This week was a little different from the other weeks. Last week I mentioned how I would like to be a coach after graduation if I don't continue my basketball career somewhere else. Well this week, I learned how important it is for a basketball team to be in shape for the season from just sitting down and talking to my coach. I also learned how important it is for a team to look like a team. I did inventory this week and helped pass out sweat suits to the players so that they could wear them to a coaches clinic on Sunday.
The coaches clinic was a very interesting event. What we did was take the varsity basketball team to a school called Bucyrus and had them do a workout for an hour in front of many high school coaches. One important thing to remember about this is that coaches are always looking for an advantage in order to win. Winning is always the ultimate goal when it comes to any sport, so what better way for a high school coach to find ways to win than to get advice from a college coach that is at a higher level of coaching than you are. There were also some high school players there watching as our varsity players demonstrated how a typical college varsity practice goes. This is a great experience for them as well because they can catch a quick glimpse of what to look forward to when they complete their high school career and look forward to 4 more intense years of basketball at the next level.
Lastly, every coach there had their own way that they thought would help them to win. Some shared their ways and some didn't. Overall, I thought it was a good experience and would love to try to attend something like that every year.

This week was a lot about repition. As you know the season has not started yet so we are merely doing the same routine every week as of right now. Conditioning during the week, a few open gyms, and taking care of sales during the football games to raise money for the basketball program. I don't know if I've mentioned this in any of my previous posts, but I would like to eventually become a coach. Being around the practices every day is really helping me to learn and understand the time, effort, and dedication it takes to run a successful program and what it takes to be a head coach.
In sales this week, we did very well as a whole. It was homecoming week, and that meant big business since a lot of the alumni were returning to see the football game and to see some familiar faces. I raised over $500 in sales from selling Tiffin apparel. My coach/supervisor was very pleased with the work that I completed this week.

This week was the first week I was allowed to attend workouts and help assist the coaches during workouts with what they needed. For the most part, I kept time for the coaches so that they would not violate NCAA rules and go over the allowed practice time allowed for each day. I also learned a lot this week about marketing for our sports team. Since we are in a small school, with a very small population in the city, it is very hard for us to bring in big crowds for our basketball games. Coach Hill talked a lot about the team showing up to other sporting events and making appearences so that other teams would come and show support when we are in season. Sound of a crowd at a game can really make or break a team.
Another one of my duties this week was to do inventory on the merchandise that we sell for the football games in order to raise money for our basketball program. Let's just say, this was not the highlight of my week, but is a job that must be done. Sells went really well this week as a result of the type of merchandise that we were selling. We have four more home games that we must work to raise money for the season. Overall this was a very busy week in the basketball world. The exciting part is, the season isn't even here yet so there is a lot more to come.

 Not much going on during this week on the job. I had a lot of meetings with the coaches to further explain what my duties would be for the whole season and to add on any other duties they felt that the coaches felt I could handle. Next week I will be required to attend all workouts that they have and assist the coaches during these workouts whether that be working the scoreboard, handling equipment, or running errands for the coach. I only had one major task this week and that was washing the practice uniforms for the team.