Last fase of pre-season and the Cup match

Moving in to the last fase of our pre-season program I feel confident that we are where we are suppose to be each player indivisually, but I am still worried that we have a very long ways to go as a team.
On court we still struggle with the organization in block/defence and the rythme in offense still needs a lot of work.

Off the court I am very proud of the girls and the hard work they put in to becoming a team. A few players are still finding their "role" on the team, and for the many young players it is that much more important to find their role and what they can contribute with for the team.


Leaving for France...

Wednesday evening we leave for France to play our last tournament before season starts. Being away together should be a good experience for the players, and there will be plenty of time to due teamwork and player-coach talks.
We have been placed in a group with a Belgian, a French and a Swiss team, and it will be exciting to compare our current level against theese more experienced teams.

I'm expecting the team to stick together in the tough matches we will undoubtably be in, and once we get comfortable I want to see them go for each point. We proved that we can play at a very high level against Hamburg, taking a game off them, and the teams in this tournament will be arround that level, so the chances to get a game or two are deffinently there.


Cup match in Aalborg

Before we leave for France we are playing our 1st round in the Cup tournament. We play tuesday evening in Aalborg, and a big bonus for me this year is that living in Odensen only puts Aalborg 2.5 hours away.. :0)

Aalborg used to be a top4 team in Denmark, but over the last 3 years the lost a lot/all their main players, and has chosen to start over with a young team in the 2nd best leaque. The are always a very good home team, and without knowing much about their players, I expect a tough match since it will be our first against a Danish team. Focus will from us be on keeping errors to a minimum and get a good rythme in our offense.
It is a match we should win comfortably, but in the days where Tennis tour is at hte US Open let me say this; "with too many unforced errors, a junior player can beat you"

I am excited to get started on this busy week, it should be a good one..


"We are here because we want to be, we put in the time and make the sacrifices to become something better"