Aileen Herman of the Badger Region Volleyball High Performance National Select team gave an update on the HP Championships:
We discovered that doing cartwheels in the second floor lobby isn't a good idea. It apparently shakes chandeliers in the main lobby. We did find out that cheering for other Badger Region teams IS a good idea and a lot of fun. Our Select team found ourselves in a cheering battle vs. a bunch of USA HP athletes during the Boys Regional match this afternoon. Our loud yells and cheering helped lead the team to an awesome 5-set victory and their first of the tournament! At team dinner we worked to find how much water you can fill into a glass and were informed on the science of it by Madeline Mosher. Maddie and Anne Rasmussen proceeded to do their best cat impersonations and "drank" from the glass.
Our select team went 2-0 today and beat the overall #1 seed in our division from the Aloha Region. With one win tomorrow morning we will assure ourselves 1st in the pool and stay alive in our hunt for a medal. We'd also like to send out a special "Happy Birthday" to coach Natalie who's birthday was on Tuesday!!
Word of the Day - MENISCUS (think surface tension)
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The five-set match between Badger and Lone Star in the Women's International Junior division can be seen online here: http://www.ihigh.com/fountainvalley/broadcast_234146.html?silverlight=1
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
High Performance Championships-Day 2
Post from Aileen.
Day 2 - 1:00am Shower for Lizzy Kalous as she mistakes an incoming text message for an alarm and decides it's time to take a shower and get ready. Breakfast begins in about 8 hours.
Later... Today was a great 1st day of competition for the Badger Region. My team, the girls national select team, won our first match vs. Iowa HP. 3 of the other teams also won their first matches. After we left the convention center and got some groceries the region teams headed back to the Hyvee Center for the opening ceremonies. We had a pasta and salad buffet that fed over 2000 people in attendance. There was live entertainment from an awesome drum line and dance crew called the, "Isiserettes Drill & Drum Corp." After dinner Angie Forsette from the USA Women's National Team held a Q&A session with the audience and some members of the USA Youth National Team. Simone Lee from Wisconsin was one of the lucky few that got to ask Angie a question in front of the group. One final piece of entertainment was a Haka dance performed by some boys from the New Zealand delegation. Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow!!
Word of the Day - COW
Day 2 - 1:00am Shower for Lizzy Kalous as she mistakes an incoming text message for an alarm and decides it's time to take a shower and get ready. Breakfast begins in about 8 hours.
Later... Today was a great 1st day of competition for the Badger Region. My team, the girls national select team, won our first match vs. Iowa HP. 3 of the other teams also won their first matches. After we left the convention center and got some groceries the region teams headed back to the Hyvee Center for the opening ceremonies. We had a pasta and salad buffet that fed over 2000 people in attendance. There was live entertainment from an awesome drum line and dance crew called the, "Isiserettes Drill & Drum Corp." After dinner Angie Forsette from the USA Women's National Team held a Q&A session with the audience and some members of the USA Youth National Team. Simone Lee from Wisconsin was one of the lucky few that got to ask Angie a question in front of the group. One final piece of entertainment was a Haka dance performed by some boys from the New Zealand delegation. Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow!!
Word of the Day - COW
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
HP Championships Update #1
Aileen Herman of the Badger Region Volleyball High Performance National Select team gave an update on the first day of the HP Championships:
Day 1 - Monday, July 23rd
9:00am - Some amazing volleyball players from around the state met at Center Court for a photo before heading to Iowa for the 2012 HP Championships. We get on the two buses and settle in for our 6 hour ride to Des Moines. The selected movies for the ride over were "Grown Ups" and "She's the Man". While some of the girls enjoyed the movie, others talked, texted, and slept. Around noon we stopped in Dubuque for lunch. There were a few options for everyone and included Taco Bell, Burger King, and a Hyvee grocery store. We arrived at the hotel a little before 4:00, cleaned the bus up to avoid any "prizes" from Paul and settled into our rooms. I asked one of my teammates to describe the ride and her response was, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." In other words, "long." For dinner most of the team members bombarded a local Quiznos and then we headed to the convention center for the evening practice session. We got some good work in and had a chance to see the place we will be playing over the next 5 days. After practice we headed back to our rooms tired out from a long day but excited and ready to begin our matches tomorrow!!
Word of the day: CHEESE
Day 1 - Monday, July 23rd
9:00am - Some amazing volleyball players from around the state met at Center Court for a photo before heading to Iowa for the 2012 HP Championships. We get on the two buses and settle in for our 6 hour ride to Des Moines. The selected movies for the ride over were "Grown Ups" and "She's the Man". While some of the girls enjoyed the movie, others talked, texted, and slept. Around noon we stopped in Dubuque for lunch. There were a few options for everyone and included Taco Bell, Burger King, and a Hyvee grocery store. We arrived at the hotel a little before 4:00, cleaned the bus up to avoid any "prizes" from Paul and settled into our rooms. I asked one of my teammates to describe the ride and her response was, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." In other words, "long." For dinner most of the team members bombarded a local Quiznos and then we headed to the convention center for the evening practice session. We got some good work in and had a chance to see the place we will be playing over the next 5 days. After practice we headed back to our rooms tired out from a long day but excited and ready to begin our matches tomorrow!!
