Thursday, June 25, 2009

Blue over Forest 15 - 9

Rec League!
First non rained out wudi game in oh I dunno two weeks maybe?
I think I'll do a write up +/- style like a 14 year old girl with a livejournal.
It'll be like old times!

+ Rec league got VC jerseys this year(!!!)
+ Four women showed up
+ Caught five goals, three assists
+ Eli got in on the action and got a practical zone defense tutorial
+ We took half 8 - 1
+ Saw Jenn and Gabe and other bros on other teams
+ Got more practice playing center of the cup
+ Two pulls that literally landed in the back of the endzone
+ Backhands were huge, one full field huck for a goal literally over the cup.

- 1 turnover, 1 drop
- got scored on once on what should have been an easy d
- E Herbst nowhere to be found
- 1 out of bounds pull
- Flicks were all going outside in no matter what I did.

Anyway, fun night.
Camp time!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009

Played a lot of 3 on 3 pickup today...

Tell you what, blades are where it is at.
If you can box out your man and stick the catch.
They're like, impossible to defend.
Try it.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Two undefeated teams enter

One leaves. Juice over gold 15 - 11. Tight game. They scored twice to start. Things got a little heated due to some iffy calls and belligerence. Then we beat them down. Word.

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It was great to put the tds on again after so long, and I played the best I have in a while. No turnovers (!!!), four goals caught, one assist. Skied some bros. Had two really nice pulls. Put the pressure on on defense.

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On the other hand I got scored on once possibly twice (?), threw two out of bounds pulls (by just an inch! All it takes, right Doober?) and felt overly fatigued some points.

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Anyway, Juice rocks.

We play white on Monday. That's going to be a tough matchup. Gotta be confident for it. After that there will only be one undefeated team. Who will it be?

I predict: Juice!

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Anyway anyway, I started throwing forehand hucks with a lot more arm and shoulder. Like, bringing my

arm back a lot farther than I ever have before. Combined with the hip and shoulder jerk and a very quick release, this makes discs fly really high and far. It works. Did not get to bust it out in game, but Billy expressed interest in it.

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Ps: Parallel parking is like playing ultimate. You gotta cut hard!

(budump ching)

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Oh btw

I think...

The key to a real POWER grip, for a forehand throw, is to grip the disc tightly between your thumb on the top of the disc and whatever finger or fingers you have underneath the rim of the disc. Your thumb and fingertips should be touching, seperated only by the rim of the disc. A real tight grip will (and should (?)) warp the plastic of the disc beneath your fingers.

Also, if you are going to throw huge backhands, watch where they land. Bushes will take your discs! Be careful.

Eh

Ain't put my cleats on.
In a while.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

lknsadglkjsd

WUDI cancelled two days in a row due to soggy fields.
Doober's latest blag post needs analysis. Later.
Seems to be how to play better frisbee or something.
I'm down with that.

Monday, June 8, 2009

A tall glass of Juice

to celebrate a strong victory. Juice over Brown 15 - 4. Not much to say. I played a quiet game. I honestly thought I did not touch the disc at all until Rachel reminded me that I did. One turnover. One goal caught. Got scored on twice, ouch. I did not pressure deep much which was probably a mistake but whatever. They did not score in the second half. Done. Juice played ridiculous. Manny made ill plays, Cooper and Billy caught a callahan each. Rachel caught two goals and played great d. Our team is so deep. We're going to get far because we can and will work harder than other teams.

Word.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

lately

This past week has been good for ultimate, and also partying on rooftops. Excellent.

Wednesday draft league the JUICE won by default due to our opponent only mustering a four person squad (clearly not enough to compete with the 12 or 13 that we had). Thursday was my first rec game, and our team looks fiiiiine. We lost, by one, because in the second half we hucked it way to much. It was not me hucking it. Irony!

Oh and we only had one woman so we had to play 6 0n 7 all game. Yeah. We can keep up with a team and lose on universe with one less person. We're gonna do fine. I only had one turnover, on a very stupid throw, but I thought my throws in general were good. Eli had a few touches on the disc and played a turnover free game, which is awesome. He also played decent zone d despite never having had it explained to him (my bad).

Yesterday was our first real Magic Roll practice. We had a nice large turnout. We started out with a basic dump drill similar to the upline cutting drill we run at New Paltz. Then we played a game to seven which my team won pretty handily thanks to our wiley 3 -2 -2 offense. Definately easier to teach brand new players than vertical stack, for whatever reason. Maybe because the clearing out is more intuitive. Anyway, then we ran a basic vertical stack cutting drill with offense and defense which was pretty solid. Some people need to learn to cut. Our second scrimmage devolved into nonsense after about 10 points but since we had already been playing frisbee for over three hours I was fine with that.

I don't honestly know where the team is going competitively this summer. We have a handful of solid players who have played together for years. We have a handful of players who have barely played competitively and would not know a stack from a three pointer. We have a handful of random bros who can't make it to practice due to the distance but will probably pick up with us at tournaments if I invite them. How does one form a team out of that?

The answer is, creatively. I think. We need to settle on one or more offensive sets that are strong enough to beat experienced teams, and intuitive and modular enough to incorporate both new players and tournament pickups. I want to run vertical stack and 3 - 2 - 2. We'll see how it plays out but I like how the 3 - 2 - 2 is shaping up. It leaves a huge cutting lane open in the center of the field, and makes continuation deep cuts fairly easy. Also it is harder to poach d than vertical stack because if someone poaches into the center lane, the wings can cut straight in like in a horizontal stack. Hmmm.

Anyway, its looking like a good summer.
Peace.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Juice over Black 15 - 10

Go Juice!

First game stats: two turnovers, two goals caught, one assist one d.

I played as a cutter the entire game. When we went around the circle introducing ourselves we each said what position we play. I said cutter/deep. If I end up handling I want it to happen organically, but in the meantime I can work hard as a cutter and there are plenty of talented handlers on the team. I got a few touches on the disc anyway thanks to working hard. If I can run as hard as I did the first game all summer I'll be where I want to be. Goal: jumping, aggressive playmaking, running hard and working hard on d.

My other goal is zero turnover games. Had two the first game, one off a short swing that probably should have been a backhand, and the other off a forehand huck and all I'm sayin' is that Feierman saw it from the next field over and says it was the receiver's fault and who am I to argue with a regionals caliber player like that? I'm holding myself accountable anyway. Also there were two hucks to me that I did not catch although both were a little ridiculous.

Anyway, Juice is super fun as a team and everyone works hard. We are going to have a great season and I have high hopes for another trophy. Regardless I'm super pumped. We have a fun team. That's all a guy can ask for.