Monkey has been in soccer camp in the mornings this week. So far he has not had any VCD episodes. I suspect that this is mainly because the camp’s drills, games (by which I mean not actual soccer games, but other games they play to practice skills and technique) and small-sided scrimmages lack the intensity of a full-field soccer game. However, it is 3 hours a day of pretty intense activity, so it’s great that he is not having trouble with it. His coaches said today was going to be a particularly active day with lots of running, so we’ll see how that goes. Monkey reports that he has gotten much better at running with relaxed shoulders and relaxed hands, though he feels that he is a bit slower than when he runs tensely. We watched a local professional team play last night, and Monkey noticed one of the players running in a very tense posture. It’s cool that he’s more aware of that now. It’s unclear at this point whether the IMT is having any effect, but it’s easy enough to do and can’t hurt, so he’ll keep it up for a while.
