I think we had a very solid winter season with the team participating in a 3-day a week training regiment consisting of: lifting, ply-metrics, and speed sessions conducted by our Strength and Conditioning staff. We saw a noticeable amount of improvement in some of the younger players as we began our spring practices in April.
We will finish up our spring season this weekend with a scrimmage against Division II, Davis and Elkins College from West Virginia. Spring practices have been highly competitive with the addition of a few mid-semester transfers and a handful of spring walk-ons. The atmosphere around the team is very positive and the excitement for next season is already building.
We have eight committed players already that will make us a more talented team than we had last year. We are still working on a few other players that if they decide to attend FSU can take this class from being a very strong class to being one of the best classes we have had here in my tenure at FSU. The commitment to improving on last season’s performance is evident and the competitive fire is burning in everyone as they know the young talent coming in is looking to make an immediate impact.
The weekend of May 7th many of the players will be participating in our annual Kickin’ Diabetes Tournament down at the Cumberland YMCA. It's been a FSU tradition now for the last 5 years and is always a lot of fun and a great time for some of the Alumni to come back and show their stuff. The Alumni won the tournament last year and will be looking to defend their title.
A majority of the players will be training hard this summer as they prepare themselves for the England/Scotland trip in August. This great experience will be the teams third trip abroad to Europe in the last 9 years. The team will participate in 4 matches against English and Scottish competition and will have the opportunity to tour Old Trafford and Celtic Park as well as take in an English Premier League game. The trip will finish up early in August and give the guys a chance to rest up for a week or so before reporting to camp for pre-season.
