WUGC Team USA Tryouts: Octavia "Opi" Payne
Meet Octavia "Opie" Payne, one of the promising young players vying for a spot on the USA team at WUGC tryouts in CMI Florida. Opie shares her mindset and experience from the first tryout, revealing her initial anxiety and excitement as she joins forces with top-notch teammates and coaches. Opie discusses how her training has prepared her to build a strong team dynamic and play to raise each other up, creating an electric atmosphere that's both mentally challenging and rewarding. With her infectious positivity and competitive drive, Opie offers valuable insights into what it takes to succeed at the highest level. She shares her thoughts on overcoming physical exhaustion and staying motivated, leaving viewers inspired by her dedication and enthusiasm. Catch Opie's candid conversation with Daniel Apprentice as she opens up about the tryout experience, offering a glimpse into what it takes to be part of Team USA.
Watch Octavia "Opi" Payne compete in intense WUGC team USA tryouts, featuring top players vying for a national team spot.
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is it going yep Daniel apprentis volw world.com here in CMI Florida for Team USA tryouts I'm joined here by Opie pay Opie thanks for joining me uh this is the first tryy out really that of this nature and you get to be a part of it um what was your mindset coming into it and how has that changed if it all throughout the going into um well I was very anxious for it to get here um it's been a long road I'm sure it's been it was the same for everybody who's here today and we tried out last weekend um so I was mainly really excited that we're finally in the thick of it um and my mindset uh I was I I didn't know what to expect coming into this um but leaving uh Saturday I would very happy with uh with how things went everybody's great we had great chemistry on on the team that I played on um en that kind of leads me to my next question you did a little bit just now but overall how would you evaluate you know the FI the the atmosphere here the competition or F fure teammates you know overall what was your feeling for today yeah um I think Maddie put it really well in the beginning and said you know play like you're trying to build uh the strongest Team USA possible not you know it's sort of a mental switch um you spend months training uh for yourself to to make this team and now you come out here and and you play to raise each other up um and I think everybody was in them I said um it was great I mean everybody here you know you're so used to playing against them um in the in the highest of levels and it was great to have them as teammates and and high fiving and just being uh just being great teammates together it and finally how would you evaluate how you played today um I'm pretty happy with how today went um you know there were moments where my legs were tired but I felt like I gritt it through that so I was pretty um happy with that but I I'm still hungry so tomorrow will be another chance to to bring it okay M thank you...
