The squads have changed since we started in 2010, but the VNTC tradition hasn’t.
A hard Michigan to kick off spring workouts.
Fun hopping in for a few laps with the Very Nice crew. Sierra & Ron have them rolling.
📷 @dsn.pics
This is Lachie’s AAU team, The Academy. They are a close-knit group of boys from Ann Arbor and Saline who have stuck together with their same coaches for three years. This past weekend they played a big tournament in Grand Rapids where they took 2nd. They battled in the championship game against a super team comprised of the state’s top “ranked” players, from different teams. The 6th grade center of the opposing team was dunking!
Our coaches haven’t taken shortcuts to winning. They are focused on long-term development—teaching man defensive principles when most teams full court press and play zone, which can be cheat codes at the youth level.
They are now a top 5 team in the state, but they didn’t start that way. Every year they’ve improved, we’re really proud of Lachie and how hard he’s worked and how much this group pushes each other. The boys all have big goals in the sport — and fun fact: 9 of the players have parents who played college/professional sports, so the competitive spirit definitely runs deep.
The boys are running a March Madness Squares fundraiser to help cover tournament cost for their next season, and they’d love your support.
How it works:
▪️ 100 squares available
▪️ $25 per square
▪️ Numbers are randomly assigned after the board fills
▪️ Winners are determined by the last digit of each team’s score
▪️ $1,200 paid out during the tournament
▪️ $1,300 goes to support the team
📄 The completed square board will be shared two days before each round so everyone can track their squares.
If you’d like to support the boys, grab a square (or a few) by sending $25 per square via Venmo to @O3Sportstraining and include “6th Grade Academy” in the notes.
Thanks for supporting this great group of boys — and hopefully you’ll have a winning square during March Madness!
🎧Matthew Centrowitz and Nick Willis: Endurance preview
Through our partnership with @tracksmithrunning we’ve assembled an all-star line-up to preview 800m-10,000m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo - Rio 2016 1500m champion @mgcentro and double Olympic medallist @willisnick join Rich and Hannah to make their predictions.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube - all links in the bio.
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More nervous for @dani.joness heat and final this weekend than for any of my own races! 5th after being knocked over by food poisoning was an amazing performance.
Dani came to Ann Arbor in December to be coached by @willis.sierra and Ron, and I couldn't be more impressed with how they have worked together. Can't wait to see how Dani goes with a full Fall of base training under their watch.
Great job, Dani, AND I'm also proud of my amazing wife. She's a much better coach than I could ever dream to be.
Tonight we kick off Very Nice Track Club's first ever summer youth programming The next 7 Sundays from 6-7:30pm at Pioneer HS, 1st-8th graders will test themselves over a variety of run, jump, and throwing events. We'll track each individuals marks each week, and points will be earned for PRs. Improvement and fun is the focus.
I'm coaching and have the support of alot of great volunteers from the HS team to help encourage our kids.
It's not too late to sign up and join the 30+ kids already registered. Hope to see some of you tonight.
Let's play track!
/programming
The all-our-parents-ran-D1-except-Sierra 3on3 squad took 2nd place at the Y middle school tournement. Took a 200 pound bearded 8th grader to keep them from the top spot 👀
So great to reconnect with former Michigan teammates Seth and Katie Waits (Erdman) and have our sons play hoops together.
Big win over Swish from Grand Rapids, who are one of the top 3 teams in Michigan.
The boys have improved so much thanks to their dedicated coaches! No shortcuts (no relying zone/press defence), and now they're starting to reap the rewards.
Thanks Coaches! (Christine and Adam Trumpour)
Proud watching Lachie put together a complete game today --lockdown defense, shooting smoothly over the zone, made all his freethrows, and fed his forwards some easy layups. My favorite play of all was a nice charge he drew to stop a fast break. Ofcourse plenty of mistakes too!
Most importantly, his team easily beat their rivals, who they couldnt beat last year. They've grown a lot, and learned a ton from their experienced coaches. Nice job, boys.
