World Team Trials - Wednesday, June 8th

I'm in the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City getting ready for the World Team Trials. I spent some time providing moral support for one of our athletes during a weight cutting workout. It went very well. I'm very optimistic about this weekend because it appears as if our plan is on the right track.

For the past month, two of the top female athletes in the US have been training at Victory. We've made a lot of progress and it's been a valuable experience for everyone involved - the girls, Liz and I, our kids, the athletes at Victory, friends, family, etc. Not only is it a privilege to be a part of Olympism and pouring into the lives, goals and dreams of two fine athletes, it has also been very enjoyable to have them in our lives. The wrestling community has embraced them well and my immediate and extended families have treated them as one of our own.

The primary reason Helen and Vicki decided to train in River Falls is to reach the top of the victory stand. We've put in a lot of work in a short period of time and have dug deeply into many facets of their wrestling and training. We did some "pruning," put together a game plan and exercised a tactical approach for this weekend. The entire month was a celebration of experimentation while maintaining very clear objectives in preparation. As a coach, I'm most interested in the process, not the result, and it was nearly flawless...now, I hope the results are, too. We're going to be spending a lot more time together this summer and currently we're in a very good place, but there's more to do.

Greater things are yet to come and greater things are still to be done!