While the four-day showpiece got underway on Thursday, the entire squad will only turn out in the second half of the event over the weekend.
"The vibe in the team is amazing," said Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Ruswahl Samaai, who will compete in the Long Jump final on Sunday night (SA time).
"We all know each other by now because most of the guys have been travelling with each other for quite some time, and although we're a small team, we're not here to fill up the lanes. We are here to compete.?"
Despite making his World Indoor Championships debut, along with every other member of the team, the Long Jump star was confident of putting up a challenge for a place on the podium and ending South Africa's six-year medal drought at the indoor spectacle.
He warmed up for the international event with an impressive 8.18m leap at a Central Gauteng League Meeting in Germiston last month.
"Although it's going to be my first World Indoor Championships, I'm coming out here to give it my all from the first jump to my last," he said.
Sprinter Ofentse Mogawane, who formed part of the SA team that bagged the 4x400m silver medal at the 2011 global Outdoor Championships in Daegu, said the squad had recovered from a long flight and they were adjusting to the cold US winter.