Procrastination is much better

I know I'm supposed to be doing some homework right now, but I just read Doobers' post and well it made me think a lot about what I'm doing right/wrong for the new comers. Always start with the good and work to the bad.
Good: I think that the throwing practices are going very well. While learning flick is tough for the newer players, as it always is, it's going a lot smoother now then it had in the past. In combination with the other elder players on the team, we have been moving around adjusting little things that can help make the new players flicks actually go straight. Hopefully it'll come around soon so we can start getting more into the actual play of ultimate but we'll see. It was interesting to hear from one of the new girls that while doing the three-man mark drill, she was able to flick easier then while just throwing around because she didn't have to think about her throw as much. I couldn't agree more with what she was saying. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the least amount of thought that you put into a throw the better, you're mind has better things to do then to worry about which foot to step with, arm placements and all that crap.
Bad: Especially after reading doobers' post I realized that I do things without really thinking about doing it. I was using way too much ultimate lingo for the freshies, and not enough language to help them learn how to do what they need to do. I completely agree that we need to teach why to do something instead of exactly what to do. I'm not exactly sure of the athleticness of some of the newbies though or their background in sports prior to coming to college. Maybe they'll be able to pick it up, maybe not. We'll see today at practice.
Something I'm really looking forward to that one of the freshman asked me to do; hold a cutting practice. I'm amped. My favorite part of the game, and now they actually want to learn how to do it! Obvs Cleats help, but there are a lot of small things that can help make people's cuts and turns much more efficient and more explosive. The only problem is that I'm better at teaching this kind of stuff one on one. I'm gonna have to figure out how to do it on a large scale with all the people there. Even the old hats need some help in this aspect of the game.
Time to do some work, before going to practice to do work.

pre-move-in-day

So I'm really supposed to be sleeping right now, but I just finished putting up my RA boards and now it is time for sleep. I wanted to post something in response to my first post this morning though.
First of all, these days have been so ungodly long, I can't believe that I created this blog this morning.
Secondly, I'm not sure what triggered my mood this morning. Something probably from a combination of undersleeping, not eating very much, RA training all week, and a mixture of things including the conversation this morning just set me into a very contemplative mood for some reason or another. All in all, it was a very good conversation this morning. I learned new things about my fellow staff members and my new RD, and I was able to delve into my own feelings about the subject and actually say them out loud, instead of just thinking them to myself. In all actuality I would not have spoken up about my feelings on the subject except for the fact that my RD asked me what my feelings on the subject were. That's one thing that I really appreciate about Chanel, she's really into allowing everyone a chance to speak, and it honestly seems like she really wants to know what everyone has to say about particular subjects. Go Chanel.
Thirdly, I really wanted this to become my frisbee blog. And it will become my frisbee blog especially once the season starts to get into the full swing of things. Amped to see new freshman tomorrow and hopefully indoctrinate the really tall ones.
I've actually been thinking about frisbee a lot and discussing it randomly with a few friends. More importantly, I have begun perusing the website www dot the-huddle dot org. Definitely a site to check out if you want to learn more about how to improve your game, which is my main goal. Granted I have a team to think about and I shouldn't just be worried about making my own game better, but that's what I do as my particular role in being a captain. From what I've heard from other people, I am who most people watch to learn more about how to play the game well. I'm not saying that I should or should not be watched, but if people are going to watch me to learn how to play better then that means that I really need to step my game up and show people exactly what they need to be doing on the field. Also, just to say, we have many other players on the field that also should be watched including my fellow male captain, Ben, without his help on the field I wouldn't be anywhere near as good of a player as I am now. Him being better then me when we first arrived freshman year pushed me to better myself faster then I would have if I didn't have someone who I could compete with. Granted we did have Mitch, which again I'm super happy about, but Mitch was not looking to take over the main handler position on the team, which was put up to a fight between Benny-Boi and myself.
I've also been trying to figure out what to do when I'm not on the field. Mainly the only reason I get taken off the field right now is because I've either just run cup for a couple points in a row, or I become furious with myself for letting myself get scored on by doing something stupid. But in both of these situations I'm not doing anything productive for the team. That really needs to stop. Now.
Can't really think of anything else for tonight, wake up in under 6 hours. Time for bed. Super pumped to see everyone coming back to school soon.

F1RST P0ST!!1!

We had a pretty interesting discussion today at breakfast that got me thinking a lot. That thinking made me much more aware that I wasn't really able to remember all of the things that I think about or used to think about on a daily basis. I felt really let down by myself about this, since those thoughts made me the person that I am today, I betrayed myself by not remembering what I am. So I decided to create a blog to be able to remember all the things that I want to remember. Good thing? Maybe. But also maybe it's because I don't remember those things that I am the person I am today. /shrug It's early and my mind is going way to slow/fast to keep up with itself.

Just so I remember for later (We need to leave in a few minutes for more training) the discussion this morning was about marriage/polygamy vs Monogamy/Nature vs. Nurture and all that good crap.