I figured I should actually talk about the basketball side of things over here since that is the reason I am in Romania. For the most part we have practice two times a day for about 2 hours each time. They have consisted of less long distance running than last year, but we still do a good amount of it. Several times we have taken a bus outside the city and ran in the woods for about 5 miles. We lift weights two times per week and we do a lot of agility/footwork drills so I think it's productive. We haven't actually played basketball as much as I would like, but I think we are going to do more of that next week because we have our first preseason game on Friday at home. I'm excited for games to start, and it will be a nice change of pace.
We have actually played soccer (their football) a couple times after we do agility workouts. It's kind of amusing to me. The guys on the team have somewhat assumed Americans aren't very good at soccer since they haven't had any good American soccer players on the team in recent years so they stuck Tyrone and me at goalee. That was fine for me because I got a good view at the action. And man, do they take it seriously. There is no such thing as a friendly game of soccer with these guys. They were yelling at each other over wrongs calls and trying to come up with strategies that I was afraid of giving up a goal and getting a beating after the game. Okay, it wasn't to that point, but I still didn't want to let them down. I did fine I guess so that's good.
Well, that is about all that is going on over here. My days aren't too eventful over here, but I will let you know if anything exciting occurs. I took some pictures so I will try and put them all up here. On second thought, I think I will just attach the link to the pictures on my facebook profile. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2081088&id=184600800&saved#!/album.php?aid=2101207&id=184600800&fbid=573302471937&ref=mf Hopefully it works, and let me know if it doesn't. I hope all is well. Until next time...
Practice?! We're not talking about a game, we're talking about practice man.
ReplyDeleteLook at you playing soccer out there! Next time try playing with them instead of standing in goal :) So proud of you, glad everything is going well over there.
ReplyDeletehaha, I love the stories. You should totally write a book about your experiences after all tihs. you certainly have enough material! haha. I am laughing out loud at this stuff, but also glad all is going well.
ReplyDeleteSo, I finally had a chance to look at your blog..very cool idea! I look forward to reading about your experiences!!
ReplyDeleteGood call on sending that email out Michael. Let the people know. I'm thinking of doing a little photoshop... you standing in a soccer goal with a romanian dictionary in one hand and a bowl of breakfast soup in the other. I'll replace the hardwood background with that.
ReplyDeleteBafta ta in joc baschet pe vineri
Whats up Kjellberg?
Thanks everyone. Joel, that picture would be great buddy haha and thanks for the good luck wishes for my game on Friday. I didn't know you knew Romanian :)
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