We. Are. Finished! Year #15 is in the books and it was a good one. Coach Polhmann and I both agreed this year's group consistently worked hard and together. Six weeks ago I compared "Up!" to a brick wall. This brick wall is there for three key reasons: 1) To show how bad we want something. 2) To stop the people who don't want it badly enough. 3) And finally, as we suffer together to overcome that brick wall, we become stronger together! Perfect and Near Perfect Attendance: 12

Working hard and leading by example are admirable qualities to have. We are four weeks into our 2018 Up! Conditioning and we haven't really had a 'bad day' yet. Many of our players have demonstrated tremendous grit, and haven't missed a single session. No doubt this is a good thing, and we are very proud of them. However, is 'good' good enough? No! We need to be great, and great teams have excellent leadership. Leading by example is a given, but let's now consider two more va

We just finished our second week of Up! Four sessions down, eight to go. These sessions, as you can see for yourself in the videos, are not designed to be easy. Average wants to cruise and be comfortable, but we don't want to be average. We want to be great. The load never gets lighter, we just get stronger. Keep up the great work, Titans and Coach P! #up #strongertogether

Our 15th year of Up conditioning started this week and we couldn't be more pleased with our week one attitude and effort. This six week, 12 session program is under the supervision of PL-South Head Strength Coach Kurt Polhmann. We are very fortunate to have Coach lending his expertise to South Titan Basketball. From a team standpoint, Coach Don Meyer always preached the four stages of team building: Shared Ownership Individual Responsibility Collective Pride SHARED SUFFERING

A principle we try to emphasize often is "success equals effort over time." To be successful we need to work really hard and stand the test of time. Some call this "grit". Legendary coach John Wooden used the term "industriousness". South Titan Basketball just completed another season of Up! This is our advanced conditioning program preparing us for the upcoming season. Coach Pohlmann is an expert in this field and leads the charge for 12 sessions. This year we had 8 student-

On behalf of the South Titan Basketball program, I want to salute these athletes for going the distance with UP16. Also, a huge shout-out to Coach Pohlmann! What a blessing to have his expertise on the Titan coaching staff. Perfect +Bonus Attendance Shaibu Abakar Jace Cordes Tuach Dol Marvelle Hill Braden Real Ryan Roberts Skylar Schrader Isaac Simpson Niko Spire Lok Wur Perfect Attendance Michael Cuevas Jacob Daugherty Ryan Daugherty Justin Steenhoek Keat Thon #up #coachpohl

Five weeks done. One to go! Often we will remind our team "success equals effort over time". This equation (S=E/T) is not anything magical, but simply grit! In basketball, in sports, in life; those that persevere have a much greater chance of becoming the best that they can possibly become. So you might be wondering, who has stood the test of time with UP this year? Here are our leaders listed in alphabetical order: Perfect +Bonus Attendance Abakar Cordes Dol Hill Real Robert

We just completed our 3rd week of UP16. This marks the halfway point: 6 sessions down and 6 more to go! We are striving together to be the best we can be. To do this, we must battle! For fierce competitors, everything is a competition; even practices, workouts and conditioning. Champions bring an unmistakable intensity to everything they do and demand it from their teammates as well. No doubt we have several players working their butts off and leading by example; but we can i

We just completed our 3rd day of UP16 -- a six week, 12 session strength and conditioning program under the leadership of head strength coach Kurt Polhmann. This is an amazing opportunity for individual players to improve their athleticism and mental toughness. We are very blessed to have Coach Pohlmann on staff. He is top-notch and anywhere else you would have to pay top dollar for his expertise. Let the grind begin... #up #grit #grind #ask

For the past six weeks a good percentage of our players have been conditioning for the upcoming season. Under the instruction of Strength Coach Kurt Pohlmann we grinded for 12 sessions of "Up!". Coach does a fantastic job and we can't thank him enough for his expertise! From the get-go we emphasized the following: Never get out-hustled or out-muscled. Fatigue makes cowards of us all. Grit is the key to our success. In addition to thanking Coach Pohlmann, we want to also recog

Hard to believe, but we only have one week of Up! left. Coach Pohlmann has done another fantastic job pushing this team to new heights. Do we still have a long way to go? Certainly. But every now and then you have to stop, reflect and note how far you have come. Many of you have made significant improvements and it will pay off down the road. We also have eight of you who have not missed a single Up! session. Perfect attendance does not guarantee you anything, just like stand

We just completed our fourth week of Up! It's been a learning experience for all of the players. Coach Pohlmann shared with the squad tonight that a Titan must not be out-hustled or out-muscled! With that said I want to add my two cents. Passion is at the heart of reaching these performance goals: Passion provides the motivation and drive to stay the course when things are not going well. Everyone wants to finish first, but it is the person who understands how to compete, has

Believe it or not, we are at the halfway point of Up! 12 of our players have perfect 6/6 attendance. 3 more weeks to go. We often remind our players success equals effort over time. Almost anyone can show up once or twice and grind it out, but do you have staying power? Would your teammates describe you as "gritty"? The kind of teammate who is passionate and perseveres through it all? I absolutely love what Martin Luther King said, “The measure of a man is not where he stands

Week #2 is in the books. Unfortunately, we've already lost a few participants. But like I said last week, "Up! conditioning is not easy, but for those that stay the course and complete the 6 week program it will be worth it. Does this guarantee them a spot on the team? No, but they will become stronger physically and tougher mentally. Two important traits of a Titan!" Hopefully we will pick up a tennis player or two. We are very fortunate to have Coach Kurt Pohlmann as our st

South Titan Basketball just completed the first week of Up! under the direction of Strength Coach Kurt Pohlmann. Up! conditioning is not easy, but for those that stay the course and complete the 6 week program it will be worth it. Does this guarantee them a spot on the team? No, but they will become stronger physically and tougher mentally. Two important traits of a Titan! #stbb #kurtpohlmann #up