Two Steps Forward, One Step Back…

Setbacks are a natural part of athletics as well as in life. The important thing to remember is that setbacks are only temporary. Through continuous efforts, forward progress will be made!

I’m coming off of a back injury that kept me from competing over the last few weeks. I’ve been strengthening my core and working out regularly (taking it easy when I need to) since the injury to improve my overall fitness and prepare for the next tournament, which is this weekend!

I’ll be playing in a tournament called the Corona Wide Open (www.coronawideopen.com) in Santa Monica. This is a grassroots type of beach volleyball tour that is endorsed by beach legends Karch Kiraly and Brian Lewis. In fact, I understand Karch will be playing in the four-person team competition so it should be a fun day at the beach.

This event has some good prize money in it and would be great to win of course but my sights are still set on earning a main draw spot at the AVP Manhattan Beach Open. The Manhattan Beach Qualifier will be held on Thursday, July 16th just south of the pier. This is the Wimbledon of beach volleyball and Manhattan is one of the beaches I’ve never qualified for in my career so it’d be doubly nice to get in this one! Wish me luck!!!