No games for me this week, felt like shit on wednesday, Tom got hit later that night by the same thing. Sucks living in an infested house. Whateves
Take a second, look at your game. Go ahead, I'll be here when you're done.
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Done yet? Cool. Now with the upcoming school year looming ever so closer, one must think, "What about my game would I want the new freshman to emulate? What about my game would I want them to never actually do in game?" These are tough questions to answer, and even tougher is that the same answer can be had for both questions. What are we going to teach them? How will we teach them? What role will you play on the team?
Had enough questions? oof sorry about that one, wasn't even thinking. While at the gym today with Thomas, I started thinking about how we started out all those years ago. We didn't really have people to look up to to show us how to play well, we had to learn for ourselves. That's especially not true for this next generation of Gunx. They have so many players to learn from, we just need to decide what skillz we want to each put forth.
Think about it.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Titles are awful
Wudi has been pretty good. The team has been coming together nicely, but the one thing that the team lacks is the one thing I've been working on, intensity. I'm tired of being a shlub on D so I've been working to use my speed and agility to my advantage over my opponents, but 1 person playing D won't stop any team from moving the disc down the field. Even if I stop my dude, other people let up easy passes nullifying any work that I put into it.
The teams we've beat recently have pretty much all been playing savage or close to savage, granted our numbers haven't been great for a couple of games either but Ramen is younger and fitter then most teams out there. We have the capability to beat every team out there, but only if we try and want it.
As for my play: D has been getting better, my dude will still touch the disc but generally off of sweet cuts. Shut down D is nearly impossible in this game, but I'm trying. My throws are some of the worst they've been since I started playing. I can't tell why but not many short passes are coming off smooth and my hucks are drifting at the end. Bleh. There's still time, and cutting is still sweet. I'm jealous of people that only cut, I don't get why they want to pick up the disc so often.
So yeah that whole trying thing is a new one in my life... Trying on the field, and attempting to try off the field too. I've been taking a page out of Doober's book and I've been doing push-ups and excrutiators before bed each night. Hopefully this will pay off.
I've been feeling like Dante (Clerks) as of late, sick of my station in life. But unlike him, I'm attempting to do something about it now. It's only taken me 21 years to get to this point, but there's no time for change like the present. Gotta do what I can.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
The teams we've beat recently have pretty much all been playing savage or close to savage, granted our numbers haven't been great for a couple of games either but Ramen is younger and fitter then most teams out there. We have the capability to beat every team out there, but only if we try and want it.
As for my play: D has been getting better, my dude will still touch the disc but generally off of sweet cuts. Shut down D is nearly impossible in this game, but I'm trying. My throws are some of the worst they've been since I started playing. I can't tell why but not many short passes are coming off smooth and my hucks are drifting at the end. Bleh. There's still time, and cutting is still sweet. I'm jealous of people that only cut, I don't get why they want to pick up the disc so often.
So yeah that whole trying thing is a new one in my life... Trying on the field, and attempting to try off the field too. I've been taking a page out of Doober's book and I've been doing push-ups and excrutiators before bed each night. Hopefully this will pay off.
I've been feeling like Dante (Clerks) as of late, sick of my station in life. But unlike him, I'm attempting to do something about it now. It's only taken me 21 years to get to this point, but there's no time for change like the present. Gotta do what I can.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Wudi baby
So, two games under my Wudi belt so far, and I gotta say the team is shaping up to be something good.
Game one I wasn't able to attend due to recently being diagnosed with pharyngitis, and deciding it would be best to get some sleep instead of trying to force through it.
We've got a very solid team this year, things will start to pick-up once we figure out how to play with each other. We are very thrower heavy, with most players preferring to dink it around in the back field instead of putting it into the mid field. We have a pretty sick O-line consisting of me, a couple high schoolers, stigz, and filling out with a flurry of pretty decent athletic cutters. Oh, not to mention we also have Liv, some dude from bashing who is very good at laying out and getting Ds, and T-Rich who is tall lanky and fast.
