2005 Preseason Journal

2005 Preseason Journal

This is a 14-part series of daily journals written by Crimson Tide volleyball players. The journals will give a first-hand account of their experiences as they prepare for the 2005 season, and give an inside look at Alabama Volleyball.

August 9 - Jessica Yearout
I've had the greatest privilege to start off the new 2005 season by writing the first journal entry...

August 10 - Christie McKee
We had such a great practice today!! Most of us arrived around 5:00, and took the court at 5:45. After he saw a slow start to warm-ups, Coach Hinterstocker got us into a competitive mood...

August 11 - Mary Beth Moore
Well...today was our third day of preseason practice and it was also the first day of two-a days!!! Even though our whole wasn't able to be there for the morning practice (due to finals), those of us who were definitely made our time worth while...

August 12 - Crystal Hudson
Today was a superior day of practice for the Tide volleyball team. We kicked the day off with a morning session of individual group work ...

August 13 - Amy Pauly
Before every practice we open up the session by discussing a quote that Coach Green has chosen to suite the practice for the day. Today we started with a quote from Babe Ruth that stated, "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."

August 14 - Bridget Fuentez
So, I woke up at 3:30pm! Ok, not really, but I really think I could have. After, a good hard week of practice, we were rewarded with today off! 21456

August 15 - Sarah Snider
Beep, beep, beep . . . that would be my alarm clock telling me it's time to wake up and go to our morning session practice. Practice for me consisted of a lot of hitting and then some serving towards the end.

August 16 - Kelley Potter
Be a Warrior, not a Worrier!! All obstacles are simply a test for us to overcome." was our quote of the day, which was definitely tested in today's practice.

August 17 - Brigitte Slack
Our focus for both practices today was centered on passing and our sideout offense, both which are coming along quite well at the moment, if I do say so myself. Random question, I know, but who let the dogs out?? Well we did of course! And don't worry this all ties together with us working to improve our backrow attack.

August 18 - Rachael Green
After practice, we met back in the CAVE with family photos and stories to tell. For the next hour, we circled up and passed around photos of parents, grandparents, friends, pets, and for Jessica Yearout, a map of Idaho.

August 19 - Brooks Webster
Today's practice was by far one of the most competitive practices we've had all preseason. We had people diving, running down balls, basically going all out to get the point.

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