I think this article from Ultiworld describes our Florida experience just perfectly. "Northern teams come down to FWC because it represents a rare opportunity to throw a disc outdoors at this time of year. Michigan coach Ben Murphy said the tournament represented his team’s first chance of playing outside since before Thanksgiving. For teams looking to shake off the rust and the frost, it’s a perfect tournament. But the timing and location do provide some challenges for teams, too. Many of the teams in Apopka were still on winter break. As a result, there were a few squads with some pretty significant absences. No team felt that more than Iowa Saucy Nancy, who were missing about half of their roster. They still made prequarters, due, in large part, to the assured performance of handler Brooke O’Hollearn, so it wasn’t a wasted weekend, but it’s still not ideal to start your tournament with so much of your team absent." -Daniel Prentice We may have only had 4 subs but didn't stop us from driving the 22 hours down to Florida to have a grand old time. Most of the team arrived on Thursday which gave us plenty of time to rest and explore before the tournament started on Saturday. On Friday we spent the day on the beach which was a nice break from the bitter midwest winter. Saturday and Sunday went pretty much as expected, we played some tough games but were able to hold own own pretty well. We won half of our games and left the tournament feeling pretty satisfied (also felt tired beyond belief and felt like our legs were going to fall off). S/O to the 11 players that were able to go to Florida; we got some hella playing time and tons of experience that will help later in the season. Also sending 22 hours in a van with your closest friends probably helped with team bonding... maybe helped just a little bit too much.
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