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TFS is very excited and proud of Alicia Daly. Her development has been amazing in the last 12 months. TFS Elite Lessons. TFS China Trip. TFS/Stiggy's weekend. Getting Better! #BAM #NCLadyLightning #TFS

Working hard in all areas

Alicia working hard at Northern Middle School softball field last night with Coach Bastian.

This year so far Alicia had a 4.0 GPA in the first quarter and now a 4.2 GPA in the second quarter.  After taking an SAT prep class, she brought her SAT score up about 140 points.  She has been receiving many letters from colleges due to her academics.

She has gained 20 lbs of muscle by weight training with her personal trainer.  Coach Bastain was impressed with how much strength her has now.

She is going on an Educational trip to Belize in June 0f 2014 and been appointed the ambassador and assistant to the teacher in charge of the trip.

She continues to train with Gwen Johnson and will be seeing Monti VanBrunt in February.

Brain Training

Many high school and travel ball coaches do not understand the importance of the mental game.  The mental part of the game can be more important than the physical part of the game for some athletes.  This is where sports psychology comes into play as well as brain training.

In college, an athlete is usually asked to think on their own, not only to react to fast moving balls but to think ahead about what they do will effect the rest of the game.

Here is a web site that I found that may help me explain it better.  Braining for athletes.  Another site would be Beyond Peak Performance.

So encouraging your athlete to do some Brain Training like at www.Luminosity.com is a good idea. 

FAU trip and other info.

Alicia attended the Florida Atlantic University Prospective camp from December 20th to 22nd.  She did very well in the scrimmages going 4 for 5.  She hit everything just did not make it on base once.  Her on base percentage was 800.

She worked on her skills at second base as well as outfield.  She learned a few new plays and is hoping to use them during a game soon.

Alicia also found out that taking the SAT prep course this fall paid off because her score went from 1390 to 1530.

Alicia will be attending the Georgia Southern University camp on January 12th and participate in the Southern Star All-Star games.

Please look over Winter schedule to see what else she is up to.

Hitting Lesson Video

Check out new video at Alicia's Softball videos

Softball never stops

As the showcase season comes to an end for the fall, Alicia is intensifying her works and training.  She recently had an intense weekend with Coach Monti Van Brunt and then went to the USC camp.  She was complimented by one of the USC players when she told Alicia " she was so fast that her coach should have her do the hook slide most of the time."  Coach Calvin Beamon was impressed with her power hitting from the left hand side especially since she had not been power hitting from the left hand side for long.  He commented that she has great potential.

Along with that camps and training with Coach Van Brunt, Alicia has been weight training with a personal trainer.  She has been bench pressing, doing push ups and much more and has so far gained three pounds of muscle.  Her trainer, Jake, wants her to gain at least two more before softball season.  Jake has also encouraged her to eat 100grams of protien a day. 

Coach Monti Van Brunt, shared with the Daly family a few secrets to increasing speed by another 2 tenths.  If successful that would bring Alicia down close to 2.65.  If any of the younger players, who follow Alicia would care to know this information please feel free to e-mail Alicia at adaly8@bellsouth.net .

November 2012 Schedule

This week I will be traveling to Houston, Texas for the Ronald McDonald recruiting camp and tournament.  November 2nd Iwill be showcasing myself at 2nd base and outfield.

November 3rd, I will be playing with Team TFS Texas under Coach Van Brunt and Coach Heintzelman.  Here is the Team TFS schedule which will be played at Dyess Park.

Friday 11/2 8:15pm Field 5 vs. Texas Sting Gold ET

Saturday 11/3 11:40am Field 5 vs. Louisiana Freedom Gold

Saturday 11/3 8:40pm Field 5 vs. The Corps

Saturday 11/3 10:50pm Field 5 vs. Intensity- Louisiana

The following weekend, November 9th-11th, I will be playing at the WFC Early Signing Tournament in Myrtle Beach with my team the Spirits Fastpitch Black 18U.  Here is the Spirits Fastpitch Black's schedule for that weekend, which will be played at the Grand Park at 1011 Crabtree Lane.

Saturday, 11/10 at 10:50 am Field 5 vs. Hampton Road Vipers White

Saturday, 11/10 at 12:15pm Field 5 vs. Richmond Rampage

Saturday 11/10 at  3:05pm Field 5 vs. Fire n Ice

Saturday  11/10 at 5:55pm Field 9 vs. Carolina Flames

Sunday    11/11 at 10:50am Field 8 vs. Carolina Curve

Sunday     11/11 at 12:15pm Field 6 vs. MSA Cobras