As the West Central Valley girls basketball team continue through their first week of practice, head coach Dan Druivenga expressed the importance of mental strength and toughness, and how he plans on helping the Wildcat girls get back into basketball shape mentally and physically.

“You just got to keep thinking, and that’s probably one of the most difficult things to do because it’s non stop action. Sometimes the brain gives out before the actual body does so we’ll work on that just by the drills we do and the constant movement and trying to make them (the girls) do the correct things.”

Wildcat girls basketball looks at a quick turnaround, with West Central Valley traveling to Atlantic on Monday for a scrimmage against the Trojans.