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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 3981857, member: 7548"] [URL='https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/basketball/canada-womens-basketball-schedule-1.6050874']Relentlessness of women's basketball schedule only amplified in Olympic year | CBC Sports[/URL] All in all, there's plenty of experience for Aaliyah Edwards, fresh off her rookie season with UConn, from which to draw. "There's some stories I'm like, 'Oh, I don't know if I'm ready for that right now.' But it's really about independence and just kind of holding your own down there. It does seem exciting [and] at the same time the schedule does seem demanding. So I think I'll be ready for it," Edwards said. Meditation, reading help players stay balanced Edwards said preparing for professional life was a point of emphasis with the Huskies. "I always tell people it's not only physically demanding, but also mentally, being in a program like it is with the expectations, the pressure. That really transitions over to the women's national team as well, because you're not only playing for yourself but you're playing for your teammates and your coaches and everyone who has sacrificed for you." To that end, the 18-year-old says she uses meditation and reading to help keep a level head. Edwards, who wears purple-and-gold braids to honour Kobe Bryant, says she's read Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by former Bryant and Michael Jordan trainer Tim Grover multiple times. [MEDIA=twitter]1392571439442710530[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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