First Trip as a Team

The first trip we took as a team was to Wilmington, North Carolina the first weekend school had started which was September 2nd 3rd and 4th. The previous weeks leading up to our first trip consist of preseason which is practice and 2-a-days. 2-a-days were where practices were held at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. 5 days of the week and involved a lot of fitness. After that there were consistent practices every week evening that led up to this trip. This trip is a great way for the team to get to know each other better and to be able to connect as well as get away from home. During this trip rooms usually consist of 3-4 players per room and we get a lot of team bonding time which is a great experience. We also have 2 games which are considered our first real games of the season and games playing together as a team. Even though we have had past scrimmages, these games are our first kind of real games. Even though we lost to both North Carolina teams which were really good, it helped to show us as well as our coaches what our strong and weak spots were and helped to move on from there. Our team was able to spend a lot of time together during this trip and it was a great experience to be able to go through and spending time with coaches and teammates outside of school and practice was a really nice change.