THE PURSUIT...: May 2012

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Yakima

I don't think I ever mention the team I've been playing with the last few months, Club Shock Basketball. They're all very nice and I don't really want to say goodbye to them just yet, cause they're don't have tall players (yeah I know! I'm considered tall on their team!) but this next tournament in Yakima will be the last time I will be playing with them, as of right now...

But some good news is that , on the18th and 19th of May I will be playing with the Cascades and to top it off will be playing with the senior team in the Oregon Elite 40 Tournament!

Play hard and have fun!

Monday 7 May 2012

OMG!

Okay so, today while my sister was at her elite soccer development my dad worked me out and at the end my legs were shaking! I had to sprint about 2 1/2 basketball courts 10 times, and if my dad beat me I would have to do ten push-ups right after, then I did dribbling exercises, then 300 skips, super frogs and defencive slides while passing a medicine ball. I felt so tired at the end it hurt to blink!!! Well that is probally going to happen twice a week! 8( Great!!!

Play hard have fun!

Sunday 6 May 2012

Sweat, Sweat and more Sweat

Also I am very proud to say that this week I have ran 20 miles!!!
I am getting ready for the Columbia Cascades, becaus I have been invited to play with the senior team for a few tournaments! I am so excited and a little afraid...
But I'm a go out there kick some a$$ and have fun.
I'll keep you updated on my work outs, my game/tournaments and the camps I've been to.

Work hard. Have fun

Drew Hanlen Basketball Camp

Hey, sorry I haven't posted lately, but nothing has happened in a while... I was bored!!!! But this weekend I went to a Drew Hanlen camp at Oregon city highschool for the second time... It is a really good skill camp, for those of you who need new moves to practice or need to developpe and refine some of your skills, it is the perfect camp for you. Drew is a really nice guy and a great teacher, but be warned this camp isn't about playing and scrimmaging it's about improving yourself. He has his own company called Pure Sweat Basketball, and he trains NBA players.

Drew answers all tweets and emails himself so feel free to contact him if you have questions...
drew@puresweatbasketball.com

He also has a bunch of youtube videos just type in Drew Hanlen pure sweat Basketball.

I love his moves and I'm sure you will too.
Go check it out!!!!

Frank

My dad, Frank is my biggest fan and my biggest critic, and I don't know what I would do without him always pushing me to improve.

He grew up in Prince George, BC. My dad was a hockey player when he was younger, but he started to see that his hockey career was coming to an end. So he turned to his next favorite sport, Basketball. In nineth grade he played with the Senior team, he wasn't very good but he worked his arse off.

He practiced every day 10 hours a day and because he worked so hard he got to play Div. 2 at West Virginia.

After his career as a player was finished, he coached Next Level Athletics for my uncle, then for me and maybe some day for my little sister Mack. This year he was the second assistant at SFU.

He now works full-time at a company called ADP and is my father, my coach, my trainer, my critic and a very large part of my life.

Tanya

My mom, Tanya grew up in Prince George along with my dad, they met in Pre-school. She has three sisters and one brother and all of them played basketball, even my grandpa still goes and plays pick-up. Basketball pretty much runs in my blood.

My mom always played basketball but never thought of using her talent to get into a college or university. until her final year of highscool when a coach came up to her and asked if she would be interested in playing basketball for him.

In the end she went to West Virginia with my dad. She has coached me along with my dad, and is now finishing up her first praticum in Penticton to become a radiographer. She is my emotional support, my coach, my fan, my critic but most of all she's my mom.

She also has a blog: guywahjohnson.blogspot.com