Accomplishing a Goal

I feel so good as I have posted two entries to this Blog, and Coach Guy has not.....and Coach Derrick says that Coach Guy takes up all of the space here. Being here in New Jersey for the last three days, I have seen many swims that made me think . Last evening at the finals session, a 16 year old boy (he is from this local area, and had a big crowd in the bleachers), well he made his Olympic Trial qualifying time (this meet is being swum long course, which is the only way to make a trials cut) in the 100 backstroke by .02 of a second. The crowd went wild (his cheering section), but was even better for me to watch was the expression on this boy's face. He just wanted to run and hug someone. He found his coach on the side of the pool, and ran to hug him. The coach was ecstatic as well. This swimmer had been preparing for many days/weeks/months/years to make this accomplishment, and now it happened. What sacrifices did he have to make to achieve this accomplishment, I bet he did not miss to many practices, and in the end, he accomplished his goal.....I knew that by the look on his face. I do not know this swimmer, actually can not even remember his name, but those 30 seconds that I watched after the race ended, told a story of a lifetime.

So the next time you are at practice, are you practicing to achieve your goals?? What sacrifices do you make to achieve your goals. Do you think "long term" about your goals?? When you miss practice, do you think about your goals, and how will you achieve them by sitting at home?? When you forget to streamline, or when you do not kick in workout.....do you ever think about your goals??

Aim high with what you want to achieve, but more importantly there is a process to achieve these goals.

And because I promised Leah I would post this.......she hates when I take video of her (as most of you do)....so here is Leah being annoyed with me taking video