Two games, two losses. We're the youngest team in JV for Ikaika and PAA leagues -- I'm 99.9% sure about that. And yet, skill wise I think we can beat any JV team. We lost to taller teams again, older teams. The kinds of teams we used to beat with our skills and smarts.
But the skills and conditioning have eroded. We have 3-4 players at practice. 5 or 6 on a good day. I told the guys that I know what our real team is, the one that had 16, 18 at practice during the spring season.
Our guys in Varsity, JV and 13U are busy with studies, work and other activities now. And some are plain lazy. It is what it is. We dropped to 4-2 or so in PAA JV league and 2-4 or so on Ikaika JV league. What's harder to measure is personal, daily reps and improvement, team chemistry and improvement.
We were 14-2 to start fall season even though its been so long since we practiced as a full team. That's how good our chemistry was. Now it's almost the opposite. The lack of team chemistry, practice and unity finally caught up to us.
I'm not mad about this anymore. But this won't happen again after this fall season. Showing up only for games, not practicing, not getting better -- that's not what were are about. We've been working hard since Day One.
I hope and pray that every single Thunder gets back on board. Greatness can be a truly wonderful thing. Very hard to achieve and so easy to lose. God is good!
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