Team Bonding in Pensacola

TEAM BUILDING:

   

  This year, our team building exercise took a different approach than in past years.  One day, during our Florida pre-season tournament, the coaches took us to the beach with the instructions for us to bring only a pen and a sharpie.  Upon arriving, we were given a poster board and told to write our names at the top.  Next, we were each given 12 slips of paper, one for each player on the team.  Our instructions were to write something positive about each teammate on the paper.  Once we were done, we would glue them on the respective poster boards.  We had free reign to write whatever we wanted and we all took this to heart.  Each girl's reflections about her teammates truly showed the inseparable, unique bond we share.

     I truly enjoyed this team building because I feel that it brought us even closer together and was a nice confidence booster before we began tournament play.  From hearing the responses of my teammates and reading the ones written to me, I felt privileged to be a part of this unit.  Each girl added her own creative spin and approach to the assignment.  Some wrote sentimental responses about a certain player she was particularly close to, others took a humerus approach and wrote about inside jokes and memories, and still others commented about the style of play each player brings to the team.  We are all unique and have such different personalities that we contribute so much to this team and I believe that is why we are all such good friends both on and off the court.