Team Practice Update

Sunday practice went very well! Zio did great turns with his props, although I'm fairly certain it won't hold up without the props at this point. We're just too close to our next tournament and the championships. We'll keep working this way probably until after St Louis next month and then start working on maintaining the turn without them.

Susan Owen decided that Jean-Luc needs some practice time running last on the Off and Running Team, which makes sense. There isn't any reason to rush him and cause problems after taking the time to teach him a good box turn. I'm not sure, but I think Meekah and Burst are going to swap spots and have Meekah running with Step on It with Burst as a backup in Bonham. I think that is a better choice. I just don't see being able to fix Burst's passing issue without a lot of practice time that we don't have. If Burst does run, it will probably be in the last position. That will give us Wisp, Scout, Zio, and Meekah looking to break into the 18 second range on Step On It and Cody, Deuce, Luigi, and JL running for Off and Running.

I would guess at this point, our Dream Team line up for Speeding Sheepdogs will just substitute Jean-Luc for Meekah in the last position. That way, the front three dogs will have all have experience with their running order and it won't mess them up for the championships. I have visions of the Speeding Sheepdogs team breaking 18.5 that Friday. :)