8 THE VOICE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013 EDITOR MARIE-ANDREE DEL CID S$) orts Defeat ushers In recovery Falcon soccer players stay in shape and recover from injuries after season ends By GAVIN FISHER cons men and women’s soccer teams after being defeated at the provincial championships, but not all the players are packing away their cleats. Defender Konstantin Vasic will be playing on a division one team for the Vancouver metro soccer league. “Everyone finds their own team,” said Vasic. “Some of us stick together on the same team, others go off and do their own thing. Everyone stays in shape.” Falcon teammate Valery Ro- manchik will be joining Vasic, and will also be playing for the Rino’s Vancou- ver soccer club. Romanchik and Vasic both work for Langara athletics and intramurals as part of the student work assistance program. Other players are using the time to recover from injuries. “I want to take it easy, focus on my studies and work,” said Arved Poetter, who is still healing from a torn left quad. Poetter, who was awarded the PacWest first team all-star player, will be playing for the Westside Strikers, a division three team. “It’s more re- laxed,” said Poet- ter. “It’s one game a weekend, and they’re all nearby.” Romanchik said a lot of the guys on the team need to recover after the sea- son — and Poetter is one of the most de- serving. “He killed it. He had to play through a lot of things,” said Romanchik. “Nor- mally you don’t want people playing through [injuries], but when it comes down to provincials you’ve got to buck- le down and play.” Players on the women’s team are also recovering from injuries. “I want to take the spring season off because I have bad knees,” said Lauren Tasaka, midfielder for the women’s team. Teammate Olivia Kappeli, who was named Pac West first team all-star play- er and rookie of the year, said she will be playing for the Central City Break- ers football club, an under-21 league based in Surrey, B.C. Te season may be over for the Fal- P| = KONSTANTIN VASIC Defender for the Falcons men’s soccer team IN NICK EAGLAND photo Certified strength and conditioning specialists Brent Day (left) and Carmen Bott. They will both be instructors for the new class. New class benefits athletes Langara’s kinesiology program introduces a new rehabilitation course teaching athletes how to develop their bodies for their sport flegovery POSITIVE ATTITUDE Your attitude and outlook is very important. When your attitude is positive, you can speed up the healing process and reduced the emotional pain. TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN YOUR HEALING Follow your doctor's advice closely, don't cut any corners. Work just as hard with your rehab as you would in training. --- competitivedge.com By NICK EAGLAND angara’s popular kinesiology pro- gram packed on some muscle this year with the introduction of its first third-year level course, High- Performance Strength and Condition- ing. Created and taught by certified strength and conditioning specialists Carmen Bott and Brent Day, the course focuses primarily on “movement analy- sis, methods of training, athletic test- ing and advanced program design,” ac- cording to the Langara_ college calendar. Department chair Dana Maslovat said having “a new course that uses [Bott and Day’s] strengths is a huge benefit to our students.” Bott said the course teaches students to coach ath- letes back onto the field or court after recovering from an injury. “The strength and conditioning specialist would get them ready for the rigours of their competition,” she said. “Youre there to bridge a gap be- tween an athlete doing rehabilitation and returning to their sport. If we don’t clean up their patterns and get them stronger and more durable, they’ll of- ten get hurt again.” Day, who teaches the course next se- mester, said it’s geared toward “people who may want to be personal trainers or physiotherapists” and “athletes in- terested in developing their bodies for their sports.” Bott, who also owns a strength and conditioning consulting company, said Langara kinesiology students benefit from smaller classes, more contact hours with instructors and more lab experience than at UBC. “They get a little more practical here,” she said. The department has also created a selected topic course that highlights the expertise of its instructor. For ex- ample, the course might focus on the Olympic Games during an Olympic year, said Maslovat. With the construction of the new sci- ences and student services building underway, the department will eventu- ally expand its lab and classrooms to combat the long waitlists that keep many students from enrolling. “We're hoping to have a presence in the science building, a testing and re- search lab,” said Maslovat. The department is looking at intro- ducing research projects. “We're a relatively young faculty and we’re all very enthusiastic and keen on doing as much as we can with this department,” said Day. Be FACEBOOK image Matt Madewan will play his fourth and final year with the Falcons. Basketball brothers ready for new season The Madewan brothers started playing basketball over a decade ago when they moved to Vancouver By KENDRA WONG att and Jamie Madewan used to ME: each other around on the basketball court for years. This season marks a milestone year for the Madewan brothers, as they are playing on the Langara Falcons men’s basket- ball team for the first time together. Matt, 22, will play his fourth and final year with the team and said the deci- sion to stay behind and play with his younger brother was an easy one. “One of the biggest reasons in mak- ing the decision to come back is know- ing that [Jamie] was committed to play- ing heretoo,” said Matt, thesix-foot- four guard. “I decided having one more year here was in both of our best interests. It’s something you could tell your kids.” Despite their four-year age differ- ence, the duo started playing basket- ball when the family moved from To- ronto to Vancouver over a decade ago. “We used to go to the park all the time and play basketball. He always used to beat me,” said Jamie, 18, “but we kept playing because he wanted to make me better.” Jamie said he is ex- cited to compete as guard with the col- lege. “It’s totally different [from high school] — every practice and every game you're going at it and every day is a competition,” he said. “I have to come in and work my hardest, every day is tough.” Paul Eberhardt, head coach of the men’s basketball team at Langara, has known the Madewan family for eight years, having taught both brothers at R.C. Palmer secondary school in Rich- mond. They are both good shooters. Matt is a mechanical player who relies on his basketball IQ, while Jamie is more athletic, said Eberhardt. The Fal- cons kicked off their season last week. They play Capilano University on Nov. 8. JAMIE MADEWAN Playing as guard for the Falcons 66 We used to go to the park all the time and play basketball