Practice #1

The BUDA Open YCC team held it's first practice since the announcement of the team this past Friday in Amherst. 3 players were missing and one was sidelined with an injury, but it was good to see the squad together nearly in full.

The day started out with a warm-up followed by a long cutting and conditioning drill. Then the team spent some time talking about defensive positioning and running a few drills to focus on what the coaches had just demonstrated. The morning session was ended with a scrimmage that was close throughout and had no one team or player dominating the action.

After a break for lunch (most of the players headed to one of the Amherst guys' house to raid the pantry), the coaches went over zone defense and some quick defensive play calls. The guys then scrimmaged for a second time with the opposite team winning than had during the morning session, and it was time for the main event of the day: a scrimmage with a team of local ringers who included 4 former junior worlds players and a number of NUTC counselors in town for the week. The ringers jumped out to a quick lead, but the YCC team answered back and was able to pull out a 7-5 win.

The team finished off with some group core strength exercises and sprints and headed to the swimming hole next to the fields to finish the day.

This upcoming Friday the team will be back in Amherst for another practice and scrimmage with more locals, but unfortunately will not be heading to any tournaments before going to Blaine as they were not offered a bid to the Nucci's cup in New Jersey.