Catching up from last time: I was dumb again too soon. My calf didn't hurt at all for a couple days, total time was about a week. Tried running a mile. Felt good during the run, but the next day not so much.
I bought a few ace bandages to wrap my calf when I have been going hiking.
Did one hike with family, and one with Blayla.
With running not being an option I have started biking again.
First couple of rides were ~9-10 miles, but on Saturday I turned 31, and biked 30.89 miles... I really tried to get to end at my apartment at 31 miles, but I misjudged and got off the bike to check the final distance. I walked around my parking lot to get the last tenth of a mile.
Took ~2.5 hours to finish, taking the rail trail from the apartment to Hopewell Junction and back.
I was talking to myself when I got the half way point thinking how good I felt, even with the ride there not going super great.
The ride back was really tough. I was able to keep moving, but wow, that was hard. Any time that I had to go up and incline, or slow for people/cars, I really had to dig deep to get going.
Did frolf on Sunday with Bland and Alex. I ended up winning but also threw my worst game at Schenectady.
Made this though!
I'll keep filling it out as I get more results, I asked Bland and Alex to send me their scores also.
Monday, May 4, 2020
Monday, April 6, 2020
Don't be dumb
Tweaked my achilles running on the rail trail a few days ago.
I didn't think it was that bad and ran again the next day. I wasn't able to run all the way back because it started hurting too much.
The next day my calf was on fire :/
Making a small injury worse feels so bad.
I've been going for short walks to try and warm it up each day, but other than that I have been elevating and trying to stay off my feet as much as possible.
It's been ~5 days since I made it worse, and it is almost gone completely. Still going to wait a few days to make sure that it is fully healed before trying it out again. There is no need to re-aggravate it just before summer hits.
On the bright side my 3 mile pace is(was) under 9min/mile now :)
I'll get it back
I didn't think it was that bad and ran again the next day. I wasn't able to run all the way back because it started hurting too much.
The next day my calf was on fire :/
Making a small injury worse feels so bad.
I've been going for short walks to try and warm it up each day, but other than that I have been elevating and trying to stay off my feet as much as possible.
It's been ~5 days since I made it worse, and it is almost gone completely. Still going to wait a few days to make sure that it is fully healed before trying it out again. There is no need to re-aggravate it just before summer hits.
On the bright side my 3 mile pace is(was) under 9min/mile now :)
I'll get it back
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Welp
The gym is closed
I guess I need to find another outlet...
Thank goodness it's getting warmer outside and running is an option
PR for the season: 4.5 miles - ~40 minutes
I guess I need to find another outlet...
Thank goodness it's getting warmer outside and running is an option
PR for the season: 4.5 miles - ~40 minutes
Monday, March 16, 2020
Always Improving
New week, new climbs
Submitted scores for this week:
New v4 (15) - green pinchy
New v4 (15) - pink crimpy
New v5 (20) - yellow traverse
Old v5 (15) - black triangle slopers
Old v5 (15) - blue traverse
Total points: 80 points (hot damn)
That's one fine week of climbing.
The green v4 was being a boogie-man for me for the first few days of climbing this week, but all you have to do to defeat the crux is just grab the shit out of the top and pull. It's right near the top of the wall so it was fairly terrifying to pull on.
At one point, I was pulling on the top and was able to get my feet up. At this point I pushed through my legs using my hands as a point to rotate about. My hands ended up slipping and I shot off the wall landing ~5 feet away from the wall on my back. Thankfully it didn't hurt at all and I learned exactly how to finish the problem. Ended up crushing it on my next attempt.
This wasn't the first time that I fell from the top onto my back. I believe due to these type of falls, my fear of falling has been dwindling pretty quickly. I'm getting better about just going for it when I'm getting near the top. That voice in the back of my head that was telling me to be careful and get down is starting to lessen and lessen as I get over the fear.
That voice gets dangerous at the top, standing and finishing the climb is generally the safer option, with climbing down instead of jumping from ~10ft up.
Only offered unsolicited advice once (I think). Asked if someone wanted advice once also.