Game two:
Showed up on time, and almost everyone was there. I don't remember a ton about the game, I do know that Stigz played good solid ultimate, getting open on his cuts, but not getting the disc put to him. Liv played OK, throwing away a couple out the back. The main thing to take away from this game is that we can't just rely on the "studs" of the team. Liv, T-rich, and the other dude (sorry other dude) would primarily look only for each other regardless of whether it's a good decision or not. Sound familiar? lolololol jkjkjkjkjkjk
Ended up going down 0-5 at the beginning, brought it back a little, but eventually just gave it up. Red played hard against us, but we are much better. By the end of the season we'll show em all!
Scored two goals off of Liv, let my man score on multiple occassions.
Game Three:
Showed up pretty late today, we were down 5-2 when I showed up. I put some fire into the offense, I definitely belong on the handle for this team. With how quick our handlers are we are able to move the disc quickly and cleanly. Our only problem is figuring out how to score once we get there. I called Stigz out for a couple Iso's and he beat his man every time. So good.
Ended up losing 15-13, but we were able to bring it back to 12s even. The other team's numbers eventually overcame our superiority. Most people played mostly savage (I made 10 for us). It was easy to see that we were a better team, but we'll rock them next time I have no worries about it.
No Goals today, but a bunch of assists. One "lay-out" D, Stigz says it wasn't, I'm not positive if I could've gotten it without laying. Practice bidding at Doober's is helping. Thanks Tom! Threw a bunch of turns today, mainly from hucks. I gotta rein them back in, or at least figure out how to throw them better.
Game one I wasn't able to attend due to recently being diagnosed with pharyngitis, and deciding it would be best to get some sleep instead of trying to force through it.
We've got a very solid team this year, things will start to pick-up once we figure out how to play with each other. We are very thrower heavy, with most players preferring to dink it around in the back field instead of putting it into the mid field. We have a pretty sick O-line consisting of me, a couple high schoolers, stigz, and filling out with a flurry of pretty decent athletic cutters. Oh, not to mention we also have Liv, some dude from bashing who is very good at laying out and getting Ds, and T-Rich who is tall lanky and fast.
Game two:
Showed up on time, and almost everyone was there. I don't remember a ton about the game, I do know that Stigz played good solid ultimate, getting open on his cuts, but not getting the disc put to him. Liv played OK, throwing away a couple out the back. The main thing to take away from this game is that we can't just rely on the "studs" of the team. Liv, T-rich, and the other dude (sorry other dude) would primarily look only for each other regardless of whether it's a good decision or not. Sound familiar? lolololol jkjkjkjkjkjk
Ended up going down 0-5 at the beginning, brought it back a little, but eventually just gave it up. Red played hard against us, but we are much better. By the end of the season we'll show em all!
Scored two goals off of Liv, let my man score on multiple occassions.
Game Three:
Showed up pretty late today, we were down 5-2 when I showed up. I put some fire into the offense, I definitely belong on the handle for this team. With how quick our handlers are we are able to move the disc quickly and cleanly. Our only problem is figuring out how to score once we get there. I called Stigz out for a couple Iso's and he beat his man every time. So good.
Ended up losing 15-13, but we were able to bring it back to 12s even. The other team's numbers eventually overcame our superiority. Most people played mostly savage (I made 10 for us). It was easy to see that we were a better team, but we'll rock them next time I have no worries about it.
No Goals today, but a bunch of assists. One "lay-out" D, Stigz says it wasn't, I'm not positive if I could've gotten it without laying. Practice bidding at Doober's is helping. Thanks Tom! Threw a bunch of turns today, mainly from hucks. I gotta rein them back in, or at least figure out how to throw them better.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
My Week with Scam Pt. 2
Alright, so apparently this won't just write itself whilst i facebook creep everyone.
FINE
Wednesday:
Pretty lackadaisical day today. They weren't really supposed to have practice, but It was beautiful so why not? We had about 13 today so after warm-ups we split into 3 teams. From then on out we played diamond. Pretty much all that this game means is that we try to knock over nalgenes. It's fairly straight forward and just demonstrates the purpose of switching the point of attack, useful for endzone drills, but also shitty since we are aiming for something inches off the ground. (Note: My team lost once the entire practice. played about 20 games :)) <-- god damn close parentheses emoticons
Thursday:
Real day of practice!
