The England Women’s training squad will be bringing you regular blog updates from their Florida Tour, giving the inside story on their week of training in the build up to this year’s Women’s World Championship.
Another sunny day in Florida, we started with a balcony breakfast preparing us for the day. We headed back to Lake Myrtle for a two hour training session where we focused on positional rotations and some 6v6s ahead of the evening’s game.
Team bonding was well underway with the introduction of team assassins. Everyone was assigned a name, place and item to eliminate a teammate from the game. Some have already fallen, with Lucy Grant as the first victim. We will keep you updated in the next blog…
Preparing for an evening game, it was essential that we took care of our bodies. After practice we headed back for lunch at the cabins, then went for a pool session and mobility in the sun. We then had positional meetings, identifying our goals for the game.
Next up, game time! Heading to the pitches at Lake Myrtle, we separated into our White & Red team changing rooms. With our USA match cancelled, we created our own “anthems” as our favourite songs, ready to perform after the warm up. The White team started strong, with Jenny Simpson and Alex Drewe scoring to make it 2-0 in the first quarter. The Red team then fought back, with Megan Whittle grabbing 5 draw controls and Emily Gray creating a magic moment with a reverse sling shot, leading the red team to a 5-4 victory after a tense final 2 minutes.
Returning back from the game, we enjoyed a team pizza and a debrief match meeting and we are all looking forward to our rest day tomorrow.