I arrived in Austin at 10am and met up with some teammates in the airport. Kelly Barker - an OT from Boston, Molly Goodwin - a LB from Boston, Sally Maple - a WR and K from Florida, Roseanna Smith - a C from Atlanta, and two players from New Hampshire (names are escaping me at the moment). A couple of Pittsburgh players showed up as we were loading the van, Sharon Vasquex (Vaz) - a DB and Olivia Griswold (OG) a DE. OG lost some luggage in DC, but at least she made it. I find myself trying to determine who the good players are. Here's how I judge: When a new shipment of players comes in, they start to introduce themselves... When the reaction they get sounds something like this, "Griswold! I remember YOU!", that means they're good. I assume everyone here is good, but I'm guessing the quiet ones will impress me most.
The hotel wasn't ready to check us in, so we got a head start on team bonding by killing a couple of hours waiting for our rooms. We were able to get into our rooms around 3pm and I learned that my roomates for the week are Barker, Brick, and Fish. We get to share a king sized bed and a full sized pull out... Sounds like another bonding activity.
Players are still ariving as I type this. Our schedule for the rest of the day is as follows:
4:00pm Helmet Fitting
5:30pm Equipment Hand-out
8:00pm Classroom Practice
It sounds like we'll be using a bigger ball than what we use in the IWFL. I'm hoping we learn about what other rules are different for Sweden, but I may have to wait until practice tomorrow.
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