Foil: Coaches College - Homeward Bound…

August 13th 2006 in Bout Log, Coaching, Fencing, Photography

I'm sitting in the Colorado Springs Airport, mooching off of their free WiFi connection. Coaches College is officially over and I am on my way home. I'm still having a hard time codifying everything I have experienced and been through in the last ten days. It honestly feels like an eternity since I first arrived here (and I'm considering doing two sessions next year … oi). I took tons and tons of pictures, and you can see most of them on my Flickr account, but that's only the tip of the iceberg. I feel like I got a great deal more than my money's worth in knowledge and training, and the food was excellent too!

The night before I left to come to Coaches College, I remember mentioning how scared I was. The fear, honestly, was justified. I feel like if I'd come here with a devil-may-care attitude, without a healthy respect for the amount of work ahead of me, I might not have succeeded. Fear is a good motivator; it keeps you on your toes. I think it helped me stay focused on the things I needed to do to finish and pass.

It wasn't all work, of course, but I tried to keep my eyes on the prize and reserve my fun and games for a celebration at the end; and celebrate we did. See celebration dance below:

I think I'm going to let things jell and percolate for a few more days before I write my final wrap-up. All in all, it was a tremendous experience. I am greatly looking forward to doing it again next year.