So this is my first time writing a blog and to be honest it’s a little nerve-racking... I've been putting it off for sometime now... I've never been a good writer, my grammars bad my spelling even worse but I'm giving it a try...

My team is 2-2 which is a lot better than 0-4... We will get better, we are so young but loaded with potential we just have to keep working hard in order to achieve more success... the game atmosphere has been great for the fans... the lights get turned off when announcing the teams, our MC is great on the mic and the crowd really gets into the game...

We've been in Okinawa since July and so far it’s been a tremendous experience for my family and me. We have gone to the castle ruins of Ryukyu (Ryukyu is what Okinawa used to be called) seen the worlds largest aquarium and have driven all over this Island that from North to South is a total of 72 miles! You would have never thought that there was so much to do in such little square mileage...

The food in Okinawa is different, many of their foods are based on rice and noodles - they have something here called Soba which is a hearty noodle soup that is very tasty... I've had the pleasure or displeasure of partaking in pig’s ear... I will say this - it was chewy, somewhat tasty and definitely an experience!

I am very proud to announce that Okinawa has tremendous Mexican food - personally I am very happy about that since I am a big Mexican food fan... when I first heard that Okinawa had good Mex food I simply laughed not believing what my tour guide was telling me... The next day I wanted to see what he was talking about and I ended up going into one of the local establishments where I had a loaded quesadilla.... all I can say about that is WOW - the beef was soft, the cheese was fresh and the margaritas were amazing...

Coaching is coaching, doesn’t matter what you coach or where you do it... I will say that my coaching experience here in Japan has been very different than in the states... We have practiced in almost every gym on this island and they don't have air conditioning... earlier in the summer the humidity was so bad that the floor became the ice capades, my players were slipping and sliding everywhere... but I was very impressed that the guys got up wiped the floor down and continued playing. The one thing that I absolutely admire about my Japanese players is their discipline and work ethic... I’ve never been around a group of players who do everything I ask and more for the success of our team.

One final note about Okinawa... the sunsets here are beautiful... take a look...

I’m going to wrap up my very first blog - don't know if it was good or bad - all I know is that I finally stopped procrastinating and I did it...

till next time...