OK so on tuesday I forgot a drill that we did, I only remember because i thought we were going to do it again today, but we did another drill by the same name; "the box drill"
Version 1: 3 vs 3 in a 10-15 by 10-15 yard box. 10 passes = 1 point, game to 5.
That would've taken forever so we played a game to 2. Dasky is still really good.
Version 2: A line is formed behind each cone placed in a square. The disc starts at one cone and the first person in line at that cone cuts out diagonally of the square and to the cone next to the one they started at, where the thrower meets them with the disc. The cutter is now the thrower and this loops around the square until completion (generally 15 completed passes in a row) and then reverses so you get forehands and backhands.
From here we moved onto reinforcing vert stack (they have a tournament this weekend). This drill ran pretty smoothly, one thing I liked is that they had one person maintain the front of stack position and had people cycle in behind said person.
Next was an S-cut drill: One person starts by receiving the disc via making an upline cut, the was-thrower cuts out, then back in as if making another upline and then busts out receiving a huck from the new-thrower. Run through this a bunch and then switch sides of the field to practice forehands and backhands.
Last up was everyone's favorite drill: GO TO!!!
Lots of people didn't go to all the way... This just defeats the purpose. Getting to 15 took forever. We did forehand, backhand, and then breaking on both sides. Note: it is really tough to break people who know exactly where you want to put the disc.
Good week of practice. Can't wait to get back and get the GUNX going again.
Great week of fun with SCAM, learned a lot about the game.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
FINE
Wednesday:
Pretty lackadaisical day today. They weren't really supposed to have practice, but It was beautiful so why not? We had about 13 today so after warm-ups we split into 3 teams. From then on out we played diamond. Pretty much all that this game means is that we try to knock over nalgenes. It's fairly straight forward and just demonstrates the purpose of switching the point of attack, useful for endzone drills, but also shitty since we are aiming for something inches off the ground. (Note: My team lost once the entire practice. played about 20 games :)) <-- god damn close parentheses emoticons
Thursday:
Real day of practice!
OK so on tuesday I forgot a drill that we did, I only remember because i thought we were going to do it again today, but we did another drill by the same name; "the box drill"
Version 1: 3 vs 3 in a 10-15 by 10-15 yard box. 10 passes = 1 point, game to 5.
That would've taken forever so we played a game to 2. Dasky is still really good.
Version 2: A line is formed behind each cone placed in a square. The disc starts at one cone and the first person in line at that cone cuts out diagonally of the square and to the cone next to the one they started at, where the thrower meets them with the disc. The cutter is now the thrower and this loops around the square until completion (generally 15 completed passes in a row) and then reverses so you get forehands and backhands.
From here we moved onto reinforcing vert stack (they have a tournament this weekend). This drill ran pretty smoothly, one thing I liked is that they had one person maintain the front of stack position and had people cycle in behind said person.
Next was an S-cut drill: One person starts by receiving the disc via making an upline cut, the was-thrower cuts out, then back in as if making another upline and then busts out receiving a huck from the new-thrower. Run through this a bunch and then switch sides of the field to practice forehands and backhands.
Last up was everyone's favorite drill: GO TO!!!
Lots of people didn't go to all the way... This just defeats the purpose. Getting to 15 took forever. We did forehand, backhand, and then breaking on both sides. Note: it is really tough to break people who know exactly where you want to put the disc.
Good week of practice. Can't wait to get back and get the GUNX going again.
Great week of fun with SCAM, learned a lot about the game.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
My week with Scam Pt. 1
Up in albany for a week. What better to do then to practice with the members of SCAM?
For those of you that haven't read Doobers' blog yet, Squeege is coaching SCAM for this semester. For those of you that don't know who Squeege is, he's probably the best Ultimate player to come out of the Albany area in a while. He currently plays for Bohdi (sp?) Open team out of Boston who placed 11th at Nationals.
