Coach's Tips for Staying in Shape this Week

Since we don’t have practices this week, I think it’s a good idea that you all make a conscious effort to stay in shape even though most of us will not be eating very healthy and will not be exercising like we might on any other week. So, here are some tips to help you stay in the top-notch hockey shape that you all are currently in:

- Offer to be the “Thanksgiving Waitress” for your family (see, this way, you will be continuously running laps to the living room, around the dining room table, maybe even service to the bathroom depending on how close you and your family are - all those laps will add up and all the sudden you’ll notice you aren’t so tired in the 2nd period anymore!)
- Be an over-enthusiastic Seahawks fan (stand-up, sit-down, rah, rah, rah! Uniform and pom poms optional – again, make the judgment based on the closeness of your family, and how long they might hold it against you).
- Offer to run all the last-minute errands for cans of cranberries and what-not, then plan your trip just right so you miss the bus by mere seconds, and chase it the whole way to the store (wear your helmet if you find this to be embarrassing – and actually, Mary, you should just wear your helmet everywhere you go). On the way home, use the cranberries as dumbbells (you’ll thank me next week when your wrist shot is 1-3% stronger).
- Encourage your older relatives to teach you a dance they used to do when they were young – this is bound to be entertaining and hopefully a good workout depending on how they get-down, or got-down. Once you’ve mastered the dance, I encourage you to teach the rest of the team next Monday so that we may all be entertained.
- Every time someone annoys you at the dinner table, let them know by jumping to your feet (this is great for your quads), and pumping your fist, then storm out of the room (this is mostly just for your benefit of getting a break from everyone). Try to grab the bottle of champagne and hold it in the fist that’s pumping - again, the wrist shot thing.

Excellent work at the tournament ladies – it was fun to get to know each of you a little more off the ice.
Have a great Thanksgiving! See you next week!
Coach Amy