It has begun!

The Portland Fighting Fillies are out of the starting gate and off to the races! Yeah, it sounds corny, but corny can be fun too! The board members are set, the logo has been reworked, the web site is up and running-things are moving along swimmingly right now. People are excited and energized. We will have bumps in the road, we will have goals to meet, but what is life if it isn't a challenge?

Practice this weekend was a learning experience. The coaches are adjusting to the difference between coaching high school boys and coaching grown women. It can be a bit like herding cats at times. Pretty cats, who have wonderful ideas and lots of energy, but haven't quite learned how to fight in the alley yet. Most of us don't have the base of football experience that even high school boys would have. Some haven't even watched football on TV. Starting with the building blocks of football will be important.

Women learn differently than men. men are very linear. You can tell a guy, "Hey, you carry the ball through that gap" and that's what he'll do and not even question the rest. Women think structurally. We want to know how each part interacts with the others. Women want to know how the gap got it's name, what the person on the end is doing, where the person in motion is going, why the snap count includes the color blue, and if turf shoes would be better than molded cleats. We like to know everything that's going on while we are getting our personal role in order. And amazingly, women can tell you exactly who screwed up later if the play went wrong. :)

All this growth and learning is going to be good for us as a team. We are all rookies together and that will bring us closer. Go Fillies!!