Watching Team USA Practice

I finally got the chance to see the Senior Women's USA Basketball Team practice today.

Fourteen stellar ladies participated in today's practice:
Seimone Augustus (LSU); Alana Beard (Washington Mystics); Sue Bird (Seattle Storm); Swin Cash (Detroit Shock); Shameka Christon (New York Liberty); Jessica Davenport (Ohio State); Sylvia Fowles (LSU); Kristin Haynie (Sacramento Monarchs); Candace Parker (Tennessee); Cappie Pondexter (Rutgers); Ruth Riley (Detroit Shock); Katie Smith (Detroit Shock); Sheryl Swoopes (Houston Comets); and Tina Thompson (Houston Comets).

I truly enjoyed watching the competition as well as listening to Asst. Coach Dawn Staley's jokes with the referees. Practice was spotty in spurts; but, trust me when I write this, when they got rolling, these ladies are truly spectacular to watch.

Team Red (made up mostly of the vets like Swoopes, Tina, Katie, Swin, Sue, etc.) took it to Team White (the youngsters) toward the end of practice in a "Make it-Take it" session. I lost count how many consecutive baskets Team Red dropped on Team White; but, it was quite a lot.

I spoke with Kristin Haynie; Seimone Augustus; Cappie Pondexter; and Sylvia Fowles after practice to get a different perspective from some of the younger players.

Take a listen:
Seimone Augustus
Sylvia Fowles
Kristin Haynie
Cappie Pondexter