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glenviewlantern.com Sports<br />
the glenview lantern | December 29, 2016 | 27<br />
Coach Talk<br />
No way these will happen in the new year<br />
Jon ‘Coach’ Cohn<br />
Contributing Columnist<br />
Glenview Resident<br />
New Year’s resolutions.<br />
Ah yes,<br />
those wonderful<br />
promises we make to ourselves<br />
as we set in motion<br />
our “goals and objectives”<br />
for the coming year.<br />
It all sounds good at<br />
the time, but of course, as<br />
history will sadly tell us,<br />
rarely do our resolutions<br />
stick.<br />
So ... based on previous<br />
years’ resolutions<br />
and their success or lack<br />
thereof, I am going to take<br />
a different approach this<br />
year.<br />
I am going completely<br />
au contraire. Reverse psychology<br />
here folks.<br />
For instance:<br />
New Years resolution:<br />
I am going to take up<br />
a new winter sport this<br />
year to force myself to<br />
get out during the winter<br />
months. Maybe a little<br />
cross-country skiing at the<br />
Glenview Golf Course.<br />
Resolution likelihood? No<br />
chance. The older I get the<br />
more the cold gets into my<br />
bones and overall epedermi.<br />
My finger and toe<br />
extremities are constantly<br />
stuck on freezing. Only<br />
way I am picking up a<br />
new sport outdoors this<br />
winter is if I am working<br />
for a The Glenview Lantern<br />
affiliate somewhere<br />
in Florida.<br />
New Years resolution:<br />
I am going to finally take<br />
that yoga class I have been<br />
promising to try. No lack<br />
of opportunities here in<br />
Glenview, that’s for sure.<br />
Bikram Yoga, Core Power,<br />
Samachi Yoga, Evolution<br />
Yoga, The Elite center and<br />
the Park District just to<br />
name a few. Yoga would<br />
no doubt be a great addition<br />
to my overall mental<br />
and physical health. Now,<br />
likelihood of resolution<br />
coming to fruition? Slim<br />
to none, with slim fading<br />
fast. Sorry, yogateers, I<br />
have found my karma by<br />
taking the extended power<br />
walk. Walking has become<br />
my own personal “meditation,”<br />
and it doesn’t cost<br />
a cent.<br />
New Years resolution:<br />
Glenview finally gets a<br />
second ice center. No<br />
question we need one.<br />
For more than 20 years I<br />
have been hearing about a<br />
potential build for a new<br />
ice rink. There have been<br />
almost as many ice-usage<br />
studies and consulting<br />
firm studies as have been<br />
done with the “revitalizing<br />
of downtown<br />
Glenview.” Both, unfortunately,<br />
have met with<br />
the same lack of success.<br />
Likelihood of resolution<br />
happening? Two words:<br />
Not happening. Past<br />
history says so, but let<br />
the record show I would<br />
be happy to be proven<br />
wrong.<br />
New Years resolution:<br />
Reacquaint myself with<br />
the great game of golf.<br />
So many wonderful golf<br />
courses in and around<br />
Glenview, including a<br />
brand new Park District<br />
course. Such a great<br />
sport to keep playing in<br />
your later life and a great<br />
sport to keep your social<br />
connections as well.<br />
Likelihood of resolution<br />
happening? No shot.<br />
Who am I kidding?<br />
Golf and me have had<br />
a long-standing mutual<br />
antagonism. The relationship<br />
is not good for<br />
either of us. We are both<br />
better off going our separate<br />
ways. Note: bonus of<br />
resolution failing? Glenview<br />
Park Golf Course<br />
grounds keepers will<br />
thank me for minimizing<br />
their divot replacement<br />
program.<br />
Some other miscellaneous<br />
bound to fail New<br />
Years resolutions? Will<br />
attend Loyola vs. Glenbrook<br />
South boys or girls<br />
basketball game (can’t<br />
— they don’t play each<br />
other), will join a paddle<br />
tennis league, will not eat<br />
late-night meals watching<br />
taped sporting events,<br />
and — maybe — finally<br />
understand the rules and<br />
strategy of lacrosse.<br />
Final New Years Resolution:<br />
Keep writing the<br />
column for The Glenview<br />
Lantern paper. Likelihood<br />
of resolution happening?<br />
From The Glenview<br />
Lantern Editor: Until we<br />
find someone better ...<br />
(sarcasm) ... of course!<br />
Well, maybe at least one<br />
of the resolutions above<br />
will be proved correct. I<br />
will try my best to make it<br />
happen.<br />
Peace, health and all the<br />
best for everyone in the<br />
coming new year.<br />
Cohn has new book published<br />
called “Stuff People<br />
Might Want To Know,” available<br />
at Amazon.com or any<br />
local bookstores. He can be<br />
reached at jcsportsandtees@<br />
aol.com.<br />
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