5!!!!!!!!!  :-D  This shows you that a game is never over until the last ball is thrown – that’s one thing that I like about boccia…the score can change in a second!

After that, we played a Team game – Adam and I vs Katie and Mike.  Adam and I played great with making good shots – we won 7-3.

I must say that I was quite impressed with how I played!  It only shows you how mental preparation is an important aspect of the game as well.  Imagery is a great tool when used correctly  Thanks to my sport psychologist for this!

Boccia Blast (an annual tournament hosted by my local club) is coming up on Oct. 14th-16th, and I can’t wait to play.

Keep turned…..

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