This past Saturday was the first of many "7-man Saturdays" promoted by the Dundee Sports Dome. The goal of these open and formatted practices is to "introduce" the Maritime ballers to the new 7-man format promoted by the APBL.
If this weekend was any indicator of the future, this season is going to be UNFORGETTABLE. There we teams from all over, including New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It was nice to see these teams work together to compete against each other.
At the beginning, you could say the strategy was somewhat "X-ball-ish" involving lots of individual moves and pushes. Players soon realized they had to work together to win. As the night progressed, there seemed to be more method and strategy emerging. There was more multi-player bumping and pushing and the communication seemed to flow more as more games moved on.
There was lots of exciting movement up the field including multiple bunkerings down the snake and edging out the last remaining players.
After speaking to the players, they are very interested in competing in the APBL, whether it be for one event or the entire season.
If you want a taste of what 7-man is all about, come out next weekend. You won't be disappointed!!
- Will
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