Off to buy a whistle

Well, today is another day of conditioning for softball and I think we're going to have the girls do an indian run. That's the one when they run in a line and the back person sprints to the front.

So I'm off to the store to buy a whistle because I'm going to have the back person go on the whistle. Usually we use a softball that starts in the front of the line and gets tossed from one person to the next until it reaches the back. When the person in the back gets the ball, they sprint it back up to the front of the line and begin tossing the ball back again. Well, because it's the conditioning period, we can't use a softball. I'm sure I could find something else to toss, but since I'm going to need a whistle for another conditioning exercise, I'm going to just have them go on the whistle today. But first, I need to get a whistle!

Also, this is our first week of "split conditioning" - originally this time was slotted for weight training only. But due to the number of girls we have, there are just too many to take into the weight room at one time and keep it efficient. So, this week, we split the group (9th and 10th grade together and 11th and 12th together). I get the 11-12 out on the track for half an hour while 9-10 is in the weight room, then we switch. Basically, all 9-10 do in the weight room is a circuit - 11-12 since they go in during the second half of the workout and can stay until they are done, they are working more with free weights and medicine balls vs. just jumping on a circuit.

So I only have them on the track with me for 30 minutes, but that's okay. It's enough for me. I can do 10-15 minutes of warm up and have them really work for 15 minutes. That's a lot more than most would be doing if we were only weight training right now.