How to Deal With Stress

Being a College student, dealing with stress is definitely a problem I always encounter. Whether you're a College student like me, or it's your job, or being a parent, stress can get the best of you. But we all should learn how to deal with it, at least knowing how to reduce it. Being stress-free not only makes your life a whole lot easier, but you feel more confident, happy, and positive about your yourself. So, instead of naming the obvious and predictable ways people can reduce stress (ex. "making the right choice" or "set goals for yourself"), I decided to list more practical things you can do truly help reduce stress.

1) Listen to music. Whenever I plug in my iPod (commuting to and from school, or laying in bed before I sleep), it's a time when I get to be in my own world. A time when I can just enjoy the music and let loose. Sometimes I can actually connect to the meanings behind songs and that helps me deal with stress.

2) Take a hot bath or shower. This is something that definitely helps relieve stress. Taking a nice, long hot bath or shower deeply relaxes me. It can allow you to just put aside all your worries for a bit and enjoy the time to yourself.

3) Take a break from the computer. I think I spend 80% of my day on a daily basis on the computer. I am in a Graphics Design program at school, so that always involves a computer. When I go to work, I have work to be done (again, using a computer). And even when I am on my free time browsing Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter, etc - again, I am also on the computer! Sometimes I find it relaxing to just take a step back and get away from a computer. By watching TV, cleaning up my room, or cooking!

4) Bake something scrumptious. From time to time, I find that baking helps take my minds off things. For me, it's quite fun to bake, especially when you're doing it with your friend, your little sister, or your partner! Making cupcakes or cookies is fun work, and you definitely know you are getting a scrumptious reward at the end.

5) Get some fresh air. If you have a dog to walk, this is a perfect thing to do. Or why not go out for a quick run? Jogging around the block or just taking a nice walk will help you enjoy the atmosphere of nature, instead of being indoors at your job or school all the time.

6) Get active, play a sport! Whether it be basketball, volleyball or floor hockey, playing a sport is really fun with or without people, or whether you're good at or or not! It helps take your mind off stress and the time flies by! It's fun competition.

Remember that Victory offers drop-in Volleyball everyday, which is a perfect hobby and way to deal with stress. If you're a teenager dealing with high school stress, no worries we also offer free teen drop-in every Friday!

- Vanida Lim

*Nerd Alert!*

I was online the other day doing some research on how to run faster, when I came across the following website: www.sweatscience.com.  Sweat Science is a blog that examines the science of exercise, fitness and training.  The writer, Alex Hutchinson, looks at studies published in various journals, and breaks them down so you don’t have to read pages and pages of research procedures and material. 

When I found this site, I read almost every article, and have been reading his posts daily. It’s a really good resource if you like this kind of stuff, so I just thought I’d share with the other nerds out there.  Enjoy! 

Ps-If you know of any other cool running, sports, fitness, etc. sites, please send them over to Rach@victoryvolleyball.com

Thanks! <3

Victory Acquires New Talent!

Its time to serve up another edition of meet the interns!

I plan on “killing” this so hopefully you’ll “dig“ it!!!

To start off I want to ask a quick question.  (Answer at bottom)

What can you serve but not eat?

Anyways just wanted to introduce myself.  My names William Liambas and I’m
one of the new interns at Victory.  I look forward to meeting everyone.

I went to school for both Marketing and Sport & Events Marketing.  I
really enjoyed both and now hope this is the opportunity I was waiting
for.   I live for sports.  I will play every sport atleast once before I
decide if its for me or not.  Play hockey, golf and tennis regularly.


Now I wanted your opinion on what I name my fantasy football team.  With
the NFL season set to kick off this weekend I wanted to get your thoughts
on what I should name my Fantasy football team for the coming season. 
Here are the choices:

The conVICKs
Show Me Ya TD’s 

The answer to the question I asked at the beginning is: A volleyball

Coach's Corner with Rick- September Edition

It's that time of year when the school will hold tryouts looking for the volleyball players in the school. They will look at the quality of your current skills, your athleticism and your coachability meaning can you follow instructions and make changes to improve your skills. Getting some extra instruction may make the difference in making the team this fall. If you really want to make the team get instruction from qualified coaches then find the fun that comes with working hard.

