This weekend was the last weekend for open training sessions for young atheletes. We will be taking a break and resume when the S.P.A. camp starts with baseline testing on June 9th. We are presently accepting registrations for summer camp and the deadline is June 1st. The weekend adult classes at Grass Lake will continue on Saturdays. If you have questions about Saturday or weeknight exercise classes, do not hesitate to call us, 847-395-6100.

    As the school year comes to a close, we wish all of our student athletes good luck at your future schools. For all of those athletes who will be participating in State Playoffs for their sports, make us proud and do your best. We hope to see everybody continue with us over he summer. We’re there for you if you need us.

The staff at Kinetic Connections

We are taking applications for our summer S.P.A. ( Speed, Power, Agility ) camp. Applications are on our website. If you have any questions, feel free to call Steve or Larry at 847-395-6100. If summer schedules make it difficult for your athlete to attend all sessions, don’t worry, you don’t have to pay for those sessions they will miss. We allow you to deduct $10 for each session they will miss, as long as you indicate the dates they will miss in advance. Take a look at Stephanie Parks, one of our SPA camp alumni!

SPA Camp alumnus Stephanie Parks

Finally, we are covering listening. Things that effect what we hear are environment, emotions, physical barriers, and attention. Environment  is usually the place where the communication takes place i.e. the playing field, the gym, or your den. In that environment there can be many distractions such as loud noise, things moving by quickly, or many bodies around you. Emotions can get in the way as a distraction. They can be anger, disappointment, humiliation, or pure joy. Physical barriers like a helmet, distance on a field, or being on the other side of a barrier can block communication. Attention is the key to working through all of the things that can get in the way of good verbal communication. The listener needs to give full attention to the communicator and block out all interference that can block a message, including themselves. All too often we stop listening half way through and make assumptions based on the small bit of information we have processed. We get stuck on how something is delivered and perceive it incorrectly. A good example of this is a message that is delivered by yelling. People hear yelling and just assume it is negative. People make a conclusion on what somebody is saying before they complete their point and that conclusion does not match their conclusion, they perceive it as negative. The point hear is, when listening, allow the communicator to complete their message, and then make your conclusion. If you don’t understand, get all the information, then make your conclusions from what you really hear. Try it. You may find people are actually more helpful and smarter than you think.

    If you haven’t noticed, Brad Fortny has been helping with our weekend and Monday night sessions. We are in the process of adding Brad to our staff. The only thing in the way is a potential draft into the N.F.L. We’re keeping our fngers crossed for Brad. Keep him in mind on draft day. Also, we’d like to congratulate Sarah Fonk on throwing a no-hitter two weeks ago for Central High School in Salem, Wisconsin. She was one walk away from a perfect game. Congratulations Sarah.

    Two weeks ago we said we would start covering the topic of listening and how important it is. There are many ways to listen. You can listen with your ears and hear. You can listen to your body. You can observe and note body language. When listening, you have to hear, really hear. By hearing, you get information. If hearing is obstructed by noise, situations, or state of mind, the listener may get the wrong information. With the wrong  information, the listener will make wrong conclusions. Think about this for the next week and try to come up with situations where poor listening has led to the wrong conclusion in a situation. It could be how you didn’t hear somebody correctly, how you felt you ate enough before taking on a task, or, how you din’t notice somebody was tired and you assumed they could do more than they were capable of. Next week we will cover listening to somebody verbally. All the things that can get in the way, and how detrimental those things can be in making conclusions.

Have a good week!

    We are happy to anounce, tomorrow, Monday, April 8th, Jody Emer, of Thyme2Shine, will be bringing a sampling of healthy, performance enhancing foods into Colletti Physical Therapy. We will be serving the food after 6 p.m. and during the 7 p.m. execise class. Jody is a wealth of knowledge on preparing nutritious meals to meet goals of all kinds, from improving recovery after competition, to losing weight. She can do anything from prepare and deliver meals to teach cooking and meal preparation. Please stop in tomorrow and give the samples a try. Healthy food doesn’t have to taste bad. See for yourself.

Have a good week.

    Finally, on occasion, we like to recognize our athletes for their performance on the field. This week we would like to recognize Kelsey Borders, Grayslake North, softball player. Over spring break, Kelsey hit 3 home runs. During a doubleheader against Maine South, Kelsey went 5 for 8, with 2 home runs, a triple, 5 RBI’s, and 5 runs scored. Congratulations Kelsey, your efforts over the winter are paying dividends this spring. Being able to recognize athletes for their accomplishments, is what makes our job exciting. Thank you everybody.

The Staff at Kinetic Connections

    After listening again to our followers, we have added a weeknight, open training session, on Monday nights. It will start Monday, April 2, and run for 6 weeks, through May 14th. Sessions will be from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Grass Lake School. Cost is $10/session, pay as you go. We are always open to suggestions to improve our service, please feel free to notify us if you have any suggestions. Thank you!

The staff at Kinetic Connections

The registration for our Spring Break Speed and Agility Camp, March 26-March 30, is online. Go to our website and click on programs and click on optimum performance camps. It’s time to start thinking about summer camp. Call or contact us if you have questions. And, finally, don’t forget we will start holding open workouts on Monday nights at Grass Lake School from 7:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. starting April 2.

Have a good week!

    We have had positive feedback regarding Speed and Agility camp over Spring Break. We hope to have a registration form on our website for the spring session within the next couple days. Any questions, call us at 847-395-6100 or e-mail us at info@kcconditioning.com. Information regarding our summer camp will be coming out soon.

Have a good week!