Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Preparing for Germany: Preparing for Professional Basketball
Preparing for Germany: Preparing for Professional Basketball: "My first Blog post and I'm excited! Well I just accepted a professional basketball contract about a month ago now and have been absolutely ..."
Preparing for Professional Basketball
My first Blog post and I'm excited! Well I just accepted a professional basketball contract about a month ago now and have been absolutely killing myself since. For the past month my average day has looked a little something like this (It varys day to day):
5am-Wake up eat breakfast and head to work at Planet Fitness
6am-2pm-Working at Planet Fitness where they do not allow us to sit down throughout the whole shift.
3pm-4:30pm- Play pickup with usually the guys from Saint Anselm College, Bentley, Merrimack College, Umass-Lowell and a few pros in the area (Stephen Deluca, Luke Bonner etc.)
4:30-5:30ish-Maybe get some extra shots up
5:30-6:15pm-lift and stretch
This isn't everyday, but Monday through Friday look very similar to this, some things may be moved around but you get the gist of it. If it weren't for my full-time job right now on top of all my hoops workouts I would be able to do more stuff with more energy for basketball, but unfortunately I recently purchased a car before I knew I was going to be heading to Germany, which I am now trying to sell (2000 bmw 328 i) so if you're looking hit me up!
Today I am also nervous because I will be putting in my two weeks notice at Planet Fitness. I am doing so because I just had my monthly payment for my car loans and I have camps lined up I where I will be working and am also going to be starting to workout younger athletes for the rest of the summer, so its time for me to start resting more aka getting more than 5 hours a sleep a night so I can kill my workouts and have a great year in Germany. Ever since I got the offer Germany is alll I have been able to think about, I am also very fortunate I have my girlfriend coming with me who has been supportive through it all. The Management of my team over in Germany is helping her find some things to do over there and trying to make it an overall fun experience for the both of us which is really cool of them.
As for when I leave, that date is August 14th. From there I fly out to Dublin, Ireland to get on a connecting flight to Munich, Germany. There is a 2 hour layover in Dublin then I will arrive in Munich where I will be picked up by team managers and be shown around my new city and be moved into my apartment. Unfortunately Kerri will not be coming until about a month after me because for the first month I will be real busy with training camp and other pre season stuff and this will give Kerri a good opportunity to get some quality time with family and friends before we leave for 9 to 10 months. It will be tough for the both of us, but that month will make it all the better when we get to see eachother! Once I arrive in Germany I will be in Augsburg for about 2 weeks, than off to training camp in Italy for about 2 weeks for Training camp.
The people of Augsburg have been unbelievably welcoming so far. I have had about 50 friend requests from people of the town so far before the press release has even come out about the team signing me. They have all been very helpful and have been offering to show me around and welcome me to the city. It makes me feel very welcome and excited to start the season.
From what I have heard Augsburg is an amazing city. It is the 3rd oldest city in Germany and is supposed to be amazingly clean and beautiful. It is just 30 minutes away from Munich where I will definately be going for Oktoberfest "It is de Greatest Beer in alllll zee World!" -Beerfest. Another thing I was told that got me all pumped was that on a clear day you can see the Alps from Mine and Kerris Balcony at our apartment, SWEEEET!
Kerri and I also started the German Rosetta Stone last night so we can try to learn as much of the language as possible before we head over. I got to say Rosetta Stone does a good job of easing you into it and I feel like although it was just lesson one yesterday me and Kerri picked up a lot. Funny story time! So Kerri was emailing my coach telling him how we got Rosetta Stone to help us learn German and my coach responded "Thats very good Kerri, I dont know who this Rosetta Stone is, but she seems like a very nice lady and I hope she teaches you well!" haha it was funny, but I have to say my coach so far seems like agreat guy and I am very excited to play for him. He has been amazingly helpful as has everyone in the community!
Thats it for now, I will be posting about once a week or so to keep everyone updated! Hit me up with comments with any comments or even questions you have and I will get back to all of them! Here is the link to my team on Eurobasket (still has the roster from last year until press release comes out) and here is the actual team website!
http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=GER&Team=4321
http://www.bg-ls.de/site/
GO RED KANGAROOS!
