a slow start

We started this year nicely but we are moving slowly because of no shows at practice and sick/injured people. I am one of the sick/injured players that show up no mater what. I want to be able to do practice so that i can help the new players and old step up the games intensity. I know that i am one of those who should not speak about intensity because i do not bring it in the scrimmages but i try and bring it during the drills.

Drills:
The drills have become lack luster and slow moving because of dropped passes and not "going to". In the drills we should be running as fast as we possibly can so that we can become tired and keep going. The drills we have been doing so far are alright but we need to set aside and demonstrate how the drill should be done with ppl who want the team to go somewhere. After we are done with the drills then we should explain the offense and defense and what should happen.

Scrimmage:
So far the scrimmages have been going alright a few bumps but it doesn't look like a scrimmage it looks more like grab assing or pick up. There are fouls that go uncalled and a billion travels.(Nothing being called) Ok yes its the beginning of the year buit we have a tournament in two weeks time and we need to start teaching these things so that everyone is on the same page. If we dont call them out on it during practice the team we are versing sure as hell will. I know we dont want to put too much into the new kids right away but we need to put somnethng there. I definitly feel as though we need to teach them offenses more so that they can understand it. like take a whole week at teaching offense and making sure it runs smoothly. I dont care if it gets boring but we need to put it into their heads. I know im hypocritical about things but i feel as though an offense and a deffense should be the things to teach right now as we move into our next stage of ultimate.

Things i want to see in practice:
1) ten pole:
it works well for keeping the idea of possesion.
2) full field:
obvious reasons i want the new kids to understand the size of field we have to work with.
3) observing:
meaning having te captains sitting on the sidelines calling things out and talking to us and explainging things
4) intensity:
the full speed running abilities of all of our players, RUN, if your tired take a sub, then get back in and run some more.
5) attendance:
i would like to see the attendance to rise up so that there are more healthy players then sick players that show up

I dont know what to say but i want things to pick up better

havent done this in a while

forgot my password so i havent done this in a while, im sick so ill just do this when i feel better

playing again

I finally Played Ultimate for the first time in what felt like a year. If you were there you could see how bad i was compared to the rest of my team. I honestly played as though it was the first time i ever picked up a disc. My throws were mediocre at best when they did not wobble. I had a few "hucks" if thats what you can even cal them were to curvy and would not fly straight for the life of me. My longest throw of the day was actually a flick that i threw with my foot that went 35 yds. Enough about the good part of my game, now on to my running and stamina. I couldnt run 10 yds without having to stop and take 2 points off or walk for 50. Well i honestly dont know what to say, i just played all around like crap. But thats gonna stop i have two upcoming tournaments one is ablany and one in wildwood. I hope that I can keep myselve together for both tournaments.

fuck da snertz

I did what i could of snertz yesterday and I believe that i am feeling it today in my calves. I failed doing all of it because i drank too much water and almost threw up. It was not a good day for me. I must push on and become the ultimate ultimate player. Alex completed the whole thing which is good for him but bad for me, that just means that i need to step up my game and fuck snertz in the ass next time around.
I must be like doobs and everyone else who is owning face and playing hard and getting in maximun play time.
In other news I am getting goaltimate soon and i get to go to magic roll this sunday to play. Im going to run as fast as i can to blow people out of the water.

The things doober said about my game made me realize that I need to work on alot of things and not just let my height be my only key part of my game.

Wildwood

Im looking to set up a team for the big beach tournament in wildwood, nj. but im looking for members of the Gunx first and then others later. IM just trying to spread the word and create some good times.

Capture the Flag

Raining and alot of fun, Not that big of a turnout but big enough for us to have a fun game.

College Schmollege weekend and views for next year

College Schmollege:
Started off the day a little different then we normally would. We woke up EARLY and were the FIRST ones at the tournament. We got their early to set up stretch and work on our zone in the wind. We started out sloppily but we were just waking up and warming up. The wind started out strong but then died down to what we are used to. Our first game started out against SUNY Albany where we played strong and came out amped but just didnt have enough ampedness to defeat that team and we fell after half 15-7 or something similar to that.

Our second game was against our friends SUNY Purchase. We got amped because we have beat this team before and we knew we could do that again plus we played for fun rather then to win the game. If we play to have fun like we did during this game we would be unstoppable against alot of these teams. We took the lead 2-1 but then that cam back 4-2 and we played our hardest to take half 8-6. Us taking half was the best thing that could have happened to us. After half we shut them down and we finished the game 15-6, which is in my opinion the best we have played in a while. After game shenanigans occured as always and the purchase guys pants alot of people except for this one dude from oneonta that pants himself and was running around screaming "they got me". It was alot of fun. Charlie got 4 layout pantsings on mitch and Ben didnt have to take the "insta jack formula" because his hucks were beautiful 85% of the time. Our offense really played well and had great flow, while our D was as strong as ever.

Our third game was against Ursinus, and we were a little too happy about our win over Purchase that we let them walk all over us for tem to take half 8-4. During half we had a strong inspirational speech from Ben that pumped us up and made me want to play my ass off to pull off a come back win. I got on the field and i didnt want to get off until either the game was over or i couldnt move anymore. we came back within 3 to where the game could have been ours but we could not pull threw. OUr last point i believe was a beautiful hammer that i threw to Ben. Anyway the game ended with a final score of 15-10. We played hard in the second half and it tired us out for our fourth and final game of day 1.

Our final game of day 1 was a tired game against RIT Spuds. They had a total of 2 subs and they were tired as all fuck. They took half 8-1 and i played 5 straight points up to half, I would have kept going but 4 points after half i layed out for a pass but i hit my head and dropped the pass that was in my hand. That was a big mistake it was in my hand and i dropped it. I can promise you this, that will never happen again. We lost the game 15-5 i believe.

Day 2 can be summed in one word, SHORT. Everything we did was short, the field we played on was short, the game we played against oneonta was short, our players were short against theirs and our short game was where it was at, at least for our team. Im not sure our short game was that great but i know that our deep game was lacking if it wasnt for Eli. That man caught almost everything we threw at him, and the ones he didnt catch were not his fault at all. o BTW we lost to Oneonta 13-idk it doesnt matter, they took us more seriously this time around and they werent dicks this time around.

I didnt play that well this weekend, i noticed that i was very slow ad that my throws were definitely not good. I think its a mental problem that i have to walk on, if its not a mental problem then idk what else it is.

Views on Next Year:
For the team next year i feel as though we need to work on flow and getting open. I know its not that simple but it is as simple as watching the handlers and cutters and seeing where the disc is moving and cutting to the side of the field that the disc is moving to. We have to teach the team to be able to recognize zone and disc movement, we have to be able to watch the disc and see which side of the field the disc is moving to the cut appropriately. Another thing is that we have to finish our cuts and cycle through and move back into the stack. After that we need to work on the basics and get good throws and work on stamina and running speed. I have a few ideas for drills but im not sure if they are good enough. o well, i guess we will see next year