Getting Settled In and Moving Forward

Well we’ve gotten settled in to our new normal. Our schedule looks like this:

Monday and Friday:

1. 8am-11am Wake, Eat Breakfast, and School
2. 11am-1pm Private Training through Zoom
3. 1pm-5pm Lunch and more School
4. 5pm-6pm Dinner and Get ready for evening training 
5. 6pm- (M Private ends at 7:30pm) (F-Team ends at 8:30pm)
6. 7:30pm or 8:30pm until Bedtime is free time

Tuesday-Thursday:

1. 8am-11am Wake, Eat Breakfast, and School
2. 11am-1pm Private Training through Zoom
3. 1pm-3pm Lunch and more School
4. 3pm-5pm Training
5. 5pm-5:30 (Tuesday and Thursday’s) BBW Training
6. 5:30pm-6:00pm (Tuesday and Thursday’s) Quick Dinner & on Wed. 5pm-6pm Dinner 
7. Wed. Private is from 6pm-7:30pm; Tuesday & Thursday Team Training is from 7pm-8:30pm
8. 7:30pm or 8:30pm until Bedtime is free time

Saturday’s:

1. 10am-Noon Wake, Eat Breakfast, and Freetime 
2. Noon-2pm Training 
3. 2pm-3pm Lunch and Rest
4. 3pm-5pm CK Team Training 
5. 5pm-Bedtime is Freetime

Sunday’s:

1. Video Workout
2. Free-time Otherwise

(Times for Training are subject to change)

This is the life of an Elite Athlete. It’s never ending even with the Covid-19/Coronavirus they press in and push forward. They take time to perfect their game to the best of their ability. Times like this aren’t times to rest and get lazy it’s time to keep moving and making advancements. With T not actually having fight time it does give his body a rest and time for healing even with all the training he’s doing online. 

We have been taking more time as a family with us being home for however long this continues to go on and we’ve been watching every movie we can find dealing with Elite Athletes and what they have done and the sacrifices they’ve made that got them to where they are. We are watching movies that talk about the mental game. We are reading books that help with his mental game as well but that are encouraging for him as an athlete. 

But in it all we make sure to make time for God. God has to always come first. Nothing worth accomplishing in this life is worth doing without God being at the center of all you do. He gave T the talent to be doing what he’s doing. That relationship fuels T to keep pushing toward his goals. That relationship with God is what has pushed Bethany Hamilton (the famous surfer who lost her arm to a shark) to keep pushing towards her goals. She pushes it to the limit all the time. She has done it while being a wife and a mother. She has the utmost respect of her fellow athletes for all she’s done and accomplished despite the setbacks she’s endured. She is what we call an “Unstoppable” athlete. It’s what T wants to be remembered for, if for nothing else, that he’s “Unstoppable”. 

Scot and I are more than impressed with T’s drive and all that he’s accomplished so far and all that he is pushing and hoping to accomplish as he grows in this sport. Between Private and Team Training sessions he is setting goals and aiming high. For an 11 year old boy it’s pretty impressive that he’s so focused on what he wants. It’s our prayer that he has this same drive no matter what he does with his life as he grows into a man. 

I have to say it feels weird to be home for this amount of time and not be traveling for training or a tournament. It feels weird that the suitcases are completely put away. That hasn’t happened in a couple of years. It’s been a busy life but we wouldn’t trade it for anything.