Peaceeeeeeeeeee,
Coreyhassan4
5am-Wake up eat breakfast and head to work at Planet Fitness
6am-2pm-Working at Planet Fitness where they do not allow us to sit down throughout the whole shift.
3pm-4:30pm- Play pickup with usually the guys from Saint Anselm College, Bentley, Merrimack College, Umass-Lowell and a few pros in the area (Stephen Deluca, Luke Bonner etc.)
4:30-5:30ish-Maybe get some extra shots up
5:30-6:15pm-lift and stretch
This isn't everyday, but Monday through Friday look very similar to this, some things may be moved around but you get the gist of it. If it weren't for my full-time job right now on top of all my hoops workouts I would be able to do more stuff with more energy for basketball, but unfortunately I recently purchased a car before I knew I was going to be heading to Germany, which I am now trying to sell (2000 bmw 328 i) so if you're looking hit me up!
Today I am also nervous because I will be putting in my two weeks notice at Planet Fitness. I am doing so because I just had my monthly payment for my car loans and I have camps lined up I where I will be working and am also going to be starting to workout younger athletes for the rest of the summer, so its time for me to start resting more aka getting more than 5 hours a sleep a night so I can kill my workouts and have a great year in Germany. Ever since I got the offer Germany is alll I have been able to think about, I am also very fortunate I have my girlfriend coming with me who has been supportive through it all. The Management of my team over in Germany is helping her find some things to do over there and trying to make it an overall fun experience for the both of us which is really cool of them.
As for when I leave, that date is August 14th. From there I fly out to Dublin, Ireland to get on a connecting flight to Munich, Germany. There is a 2 hour layover in Dublin then I will arrive in Munich where I will be picked up by team managers and be shown around my new city and be moved into my apartment. Unfortunately Kerri will not be coming until about a month after me because for the first month I will be real busy with training camp and other pre season stuff and this will give Kerri a good opportunity to get some quality time with family and friends before we leave for 9 to 10 months. It will be tough for the both of us, but that month will make it all the better when we get to see eachother! Once I arrive in Germany I will be in Augsburg for about 2 weeks, than off to training camp in Italy for about 2 weeks for Training camp.
The people of Augsburg have been unbelievably welcoming so far. I have had about 50 friend requests from people of the town so far before the press release has even come out about the team signing me. They have all been very helpful and have been offering to show me around and welcome me to the city. It makes me feel very welcome and excited to start the season.
From what I have heard Augsburg is an amazing city. It is the 3rd oldest city in Germany and is supposed to be amazingly clean and beautiful. It is just 30 minutes away from Munich where I will definately be going for Oktoberfest "It is de Greatest Beer in alllll zee World!" -Beerfest. Another thing I was told that got me all pumped was that on a clear day you can see the Alps from Mine and Kerris Balcony at our apartment, SWEEEET!
Kerri and I also started the German Rosetta Stone last night so we can try to learn as much of the language as possible before we head over. I got to say Rosetta Stone does a good job of easing you into it and I feel like although it was just lesson one yesterday me and Kerri picked up a lot. Funny story time! So Kerri was emailing my coach telling him how we got Rosetta Stone to help us learn German and my coach responded "Thats very good Kerri, I dont know who this Rosetta Stone is, but she seems like a very nice lady and I hope she teaches you well!" haha it was funny, but I have to say my coach so far seems like agreat guy and I am very excited to play for him. He has been amazingly helpful as has everyone in the community!
Thats it for now, I will be posting about once a week or so to keep everyone updated! Hit me up with comments with any comments or even questions you have and I will get back to all of them! Here is the link to my team on Eurobasket (still has the roster from last year until press release comes out) and here is the actual team website!
http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=GER&Team=4321
http://www.bg-ls.de/site/
GO RED KANGAROOS!
Peaceeeeeeeeeee,
Coreyhassan4
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