carolann
08-26-2006, 12:12 PM
If you usually come straight to the message board, you might not know that someone posted a story on Susie Powers on the main page. Thanks to the person who posted the story.
The story is about Powers' experience spending a month as a volunteer in Peru last summer. It is usual and expected now for Div 1 players to spend all summer at school, taking classes and working out. I think everyone might be better off if more players took a month off to do something different as Powers did. I bet Powers game doesn't suffer one bit and may even be improved as a result of spending a month removed from basketball and doing something else interesting and inspiring to her.
The story mentions how Coach McConnell-Miller gave Powers permission to go. I was under the impression that summer workouts were theoretically "voluntary" though I know that students are, in fact, expected to stay at college through the summer.
The story is about Powers' experience spending a month as a volunteer in Peru last summer. It is usual and expected now for Div 1 players to spend all summer at school, taking classes and working out. I think everyone might be better off if more players took a month off to do something different as Powers did. I bet Powers game doesn't suffer one bit and may even be improved as a result of spending a month removed from basketball and doing something else interesting and inspiring to her.
The story mentions how Coach McConnell-Miller gave Powers permission to go. I was under the impression that summer workouts were theoretically "voluntary" though I know that students are, in fact, expected to stay at college through the summer.