Speed and Agility

Last night was Paityn's last Dr's appointment with Dr Forcum. Her ankle is now much better and healing very well. She is young and strong. Dr Forcum is very pleased with the way Paityn’s ankle is healing and gave her some additional exercises to do to continue to strengthen not only her ankles, but her calf’s and knees. Both Paul and I are very happy with care Paityn received and hopefully continue to play softball for many years without further injury. She has been cleared to begin exercises, so off we go.....

Tonight was Paityn's first "Speed and Agility" session.



Tracy (Paityn's hitting instructor) and close family friend, found a "Speed and Agility" class for her to attend while her softball team is taking a break before they begin Winter Workouts. Both Paul and I think this would be a great way for Paityn to learn more about how to stretch correctly and get warmed up before hitting the field to play ball.

I personally don't know much about Speed and Agility since I swam and played water polo, but Paul on the other hand is much informed about this subject. I am anxious to learn as much as I can.

Tracy mentioned that there are only 4 other girls currently signed up for this training. The Lakeridge High School (Lake Oswego) softball girls coach, one of the Lakeridge High School softball players, Chelsea (another girl that Tracy works with), a 12 year old, and Paityn. The small size and personalized attention was great, especially for Paityn.

I was a little late picking up Paityn and of course had to hear about that the entire way there. Paityn was very nervous, she kept telling me that she really didn’t want to go and wasn’t feeling well. I kept trying to tell her that everything would be fine and for her to give this class an opportunity and don’t judge until you have gone through one session. I think I hit every red light going to The Spot Studio Fitness. By the time I finally located the gym we were about 10 minutes late. I felt horrible, but didn’t want Paityn to know that. We walked in and Paityn says to me….mom do you have water for me? Oh crap…I forgot water for her. I said no, but let me go in and get you going and I will go find a store. Thankfully Lucretia had set water out for the girls.

Since Paityn missed the warm ups and the first exercise she had to jog a little then she joined right in with the rest of the girls. They started out with push-ups…4 reps, 30 seconds with a 15 second rest in between. Sit-ups, calf rises, burpies, quick feet, and a couple exercises with a 5 pound ball. The ended the workout with a cool down and a couple stretches.

When Paityn was finished she came over to me with a big smile, I asked her if she liked the workout and she said, “YES”. She told me that it wasn’t at all what she thought it would be and enjoyed learning the correct way of doing the exercises. I was a little worried about her ankle, but she said it didn’t hurt at all.

Little does Paityn know that the was probably the easiest of all the 8 workouts she will be completing……