The USA Women's 7s team kicks off at the Atlanta 7s Friday at 5th Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga., and it's an important day for the Eagles.

With a new coach, the USA team is looking to change its fortunes, not only in terms of the World Series, but in terms of its Olympic preparation. Training at Life University, they were able to use excellent rugby facilities, and concentrate on the task at hand.

"The people at Life have been really, really generous and have come out and helped us as much as they can," said new USA Coach Richie Walker in a USA Rugby video interview. "They gave us two new players to train with, so we have 14, which puts us at 7-on-7, which really, really helps us. The coaching staff ... have been tremendous. They've just been open arms for us."

The players are still players - they have to adjust to a new coach, but their job as players is the same. For Walker, his job has changed.

"It's been a bit different for me. I still find myself doing assistant coach things, where the staff have already got that handled," he said. "My role is to pre-plan practices and make sure we have the best practice that we can. The leadership group is really, really awesome."

Photos courtesy of Life University

Atlanta 7s Day One Schedule (All times Eastern) 12:30 Canada v Russia 12:52 France v Ireland 13:14 Australia v England 13:36 Fiji v Colombia 13:58 New Zealand v Japan 14:20 USA v Spain 15:14 Canada v Ireland 15:36 France v Russia 15:58 Australia v Colombia 16:20 Fiji v England 16:42 New Zealand v Spain 17:04 USA v Japan 17:58 Canada v France 18:20 Russia v Ireland 18:42 Australia v Fiji 19:04 England v Colombia 19:26 New Zealand v USA 19:48 Japan v Spain