Families,
Well, first, I want to say thank you again for all the warm wishes and thoughts over the past couple weeks. I am still healing and trying to get back in the groove not just coaching, but administratively, and communicating with players and getting back into the weight room-as that is a major culture piece I feel has not met my standards, and I feel a little like I let down the boys in that area. I will begin supervising our workouts again next week. NEW SCHEDULE I have attached a newly modified schedule for the remainder of the summer and all the way until the season. Beverly Klug, my booster club president, will be uploading the new schedule via the website by the end of the weekend. Here is the google link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wQxRUmF1i4UL1zNNKayN8k6tdw6Yr5yzR9W8vghpkME/edit?usp=sharing Summer Workouts: July-August Monday / Thursday Summer Workouts with an Open Gym once a week (Wednesdays, mostly.) Fall Workouts: September-August Monday, Wednesday, Thursday with an Open Gym available once a week. Saturday Hills Sept 9 until Nov 4 Leagues Tuesdays Varsity Mix 4 weeks in October at South Division Sunday Leagues: JV/Var Mix at New Berlin West (F/JV Combo with some Var) Varsity at Brookfield Central HS (Var only) CAMP We have 3 Weeks of Camp: July 10-14 3/4 Grade 1-4pm 40 Kids: We have 4 Adult Coaches, Need 5 players (3 coaches, 2 demonstrators) July 17-21 5/6 Grade 1-4pm 60+ kids: We have 4 Adult Coaches, Need 8 players (5 Coaches, 3 demonstrators) July 24-28 7/8 Grade 9am-4pm 40+ kids: We have 3 Adult Coaches, Need 5-10 players (3 coaches, 2 demonstrators): A group can work the morning for drills, Afternoon for team play This camp is a major fundraiser! We expect our players to work the camp or make an appearance at some point in some way. Camps pay for events, gear, travel opportunities, technology needs, subscription to our strength program, uniform needs, and other miscellaneous needs of the program. The camps are fun for the players. They get to be coaches of their own teams. We draft players after the first day. For the full day camp we will provide a full lunch to the boys. All camp coaches get T-shirts. We would prefer the Incoming Frosh to help with week 2 with the huge amount of kids, but you can choose whatever camp you want. Never can have enough volunteers. All coaches get camp shirts as well. BOOSTER CLUB MEETING / FLORIDA TRIP We will be having a Booster Club Meeting in late July / Early August to discuss a trip that was approved by the Athletic Department. We will discuss the events of the trip, the fund raising necessary, and other program needs. If this trip is a success we plan to make it a bi-annual event. My belief is that one of the greatest things about athletics are the experiences. We also are preparing our kids for playing in college, where traveling is a common occasion. Last, we create program exposure and athlete exposure. We will make this a mandatory event. What we know: Where: Ocoee, FL (Near Orlando, FL) What: Ocoee Holiday Basketball Tournament Who: Varsity Members and Staff When: Drive: Leave Dec. 26 Return Jan 1st OR Fly: Leave Dec. 27 Return Jan 1st How: We want to fly, but may require unique fundraising at a cost of $6000--This is where all of us can brainstorm. I get 3 fundraisers every year. The booster club does as well. Camps and my Franklin Freeze Tourney in February will contribute to about 60% of the cost. 40% of those monies have been earmarked for other items this year: new uniforms, Steve Becker Strength Subscription, Krossover Game Scouting / Film service, and player events-team meals, outings, etc. I have an idea for a Free Throw fundraiser called, Free Throws for Flights, where we will do a program free throw shooting event for 12 hours (2 every 1/2 hour) making as many as you can in 30 minutes and getting 10 people to commit to donating .10/.20/.25 or other amount per Free Throw made. 25% of the proceeds will go to the Veteran's Honor Flight program, and the other amount will go towards our flights to Florida. Why: I have traveled with basketball across countries, states, and cities. Those memories have been tremendous for both the players and coaches. It’s a great reward for our program for all the hard work the boys have put in. We will continue to do this bi-annually with a small overnight trip in-state every other year (such as next year, Dells games or to Illinois event). This will engage the boys and motivate them to continue to work hard and help understand the need to work outside of the season to obtain excellence in season. Other: We are going to stay on a Disney Complex resort and use ESPN Studio for our practice reps. 3 games vs teams from Florida and other surrounding states. Team Meal New Year’s Eve and 1 day Hopper for Boys to visit parks. SUMMER BASKETBALL Frosh: We still have summer league going on. I am fielding a Round Robin for the end of the month. JV: The leagues are finished. The event at Sussex Hamilton was cancelled. We may try to set up another event, a one day event July 22-23 Varsity: We have two events left--WBBY in Plymouth, July 15-16 (4 games plus championship), and the WBCA event in West Bend, July 22-23. We may need a whole program help as many guys have AAU events happening and football is starting. I attached the event for Plymouth. Enjoy the rest of the summer. On the schedule I stated there are 21 summer opportunities and 37 fall opportunities. There are 129 days until the start of our next run! Be a part of as many as you can. Give yourself better opportunities to be successful. The only item I didn't discuss is during the fall season, we may do Sunday morning shoot arounds. This would be a great chance for the multisport athletes to come in and get shots up without contact. This will be during non-league Sundays. Any questions or comments, please shoot me a call, text, or email. Make sure the boys contact me with regard to camp, some already have. GO Sabers! Coach Podoll 414.690.5784
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