Slow improvement is still improvement.
COVID-19 is throwing the world into a frenzy currently. It is currently unclear whether or not the climbing gym is going to stay open. There was a decree from the governor today that all gyms will close their doors from today until further notice.
I also learned today that my surgery that was scheduled for Thursday (today is Monday) was also cancelled due to the outbreak.
I went to the hospital today to get blood work run for the surgery. My anxiety was running super high, but I was getting OK with the idea that I was going to be put under again. It's still scary but it was getting super real.
Later in the day I get the phone call that the hospital I was at was going to cancel and push off everything for 6 weeks, but I can switch hospitals and get back in 2 weeks. I chose the two weeks with the switch.
Now I have to live with the anxiety for another two weeks...
I'm having a super hard time being OK with everything that is going on in my world right now. I know the steps that I need to take, but it doesn't make moving my feet any easier. The best I can do right now is try to stay distracted.
It's not working
Don't stop
Submitted scores for this week:
New v4 (15) - green pinchy
New v4 (15) - pink crimpy
New v5 (20) - yellow traverse
Old v5 (15) - black triangle slopers
Old v5 (15) - blue traverse
Total points: 80 points (hot damn)
That's one fine week of climbing.
The green v4 was being a boogie-man for me for the first few days of climbing this week, but all you have to do to defeat the crux is just grab the shit out of the top and pull. It's right near the top of the wall so it was fairly terrifying to pull on.
At one point, I was pulling on the top and was able to get my feet up. At this point I pushed through my legs using my hands as a point to rotate about. My hands ended up slipping and I shot off the wall landing ~5 feet away from the wall on my back. Thankfully it didn't hurt at all and I learned exactly how to finish the problem. Ended up crushing it on my next attempt.
This wasn't the first time that I fell from the top onto my back. I believe due to these type of falls, my fear of falling has been dwindling pretty quickly. I'm getting better about just going for it when I'm getting near the top. That voice in the back of my head that was telling me to be careful and get down is starting to lessen and lessen as I get over the fear.
That voice gets dangerous at the top, standing and finishing the climb is generally the safer option, with climbing down instead of jumping from ~10ft up.
Only offered unsolicited advice once (I think). Asked if someone wanted advice once also.
Slow improvement is still improvement.
COVID-19 is throwing the world into a frenzy currently. It is currently unclear whether or not the climbing gym is going to stay open. There was a decree from the governor today that all gyms will close their doors from today until further notice.
I also learned today that my surgery that was scheduled for Thursday (today is Monday) was also cancelled due to the outbreak.
I went to the hospital today to get blood work run for the surgery. My anxiety was running super high, but I was getting OK with the idea that I was going to be put under again. It's still scary but it was getting super real.
Later in the day I get the phone call that the hospital I was at was going to cancel and push off everything for 6 weeks, but I can switch hospitals and get back in 2 weeks. I chose the two weeks with the switch.
Now I have to live with the anxiety for another two weeks...
I'm having a super hard time being OK with everything that is going on in my world right now. I know the steps that I need to take, but it doesn't make moving my feet any easier. The best I can do right now is try to stay distracted.
It's not working
Don't stop
Sunday, March 8, 2020
There is Bad with the Good
Good climbing day. I hit 3 v5s and 2 v4 for my scorecard.
Ended up needing two tries to get the blue v5 from last post. Felt strong going through it, but needed to figure out the feet for the beginning to nail it.
Week 2 score - 2 v4, 3 v5 - (65 points). Improvement
Finally hit a green v4 that had been my boogie man for the past month. I was always able to get to the last hold, but the last hand and foot never felt good enough to trust at the top of the wall.
I have been working to try and gain the courage/confidence/whatever you want to call it to just send at the top of the wall. It is just not easy to do without thinking about it right now. The delay between getting to the top hold and willing myself to reach the top of the wall is shrinking significantly.
Still felt strong, although my neck was doing this kind of awful clicking thing. Stretching and massage has been able to get rid of it before, so I am expecting it will go away again soon.
I keep offering advice before it's asked for.
