BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

@ Jim Saret's Speed, Agility & Quickness Camp

I’ve seen this training program firsthand with Smart Gilas Pilipinas, the Philippine National Swimming Team, and some PBA teams and now, Coach Jim Saret is now making the program available to all. I had the opportunity to attend the soft launch of it at Blue Eagle Gym today given to over 30 participants varsity and non-varsity from Ateneo. The varsity representatives included members of the Ateneo Men’s Volleyball and Lawn Tennis teams and AHS Football.

Also on hand were over a dozen national athletes working as coaches to help the participants. The eight-module session will be rolled out across the metro in the next few weeks.

If it wasn’t for my crippling migraine I would have taken part but I was having trouble maintaining my focus. I will miss the next few sessions because for one, former Chicago Bull BJ Armstrong will be in town and two, I am going to Cebu for the Lapu Lapu Marathon. Yes, I will participate and take pictures and video at the same time. How I do that I’ll go figure.

Helping out in the camp are Elma Muros-Posadas, Henry Dagmil (Track and Field Beijing Olympian, Jennifer Saret, Ernie Candelario, and Julius Nieras.

In this camp sponsored by Milo, the participants were made to do a drill that is done by Smart Gilas. Duane Teves of the Volleyball Team topped the drill in 3 minutes and 20 seconds. For Gilas, Mac Baracael topped it under three minutes.
For more details on the APEX High Performance SAQ (Speed Agility and Quickness) Sports Camp, you may call Jen 09209521979 or Cookie 09063875058. It's open to males and females from whatever school. The next session is this Friday at 8am. There's no work so I'll take part in this!


No comments:

Post a Comment