Word of the day: CHEESE
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Saving The Day
Below is a story relayed to us by Kit Kay, a board member and coach at West Allis Lightning about a normal day turned extraordinary due to the actions of one of our Badger Region members - Lightning director Angie Hardwick.
I'm 100% confident she would be too humble to tell any of you at Badger Region herself but it is an awesome story that occurred during our recent volleyball travels.
We have had a whirlwind summer. From June 14-18 we were in California with the five Boys teams (14-18) at the SCVA tournament. We were home for a few days and then from June 26-July 2 we were in Phoenix with 3 Girls teams (12, 15, and 16).
As I'm sure you're aware - these events are all very time consuming for Angie and she is a MASTER at planning out the details on travel, car rentals, hotels, food, on top of all the tournament entry, etc. We consider her a superhero for how fantastically these events are planned and how fantastically smooth they run but all of us close to Angie know that they run smooth because of the literally hundreds of hours she puts into the organization.
Well - while in Phoenix with the girls - Angie and I were at Sam's club doing team cooler shopping. As we rounded a corner - Angie got this incredibly distressed look on her face and started to run. At this point I had no idea what was happening.
Angie had seen an older lady (in a shopping "scooter") appear to be struggling breathing. She could tell from the way the woman was acting it was a very bad situation. Angie ran up to the lady and asked her "are you ok?" The woman shook her head "NO." Angie then asked "are you choking?" The woman shook her head "YES." Angie then told the woman "I'm going to give you the Heimlich." She then went behind her and applied the Heimlich 3x. After the 3rd - the woman coughed up whatever she was choking on. Angie saved this woman's life!!!
I watched to awe - literally with my jaw dropped. The woman and her husband (also in a scooter) thanked Angie over and over. After the chaos cleared - Angie proceeded to grab the cart and walk off to finish the shopping - like it was no big deal.
I have reminded Angie repeatedly what a hero she was and IS - not only to us at Lightning but certainly to this unknown woman at Sam's club in Phoenix. And I've been telling this story to anyone who will listen.
I'm not telling Angie I'm sending because she surely wouldn't want to self-promote but hey - isn't that what friends are for!!
Angie at the BJNC in Dallas with three of her kids, who are all coaches!
I'm 100% confident she would be too humble to tell any of you at Badger Region herself but it is an awesome story that occurred during our recent volleyball travels.
We have had a whirlwind summer. From June 14-18 we were in California with the five Boys teams (14-18) at the SCVA tournament. We were home for a few days and then from June 26-July 2 we were in Phoenix with 3 Girls teams (12, 15, and 16).
As I'm sure you're aware - these events are all very time consuming for Angie and she is a MASTER at planning out the details on travel, car rentals, hotels, food, on top of all the tournament entry, etc. We consider her a superhero for how fantastically these events are planned and how fantastically smooth they run but all of us close to Angie know that they run smooth because of the literally hundreds of hours she puts into the organization.
Well - while in Phoenix with the girls - Angie and I were at Sam's club doing team cooler shopping. As we rounded a corner - Angie got this incredibly distressed look on her face and started to run. At this point I had no idea what was happening.
Angie had seen an older lady (in a shopping "scooter") appear to be struggling breathing. She could tell from the way the woman was acting it was a very bad situation. Angie ran up to the lady and asked her "are you ok?" The woman shook her head "NO." Angie then asked "are you choking?" The woman shook her head "YES." Angie then told the woman "I'm going to give you the Heimlich." She then went behind her and applied the Heimlich 3x. After the 3rd - the woman coughed up whatever she was choking on. Angie saved this woman's life!!!
I watched to awe - literally with my jaw dropped. The woman and her husband (also in a scooter) thanked Angie over and over. After the chaos cleared - Angie proceeded to grab the cart and walk off to finish the shopping - like it was no big deal.
I have reminded Angie repeatedly what a hero she was and IS - not only to us at Lightning but certainly to this unknown woman at Sam's club in Phoenix. And I've been telling this story to anyone who will listen.
I'm not telling Angie I'm sending because she surely wouldn't want to self-promote but hey - isn't that what friends are for!!
Angie Hardwick with her son Dylan after the WAL Lightning B18 team won the USAV 18 Open National Championship
Angie at the BJNC in Dallas with three of her kids, who are all coaches!
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