Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Football Tournament Preparation

After my flag football team, Fusion, went 5-0 at the Regional Tournament this Fall, we were then invited to the National Championships in Phoenix, Arizona.  I wasn't really close with any of the girls at the time. Back then, they were just people on my team. Most of them had known each other for a really long time, where as I was a new-comer... Outsider, if you will.

We had a lot of practices, understandably. I missed quite a few of them due to Christmas Break and our annual two week vacation in Punta Cana. But, we got back January 11th, and from then on I think I had at least a one hour practice almost everyday. My two coaches, Mr. Rivera and Bart, were really great at what they had to do. It's because of them that we had gotten this far. Our coaches had also set up a guest coach to come and see what he could do for our team. All three of them told us multiple times how much they believed we could win the entire Championships.

As the tournament got closer and closer, we got more and more excited. We shouldn't even talk about the nerves though. Even though I wasn't all that close with the girls, I could tell they were welcoming me more and more each day. Like any sport, you learn that the most important things to a productive team are practicing and having a team you can trust. To prepare us as a team more, we had a few team gatherings outside of practice. Unfortunately, I had basketball for all of those. Oops.

We left on January 24th and had an absolutely amazing experience in Arizona.
I will be posting about the trip itself on Friday.

Check back soon,
Kendra <3

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