ANYWAY, on to practice:
Monday:
Practice was perfectly fit for the conditions, soft ground and windy, so we had a full layout practice. Multiple drills all centered around bidding. Very nice way to start off the week (although I feel it today). Finished a full practice day with 1/2 mile worth of indian sprints. Gotta love conditioning.
Tuesday:
Finally showed up early enough to warm-up. I really like the dynamic workout as opposed to regular stretching. It didn't seem as much of a time eater as sitting in a circle talking about feelings.
For starters today we ran a Ho-stack drill. For this drill there were two cutters on opposite sidelines and two handlers in a central position. The cutters would start their cuts roughly 30-40 yards away for big gainers, and then the handler that made the pass would receive a dump, swing and have the other handler throw the next gainer. Continue until we reach the endzone. Switch off handlers and cutters and go back down the field.
Next up was throwing: Pairing off each partner would have to complete 25 flicks and 25 backhands. If there was a drop the group would yell out drop and each other team would have to do either 5 push-ups or 5 crunches, the team to drop the disc did 5 of each. You alternate crunches and push-ups each time a drop is called.
Next up was a cutting/conditioning drill: Pair up and stand 10 yards apart and the next group to you would also be 10 yards apart from you, creating a long chain of partners. One side of the line would move to be in the middle of the people across from them forming a zig-zag line all the way down the field. Go. The person at the front of the line starts cutting around every person, when they get to the end the stay there and continue the chain. Once the first person gets to the person next to the second person, the second person goes. IT'S A RACE DON'T GET CAUGHT.
I can only assume this is confusing, as it is confusing for me to read it and I was there. We'll be doing this drill at practice once spring break is over though :)
Now that everyone is dead we repeated the throwing drill. But this time 50 of each throw. This sucked as it seemed people's throws became worse and worse as the day progressed, every 3 or so throws someone would yell out "drop". (Note: No drops from me, sonny, or pete)
We finished of the days practice with running Ho-stack offense for almost an hour it seemed like. If the Offense turned the disc it would be reset at the closest endzone and run again. Squeege emphasized in-cuts for this, telling the handlers to not huck. This went pretty well, the handlers started getting their weave down towards the end, deciding very quickly who was the primary dump and getting their communication down. Main thing for the cutters is not to double-cut, or make the same cut as someone else, this takes away both of your cuts and takes away at a minimum 3 seconds off the stall count.
Post practice Huddle:
Squeege went over what went well and what needs work. Telling the people that are "supposedly the best players" to start acting like it and push the rest of the team to play at a higher level. People dicking off does nothing but slow the practice down, and no team is that good where it doesn't matter if they lose practice time.
Good day all around, talked to Brown about where and how to set up lay-out Ds. Talked to Ercan about where and how to set up handler Ds against a Ho. Goofed a bit with Sonny and Squeege during throwing drills. People that matter there might actually know my name soon :-D
Tough crowd to break into.
Tomorrow is supposed to be 60 and sunny again. Another day, another practice.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
For those of you that haven't read Doobers' blog yet, Squeege is coaching SCAM for this semester. For those of you that don't know who Squeege is, he's probably the best Ultimate player to come out of the Albany area in a while. He currently plays for Bohdi (sp?) Open team out of Boston who placed 11th at Nationals.
ANYWAY, on to practice:
Monday:
Practice was perfectly fit for the conditions, soft ground and windy, so we had a full layout practice. Multiple drills all centered around bidding. Very nice way to start off the week (although I feel it today). Finished a full practice day with 1/2 mile worth of indian sprints. Gotta love conditioning.
Tuesday:
Finally showed up early enough to warm-up. I really like the dynamic workout as opposed to regular stretching. It didn't seem as much of a time eater as sitting in a circle talking about feelings.
For starters today we ran a Ho-stack drill. For this drill there were two cutters on opposite sidelines and two handlers in a central position. The cutters would start their cuts roughly 30-40 yards away for big gainers, and then the handler that made the pass would receive a dump, swing and have the other handler throw the next gainer. Continue until we reach the endzone. Switch off handlers and cutters and go back down the field.
