It has been a week and half since we ended the
Apprentorship. I have been going through withdrawal ever since. What a great
experience. I think Joe P. http://joestrainingroom.blogspot.com/2009/06/great-experience.html
and Tracy http://ironmaven.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-09-gain-experience.html
nailed it on their respective blogs. It is hard for me to find words for how
well it went. Someone asked me if it met my expectations’, it exceeded my expectations
and I always set my expectations sky high. Now we have set a standard for each
succeeded year. I am starting work on that now. We had a great faculty that
hope to make even better. For those of you considering att ending next year be
sure to get your applications in early, space 
will become more limited each
year. I feel confident that last year we got a good start out of blocks to the
beginning of the Athletic Development revolution this year we accelerated
rapidly to take a giant step forward. We had a good mix of didactic sessions,
practical sessions and discussion groups in interest groups. The days were long
and productive, culminating in the lobby bar with discussions sometime too long
into the night. Just like in college where everyone sat around in their rooms
and talked this is where many ideas came together and future alliances were
formed. Once again thanks to everyone who helped to make it special, my wife,
Kelvin Giles who came a couple of days early to help me get my act together,
the faculty, especially Jim Radcliffe who flew all night from Oregon, presented
for six hours and flew home. The staff at the hotel and KICS International were
very helpful and the food was very good (Always a plus). Our sponsors Perform Better, Finis, Lifeline, TrainTrak, Lane Gainer, Performance Dynamics and Vasa. Can’t wait until next
year!
