Fall 2008

This past season was a historic year of Jojah.

1. We went 3-0 for the first time in pool play at Nationals.
2. Our defense was nasty. Thanks to Ben Morrissey and Peter Dempsey.
3. I started a blog, which is critically acclaimed as one of the lamest things I have ever done. Point taken.

At last year's CCC in DECEMBER, we played Wisconsin in the finals and got beat. I was frustrated with the outcome of the game. Our team, which was selected a week earlier, couldn't come together and win. To console my emotions (which I have a lot of because I have a blog), someone said to me, "You shouldn't be that made Taylor, Wisconsin has been practicing since August/September." That made me feel a little better. Then, I started thinking aloud, "Why don't we practice during the Fall?"

During the Fall, we have always had intramural Fall League. This is a great way to recruit talent. In fact, a couple of our team members made the team through this event. We split our A team up onto different teams, and then fill in the rest of the teams with members from the B and D team, as well as newcomers.

This Fall, we will have Fall League as well as two morning practices a week starting at around 7 am. During the morning practices, we will be focusing on conditioning more than anything, so when it comes time of the college series, we will [hopefully] be beasts from the easts. I am writing this because I am sincerely interested in hearing what other big teams do during the Fall. What type of fall practice do you have? When do you start practice? When do you have tryouts? Do you like turkey sandwiches?