Next up was throwing: Pairing off each partner would have to complete 25 flicks and 25 backhands. If there was a drop the group would yell out drop and each other team would have to do either 5 push-ups or 5 crunches, the team to drop the disc did 5 of each. You alternate crunches and push-ups each time a drop is called.
Next up was a cutting/conditioning drill: Pair up and stand 10 yards apart and the next group to you would also be 10 yards apart from you, creating a long chain of partners. One side of the line would move to be in the middle of the people across from them forming a zig-zag line all the way down the field. Go. The person at the front of the line starts cutting around every person, when they get to the end the stay there and continue the chain. Once the first person gets to the person next to the second person, the second person goes. IT'S A RACE DON'T GET CAUGHT.
I can only assume this is confusing, as it is confusing for me to read it and I was there. We'll be doing this drill at practice once spring break is over though :)
Now that everyone is dead we repeated the throwing drill. But this time 50 of each throw. This sucked as it seemed people's throws became worse and worse as the day progressed, every 3 or so throws someone would yell out "drop". (Note: No drops from me, sonny, or pete)
We finished of the days practice with running Ho-stack offense for almost an hour it seemed like. If the Offense turned the disc it would be reset at the closest endzone and run again. Squeege emphasized in-cuts for this, telling the handlers to not huck. This went pretty well, the handlers started getting their weave down towards the end, deciding very quickly who was the primary dump and getting their communication down. Main thing for the cutters is not to double-cut, or make the same cut as someone else, this takes away both of your cuts and takes away at a minimum 3 seconds off the stall count.
Post practice Huddle:
Squeege went over what went well and what needs work. Telling the people that are "supposedly the best players" to start acting like it and push the rest of the team to play at a higher level. People dicking off does nothing but slow the practice down, and no team is that good where it doesn't matter if they lose practice time.
Good day all around, talked to Brown about where and how to set up lay-out Ds. Talked to Ercan about where and how to set up handler Ds against a Ho. Goofed a bit with Sonny and Squeege during throwing drills. People that matter there might actually know my name soon :-D
Tough crowd to break into.
Tomorrow is supposed to be 60 and sunny again. Another day, another practice.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Views from indoor
I really gotta hit that blog faster then 2AM. Doober already says everything that needs to be said regarding our game today. RECAP THOUGH!!!
*Warning* Long post, separated by team, different sections are bolded
Huckindor -
Stigglez - Getting up, skying mad fools.
Ben - needs a bit more control on the hucks but is looking great in the air. Much more aggression in the air from his normal passive self.
Brad - push passes? Really? We need to teach this boy how to dump it. Really bad. He's almost worse then me freshman year... (ouch)
Hufflepuff -
Tom - Running shit in the air, getting up and over anyone that gets in his way, and is going to on all passes. With those lanky arms he's gonna be a beast. He's definitely stepping up in his role of head of house.
Andy - I don't think I've seen that boy drop a pass that hit anywhere near him A-MA-ZING
Youseff - He's gonna be good, I know it's been said multiple times but he'll do good for us, just a bit more rounding of the edges is needed
Satanclaw -
A-Pinn - so many hyphens, It was pretty apparent to see today that Satanclaw did worse without A-Pinn filling out their lines. Going from their normal 1st place sitting to 3rd place just behind Creeperin today who walked away with 1 win.
Mitch - His breaks are looking better and better each day. He gets so far out that it doesn't even seem like that there is a mark around him.
Matt C - Damn he's old. Still getting open on his unders aiding Satanclaw in what they do best, and offering another handler for them.
E-Herbst - Catching the disc and running super hard. His cuts are often the same for each time the disc is put into the same position. Variety with his running ability and how hard he works will pay off big time.
Creeperin -
Doober - Bidding like a fool, I love to see the extra effort put in, and not wasted effort on discs that are way out of reach.
Me - Backhand to sprints are off. Targeting needs to get better. I'm pleasantly pleased with my flicks right now, but I gotsta use the backhands more often and not just rely on breaking the mark. Got footblocked today. Fuck...