I have noticed myself doing it only after the fact.
I have noticed that it has annoyed more than one person.
There are a few things about me and my personality that I want to change, this is very much so towards the top of that list.
Improvements don't only have to be physical. Balance is everything
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Ended up needing two tries to get the blue v5 from last post. Felt strong going through it, but needed to figure out the feet for the beginning to nail it.
Week 2 score - 2 v4, 3 v5 - (65 points). Improvement
Finally hit a green v4 that had been my boogie man for the past month. I was always able to get to the last hold, but the last hand and foot never felt good enough to trust at the top of the wall.
I have been working to try and gain the courage/confidence/whatever you want to call it to just send at the top of the wall. It is just not easy to do without thinking about it right now. The delay between getting to the top hold and willing myself to reach the top of the wall is shrinking significantly.
Still felt strong, although my neck was doing this kind of awful clicking thing. Stretching and massage has been able to get rid of it before, so I am expecting it will go away again soon.
I keep offering advice before it's asked for.
I have noticed myself doing it only after the fact.
I have noticed that it has annoyed more than one person.
There are a few things about me and my personality that I want to change, this is very much so towards the top of that list.
Improvements don't only have to be physical. Balance is everything
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Climbing
I'm doing a rock climbing league with some work people. I've been climbing for longer than all of them, but they are so much better than me anyways. Feels pretty bad, but it is definitely motivation to try harder and push myself to do harder climbs.
Going into the league I expected myself to be a v3 handicapped climber, but the week before league was starting I sent multiple v4's. This put me in kind of an awkward position, since it was possible that I would have only v4 and up on my first week of climbs, putting me above a v3 handicap.
Well first week happened and I sent 4 v4 and 1 v5 giving my team 60 (10 per v4, 15 per v5, +5 points for a climb put up that week) points.
Feels pretty good
I was able to project another 2 v5s since then, so this week I should have at minimum 3 v5s
This was also the first time that I actually projected a climb. I broke it down into different sections and attempted each move until I was able to get them comfortably. Once I was able to get them all I began stitching them together until I got the full climb in one shot.
Boy, was that rewarding to send (blue v5 super balancey with a few power moves, mantle into the wall, lean down onto crimp, push up into mantle to final hold)
I'm pretty amped that I've been able to push and advance pretty quickly after getting over some hump. It was not long ago that I remember v3s being mostly impossible, and v4s were just a dream.
It's a 6 week league so there is still a lot of time to improve and get more points.
Week 1 - 4 v4 (+5), 1 v5 - 60points
Videos? (maybe)
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Boston Invite Recap
So, apparently we were put into the Pool of Death. Our 1st seed, Dark or Light, placed 8th overall, our 2 and 3 seed, Gino's and Pheonix, faced off in the finals. I never really felt like we were being outplayed or we were far off from their athleticism or skill level. But, we lost anyway due to many errors on our part.
The 0-4 day 1 start can be put on a few things. Lack of defensive intensity, especially on the marks (Getting broken around, not sealing), and having nearly negative flow on offense. We had plenty of unforced turns and weren't able to generate many turns. All of these things started getting much better throughout the day, and by day 2 we started really clicking.
It really showed on day 2 (at least for the second and third games) that everything and everyone was starting to come together. Marks were holding the force, forcing up poor decisions with great down-field defense and generating turns.There were finally continuation cuts coming when the cutters would get the disc. Overall just great play from everyone.
It was great to be counted on when we needed to score some points. All the pushing and working has paid off at least a little bit (and the fact that we lost Emory-7x, Tom Brown-7x, Kat-PoNY, JG-PoNY). That being said, the new guys really stepped it up.
Dave "Vanilla" Hall came up with at least a dozen lay out D's, most of which were catch D's.
Charlie, Justin, and Steve all played solid offense.
Jimmy set the bar high for catching the pull on day 1 by catching some enormous super bladey pull, forced the rest of us to man up and actually catch them (although he did drop 2 pulls on the weekend).
Dylan looks like a monster, Bland looks like he needs to get back in shape.
