Even , even just , you know , blanket statement if you're just looking for a campus feel with a great atmosphere , like , you know , YSU is the spot , but if you also want to be someone who goes beyond the bells and whistles that YSU has , YSU also offers , you know , opportunities to grow as a person , as a leader , and You know , that's , that's the best thing that you can do . It sets you up for a great position in life . One thing that I picked up since I've been coming to YSU was , uh , the availability of like recovery modalities that You know , it's probably been , you know , the greatest , my greatest saving , saving grace , keeping me recovery , keeping me ready , because I never really learned how to recover in high school .
So , you know , it's got that . Even , even just , you know , blanket statement if you're just looking for a campus feel with a great atmosphere , like , you know , YSU is the spot , but if you also want to be someone who goes beyond the bells and whistles that YSU has , YSU also offers , you know , opportunities to grow as a person , as a leader , and You know , that's , that's the best thing that you can do . It sets you up for a great position in life .
Like it's all , it's all provided to you . So when I found out that we had that availability to go , go somewhere and be in tip top shape all the time , as I mean relatively speaking , as best as you could be at that moment , that was something that I really picked up is the little things outside of the pool that I could be doing to help supplement my training . So when I was younger , I never really focused on recovery , nor really nutrition or anything like that , like when I was in high school , but when Now , especially now that I'm a 5th year senior , um , I definitely feel the training takes a bigger toll on my body , so I never really was one to do the ice baths nor the hot tub or go to the trainers and everything like that , nor really take care of my nutrition , but that's something that I really honed in .
It was literally just get in , swim , do your warm down , and then , you know , that , that should be it . But you know , there is so much more that you could be doing outside of the pool to keep yourself ready . And you know , the thing is is that you don't even have to , you don't even have to pay for it .
I've come back from , you know , hardships and , you know , I've been able to be that fiery person still and , you know , try to lead by example , try to come back and , you know , I think , I think people respond to that . um you know , I have taken a couple , you know , Teammates under my wing showed them like what I do , my prep , everything like that , and I've , I've seen kids become teammates become , you know , successful in what they do and even as like outside of the pool when I'm doing coaching , you know , I think it's , you know , I like to pride myself on my accomplishments and , you know , it helps , it helps people listen , you know , there's this team that I coach locally . And you know they , they seem to respond to what I , what I say , what I tell them , and they buy in and and I think that's the most rewarding thing as a as a coach and someone who's nearing the end of their collegiate career .
