{"id":2778,"date":"2012-01-15T20:39:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T01:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2012-01-15T20:39:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T01:39:09","slug":"softball-gets-an-early-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2012\/01\/softball-gets-an-early-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball gets an early start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>By Logan Holman<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>staff writer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Being an athlete means being in shape and ready for the season, especially if it\u2019s a tryout sport. DHS softball is allowing its players to do just that. Ever since Dec. 6, math teacher and varsity coach Jason Gehoski has been holding non-mandatory conditioning and hitting workouts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of season Michigan High School Athletic Association [MHSAA] only allows me four people at a time when a coach is present and we always follow the rules,\u201d Gehoski said.<\/p>\n<p>The conditionings are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and the hitting is on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt [the workouts] get you in shape and not a lot of people do a lot of stuff before a season,\u201d sophomore Casey Adair said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd two it gets you closer to everybody.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Gehoski makes sure that anyone thinking about playing has an equal opportunity as his recent players to come and get some training in. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are open to anybody.\u201d Gehoski said. \u201cSo even if it\u2019s to the fact if it\u2019s someone who thinks they want to play can come and hit and come and workout.<\/p>\n<p>Going to these tryouts can help players get in shape and sharpen up their skills. Although these practices aren\u2019t mandatory, the players hope and expect other players to try to better themselves.  <\/p>\n<p>Not going to these workouts or how well players do in theses workouts will not affect  their chances of making the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese have absolutely nothing to do with tryouts.\u201d Gehoski said. \u201cAnd anything that happens during these preseason workouts are not considered for tryout time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some players admit that they most likely wouldn\u2019t be preparing this early if it wasn\u2019t for these workouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably wouldn\u2019t train on my own,\u201d Adair said. \u201cIt has pushed me to do more outside of the training like go to Baseball Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal of these workouts however is a little different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hitting times are just to get into some shape and start hitting so they don\u2019t have to go spend money anywhere,\u201d Gehoski said.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly Gehoski isn\u2019t the only one trying to set up these preseason workouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne it\u2019s always good to start preseason early,\u201d Gehoski said. \u201cTwo, the girls request it.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many team members have been preparing for season since Dec. 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3feature","category-3-sports","tag-dow-high-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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