Get Ahead Time

As the summer approaches I can't help but think of the next couple months as a GRAND opportunity for our athletes to develop.

The schedule our student-athletes keep at Grinnell is crammed. They move from classes, to work, to practice at a brake-neck pace and individual development is often pushed to the back of their priority list. But the summer is different, it is full of time.

In his book "Think Like a Champion" Dick DeVenzio references a story about a player getting up at 6 am to shoot shots and knowing that no one else was shooting at that time. That was his "getting ahead of the competition" time. He would shoot for an hour before school and then go about his day. He earned an advantage over his opponents during those early morning workouts.

Summer is our Get Ahead Time at Grinnell. Our athletes need to realize that this is the time to put in the individual work. When no one is looking, when there are no teammates around, they need to be getting ahead.

Next year, our success against the top MWC teams will depend on if we got ahead this summer.