Dropsies were at an all time high today on Creeperin. We gotta figure out how to score :(
Newbies -
Christian - Didn't see much of his playing today, but I know that his flow didn't fit all too well with Satanclaw, we'll see where he gets placed.
Kevin (K-Dawg) - He's throwing out the bids, good to see from a new player. Backhands are alright at threading the needle, but I don't think he has a flick currently.
The team is looking better each day that I see us play. Each practice new players are stepping up and taking the lead. I'm pretty sure three different teams have placed first during indoor practices. Creeperin will get ours soon.
In general for the team to work on:
Focus on O - losing focus will just lead to dropped passes and miscommunication
Focus on D - People are looking at the disc instead of watching their man. People are getting juked out and scores are bound to occur off of that.
Go to/dumping on "early" stall counts - Basic things that we go over each semester in bulk. Stall 5 games are a lot different with stalling then stall 10. obvs. Just stupid things that cause more turns.
Chalk talks will come when we get outdoors. I'm excited for them, anyone else?
*Warning* Long post, separated by team, different sections are bolded
Huckindor -
Stigglez - Getting up, skying mad fools.
Ben - needs a bit more control on the hucks but is looking great in the air. Much more aggression in the air from his normal passive self.
Brad - push passes? Really? We need to teach this boy how to dump it. Really bad. He's almost worse then me freshman year... (ouch)
Hufflepuff -
Tom - Running shit in the air, getting up and over anyone that gets in his way, and is going to on all passes. With those lanky arms he's gonna be a beast. He's definitely stepping up in his role of head of house.
Andy - I don't think I've seen that boy drop a pass that hit anywhere near him A-MA-ZING
Youseff - He's gonna be good, I know it's been said multiple times but he'll do good for us, just a bit more rounding of the edges is needed
Satanclaw -
A-Pinn - so many hyphens, It was pretty apparent to see today that Satanclaw did worse without A-Pinn filling out their lines. Going from their normal 1st place sitting to 3rd place just behind Creeperin today who walked away with 1 win.
Mitch - His breaks are looking better and better each day. He gets so far out that it doesn't even seem like that there is a mark around him.
Matt C - Damn he's old. Still getting open on his unders aiding Satanclaw in what they do best, and offering another handler for them.
E-Herbst - Catching the disc and running super hard. His cuts are often the same for each time the disc is put into the same position. Variety with his running ability and how hard he works will pay off big time.
Creeperin -
Doober - Bidding like a fool, I love to see the extra effort put in, and not wasted effort on discs that are way out of reach.
Me - Backhand to sprints are off. Targeting needs to get better. I'm pleasantly pleased with my flicks right now, but I gotsta use the backhands more often and not just rely on breaking the mark. Got footblocked today. Fuck...
Dropsies were at an all time high today on Creeperin. We gotta figure out how to score :(
Newbies -
Christian - Didn't see much of his playing today, but I know that his flow didn't fit all too well with Satanclaw, we'll see where he gets placed.
Kevin (K-Dawg) - He's throwing out the bids, good to see from a new player. Backhands are alright at threading the needle, but I don't think he has a flick currently.
The team is looking better each day that I see us play. Each practice new players are stepping up and taking the lead. I'm pretty sure three different teams have placed first during indoor practices. Creeperin will get ours soon.
In general for the team to work on:
Focus on O - losing focus will just lead to dropped passes and miscommunication
Focus on D - People are looking at the disc instead of watching their man. People are getting juked out and scores are bound to occur off of that.
Go to/dumping on "early" stall counts - Basic things that we go over each semester in bulk. Stall 5 games are a lot different with stalling then stall 10. obvs. Just stupid things that cause more turns.
Chalk talks will come when we get outdoors. I'm excited for them, anyone else?
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Pushing on
"Each of us is currently as good at Magic (or anything else in the world) as we are. We
are not better than we already are.
As obvious as this might sound, people spend so much time and emotional effort trying to
prove to themselves that they are already 'good enough.' "
Patrick Chapin "Next level Magic"
Gotta strive to get better. Takes work, and doesn't come easy. Let's go Gunx.
