Notes

• make sure parking lot is clean at end of practice
• There is no meeting. Go out and practice together as a team ASAP.
• Friday photo: Observance of International Egg-Toss Day. Egg-Toss Day, or “Great Egg Toss Day,” is celebrated on September 5th to honor the Olympic sport of egg tossing, where partners toss an egg back and forth, increasing the distance after each successful catch. It’s a fun way to celebrate coordination, teamwork, and resilience, with events often featuring competitions to see who can throw an egg the farthest without breaking it.

Practice

• TR Tournament GameDay.
• Games will be started using FTL, one or two whistles. Umpiring will be there, but spotty.
• Please talk with your team as you rig/on the sail out, do some pig-in-middles to warm up.
• FJ’s will work on FJ boat handling and do some pigs in middle, and more importantly maybe the Balance Drill.
• Please read and reflect on our Cardinal Rules below.
• Remember Team Racing is a game, not a race.

CARDINAL RULES

•         Balance your pairs (herding sheep). Do NOT take flyers ever.
•       Don’t always play the technique, play the game.
• Be flexible and sharp/open minded. Do what’s needed to win or help your team
•         Beat your guy
• `       Be a pain to someone covering you
•        Always have one eye on the fleet race
• Our 6 in any race in any place on the course is our most important player

•         Always know where the critical focus is, and execute there
•         Mind the Gap (understand where in the team race combination there is a critical gap. You either want to attack or defend the gap)
•         When in doubt, sail as fast as you can (minimize time) to the next mark
•         Recognition->Execution:  Do Unto Others Before They Do Unto You
•         Never assume victory
•         Sail conservatively and avoid unforced errors. Take risks only when losing big early, or losing near the finish
•         Your next play is often behind you; also, don’t get too far ahead if you are in an unstable or losing combo!
•         Never get too tied up with one opponent and lose sight of the overall game
•         Never let one boat occupy two of ours for very long
•         Be on it. Think every second of the game how your moves can help your team
•         Know when to throw out the playbook
•         Quiet teams are deadly. The longer we don’t call plays, the better we’re doing. Let the other team tell you their play. Don’t let this rule override actual important communication  however.
•          Be deceptive with your moves, boat-handling, and passbacks, but when you start a move or a passback, execute with absolute determination and aggression

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1	Annie Sitzmann	Charlotte MacDonald	OUT
2	Alex Baker	Annabelle Ulak	Elle Maddox
3	Harrison Szot	Ana Fishback
4	Will Mohler	Kai Davids
5	T	Hudson Grow
6	Antoine Ismael	Brooke Perchinsky
7	Tali Gaver	Lila Knoepfle
8	Ashton Perkins	Parker Lefever
9	Chris Hanson	Bella Ford
10	Gaetan Ismael	Char Wilkin
11	CC Carey	Margot McGeagh
12	Will Tweed	Eliza Brenia
			Coach Boat
FJ			Georgia Knoepfle
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4	Grace Crespin	Ellie Lawrence
5	Colin Schwab	Charlotte Stites
6	Emory McAllister	Farrah Maddox
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	Oliver
	Gabriel