-Rick

Coach's Corner with Rick

High School and club coaches have the tough job of getting a team ready to compete in a short period of time in many cases using just a few hours of practice each week. The key to getting the technical and tactical elements in place so they are competitive in their games is to have good progressions for each skill and progressions to train the player well in the tactical elements that repeat with high frequency during the game. This takes a good understanding of what skills matter most and what movement patterns will improve the team's performance fastest. You don't need hundreds of drills to improve the players but the ones that you choose to use need to work meaning, they get the most improvement from the most players in the shortest period of time. You can do research on the internet, buy some of the better books and DVD's on the sport or go to clinics. When I started I went and watched dozens of practices run by the local university coaches and copied them. Eventually, I learned to create my own drills using some good drill structure fundamentals and improved my error recognition protocol and instructional response to those errors. It might be a good idea for interested coaches to attend the Victory High School Camp and Coaches clinic the week before school starts. A few full day or half day sessions will likely make a big difference for you in the gym with your players next season.

- Rick McArthur

THE JOY OF SPORTS

Whether you watch it, play it, or bet on it sports is always a joy to be a part of.

It has been around since the beginning of time, and will continue to go on way past our time.

Sports are something that can bring a group of men together to cheer on their favourite football team. It can make you one of the richest persons in the world, it makes you work hard to achieve a goal, but most of all sports build friendships, trust, love and if you’re really good at the sport you’re playing success.

Its funny how watching and playing sports brings the same level of excitement.

A game winning shot or touchdown can send everybody in frenzy, the players that just executed the play to achieve the win is celebrating and the fans that have done nothing but sit down for two hours are screaming and cheering as well. That’s where loves comes in, there are people that will paint their faces, wear no shirts in the -20C weather, and will be the happiest person in the world if their team wins. Sports have that affect on people.

“I hate sports,” some people usually say. Why do you hate sports? “Well, every Sunday all my husband does is watch football” or “my girlfriend is a cheerleader and I don’t like it” or “sports is just stupid, waste of time, those guys are getting overly paid to do a hobby, that’s not a real job.”

My answer, sports is a family thing; there is something for the whole family to partake in at a sports event. Sports can bring a country closer, look at the affect the Olympics had on Canada.

After all of that if you still don’t believe me bring your family down to Victory Sports Academy where there is something for everyone. You and your spouse can play in one of our many volleyball leagues, your kids can be trained the fundaments of basketball and volleyball.

So if you want to build friendship, trust, love and success come to Victory and I can assure you sports will be your life.

Bernard Cooper

Bernard@victoryadultsports.com

Victory's Beefy Intern

Hey everyone,

My name is Nathan Pollice and I’m one of Victory’s newest interns (the best one they will ever have).

I was born and raised in Mississauga, but attended Trent University and obtained an Honours Business Administration degree.

I am 5’9”, 190 lbs and love extreme sports such as badminton, lawn bowling and ping pong. People call me “Beef” (given my height and weight), and I am looking for that special someone who can be my “beefette”. Growing up, I played hockey and soccer, but in those sports I had no luck finding that special woman to complete me.

When I came across the opportunity to be an intern at Victory, I made sure to tell them I was looking for a soul-mate, and they ensured me that I would be able to find that special someone right here, as many female volleyball players match the description that I presented them with.[ 6’1”, athletic, smart (but not smarter than me), , long hair that she whips back and forth (like Willow Smith), but most of all, one that can carry me when I don’t feel like walking ].

All in all, I look forward to meeting everyone, and look forward to finding my special “beefette” (I know you’re out there somewhere).