We need to push each other to get better, without you I'm not able to be anywhere I want to be.
Still trying to find my fire. Where the fuck did it go?
Can't stop. Won't Stop.
are not better than we already are.
As obvious as this might sound, people spend so much time and emotional effort trying to
prove to themselves that they are already 'good enough.' "
Patrick Chapin "Next level Magic"
Gotta strive to get better. Takes work, and doesn't come easy. Let's go Gunx.
We need to push each other to get better, without you I'm not able to be anywhere I want to be.
Still trying to find my fire. Where the fuck did it go?
Can't stop. Won't Stop.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Day 1
Late last night a member of the CHUMS, Trenton, was caught up in a military chemical experiment and was eventually turned into a Zombie. Such a shame what they do to that boy, but now he feeds, and has already fed on, most importantly, my boy Ben. We'll see how long the rest of Capen Hall lasts, I can only imagine that they will fall soon. This is such a crap, Bouton and Capen had each others backs last semester when the Zombie Virus attacked campus, but we shall persevere no matter what happens.
Gotta stay safe, already had to kill a couple zombies today, including Ben.
Practice was out on the turf today, mad windy. Throws were mediocre all around, but we had some ladies play well so all is good.
To all that read this, please stay safe. We must depend on each other.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Gotta stay safe, already had to kill a couple zombies today, including Ben.
Practice was out on the turf today, mad windy. Throws were mediocre all around, but we had some ladies play well so all is good.
To all that read this, please stay safe. We must depend on each other.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
They're here!
Gotta love everyone being back.
Throwing today made me realize how much work i need. Gotta refigure out flick, finally figure out backhand, relearn hucks, relearn how to place hammers, and so much more :(
Throwing today made me realize how much work i need. Gotta refigure out flick, finally figure out backhand, relearn hucks, relearn how to place hammers, and so much more :(
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
New semester. New thoughts.
This semester is going to be a changing one.
For me.
For the team.
For anyone that I can positively impact.
I've been reading Next Level Magic by Patrick "The Innovator" Chapin. Good shit in there. Much of it applies to real life scenarios. The main thing I have gotten out of it thus far is thinking about what I am attempting to accomplish. It's not until you actually know what you are trying to do that you will be able to work towards that goal.
So what's my goal for this semester? Making an impact at sectionals. Not just me, but Gunx as a whole. What am I going to do to reach that goal? Make myself as good as I possibly can. But what do I mean by that? That's pretty open ended of me. Meh... I know what I'm going to do, please join in if you wanna.
To do:
No smoking
No drinking
No relationships (girlfriend-wise)
Be able to complete the Cooper Test (2 miles 12 minutes)
Full field throws (gotta have that option available)
Smarter throws (complete contradiction to the last goal?)
I'm not sure what a reasonable goal is for my vertical leap, 40 time, or Snertz time. Anyone have an opinion?
We will do work this year. I promise everyone that I will do everything I can.
Just remember this: Can't stop. Won't stop.
For me.
For the team.
For anyone that I can positively impact.
I've been reading Next Level Magic by Patrick "The Innovator" Chapin. Good shit in there. Much of it applies to real life scenarios. The main thing I have gotten out of it thus far is thinking about what I am attempting to accomplish. It's not until you actually know what you are trying to do that you will be able to work towards that goal.
So what's my goal for this semester? Making an impact at sectionals. Not just me, but Gunx as a whole. What am I going to do to reach that goal? Make myself as good as I possibly can. But what do I mean by that? That's pretty open ended of me. Meh... I know what I'm going to do, please join in if you wanna.
To do:
No smoking
No drinking
No relationships (girlfriend-wise)
Be able to complete the Cooper Test (2 miles 12 minutes)
Full field throws (gotta have that option available)
Smarter throws (complete contradiction to the last goal?)
I'm not sure what a reasonable goal is for my vertical leap, 40 time, or Snertz time. Anyone have an opinion?
We will do work this year. I promise everyone that I will do everything I can.
Just remember this: Can't stop. Won't stop.
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