Team camp update

We are at the Univ. of Tampa Team camp for about 4 days. There are 41 varsity teams here from around the state. The camp is designed to prepare high schoool teams for the upcoming season. The first couple of days, teams play each other in 6 vs 6 drills and compete against each other with similar skill level. We are in the top group and we work on things like serve receive offense, transition defense and offense, out of system attack, etc. Tonight was the 1st time we were able to play matches against other teams and record scores. Scores were taken to seed the teams for the camp tournament. Venice was the only team to go undefeated. We beat Plant, Leon, Timber creek, Tampa Prep, Gainesville, and East Lake so we are seeded #1 in the 41 team tournament tomorrow afternoon. Our team has steadily improved and players are having a good time. The best part of the camp besides actually playing other schools has been to see the Venice players confidence level rise. After each session, I am seeing the light go on from all of the things they have worked on all summer and they are starting to believe more and more. The best match of the night came against Timber Creek who has a 6'4" middle comitted to Hawaii. We were down 12-4 and made a furious comeback during the timed match and won 14-13. We also got a little revenge on Leon who knocked us out in the final 4 last year. Our offense is actually a little faster this year and our defense is improving day by day. And o yes, I pulled the old toothpaste on the back of the doorknob prank to get the week started and there is definitely more of where that came from coming up tomorrow.