We made our much needed second appointment with Wendy Strawbridge at the NAS Pensacola fitness center. We rolled out our leg muscles with foam rollers and PT sticks. We used two tennis balls tapped together to roll on the bottom of our feet.
This was useful makeshift tool as it could be used to roll out other muscles like calves and even back muscles. We also spent a significant time stretching and hitting some yoga poses that left us feeling much more nimble that when we arrived.
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| Demonstrating the warrior pose |
After our morning session at the gym we had a night training session. We continued to work on our transitions and how to keep our defensive shape when we turn over the ball. After practice we went out to New York Nicks, a local sports bar to watch the USA vs Ecuador soccer match. The soccer game was less than thrilling, as the US fell to Ecuador 1-0 in what looked to be a lackluster effort by the US squad. We still had great time, as we got to hang out as a team and the coaches picked up the tab!
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| Beautiful night for soccer |
The next morning a member of the Navy Seal & SWCC Scout Team came to practice to run us through a workout. We worked a circuit consisting of push ups, lunges, sit ups, sprints, jumping jacks, stretching, and squats; spending a minute at each station and doing a set of half field line grabbers before moving to the next station. We ran through the circuit twice and were pretty spent by the end of it.
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| Listening to Seal scout |
After the workout we gathered in the pavilion and the scout discussed Navy special operation with us. It was an informative session and those of us interested in the seal program or other special operations had a great opportunity to get some first hand knowledge.
That evening we had another training session. We broke up into three teams and took turns scrimmaging each other and a local German club team.
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