Ben's IO flick hucks were spot on, the rest were 50/50.
No one showed a lot of weakness, solid athletic ability all around. Good start for the season.
For me on the weekend: solid man defense, obviously lots of room for improvement but it was a good starting place. Only got beat up-line once, it was for a goal from 30 yards out though. Got beat deep a few times, most of which were contested at least. I really need to be ready to turn and go after preventing the under.
Offense-wise, I can't huck at all right now; they are all inconsistent and bladey. Most were turnovers, consisting of almost all of my turns on the weekend aside from one throw into the ground late day 2. I'm having difficulty getting open on handler defenders that apply a lot of body to me, normally I am able to rely on being quicker then my defender, but not when I can't move. Unders and breaks all look good, putting the disc to the safe side hand of the offense nearly every throw.
Running felt fine, I was able to grit out the long points, even when my defender was out of gas I was able to keep going. This helped a lot to finish out games on day 2.
Very exciting to see what we can do, like scoring 4 straight while being down 14-12 to win the game 16-14.
This is only a starting point for the season. No where to go but up.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
The 0-4 day 1 start can be put on a few things. Lack of defensive intensity, especially on the marks (Getting broken around, not sealing), and having nearly negative flow on offense. We had plenty of unforced turns and weren't able to generate many turns. All of these things started getting much better throughout the day, and by day 2 we started really clicking.
It really showed on day 2 (at least for the second and third games) that everything and everyone was starting to come together. Marks were holding the force, forcing up poor decisions with great down-field defense and generating turns.There were finally continuation cuts coming when the cutters would get the disc. Overall just great play from everyone.
It was great to be counted on when we needed to score some points. All the pushing and working has paid off at least a little bit (and the fact that we lost Emory-7x, Tom Brown-7x, Kat-PoNY, JG-PoNY). That being said, the new guys really stepped it up.
Dave "Vanilla" Hall came up with at least a dozen lay out D's, most of which were catch D's.
Charlie, Justin, and Steve all played solid offense.
Jimmy set the bar high for catching the pull on day 1 by catching some enormous super bladey pull, forced the rest of us to man up and actually catch them (although he did drop 2 pulls on the weekend).
Dylan looks like a monster, Bland looks like he needs to get back in shape.
Ben's IO flick hucks were spot on, the rest were 50/50.
No one showed a lot of weakness, solid athletic ability all around. Good start for the season.
For me on the weekend: solid man defense, obviously lots of room for improvement but it was a good starting place. Only got beat up-line once, it was for a goal from 30 yards out though. Got beat deep a few times, most of which were contested at least. I really need to be ready to turn and go after preventing the under.
Offense-wise, I can't huck at all right now; they are all inconsistent and bladey. Most were turnovers, consisting of almost all of my turns on the weekend aside from one throw into the ground late day 2. I'm having difficulty getting open on handler defenders that apply a lot of body to me, normally I am able to rely on being quicker then my defender, but not when I can't move. Unders and breaks all look good, putting the disc to the safe side hand of the offense nearly every throw.
Running felt fine, I was able to grit out the long points, even when my defender was out of gas I was able to keep going. This helped a lot to finish out games on day 2.
Very exciting to see what we can do, like scoring 4 straight while being down 14-12 to win the game 16-14.
This is only a starting point for the season. No where to go but up.
Can't stop. Won't stop.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Bahstahn Invite
The Fish will be heading to Boston this weekend for a tournament. In preparation for this tournament I've been trying to watch Highlight videos to get myself pumped up and ready to play, for some reason it just wasn't working to get me excited.
I started thinking about why I wasn't getting amped. Was I tired? Am I not excited for the season? Is nervousness overriding confidence? To answer all of these questions: I don't think so. Yes, I'm tired. Yes, I am a little hesitant going into the season with such a new roster. Yes, being in the Elite Bracket should be making me nervous.
But this is all just fuel. Fuel to push me past my limits, to expand my role on the team, to play better than I ever have before.
I found that it is more important for me to remain calm over pumped up. When I'm pumped up, I rush. When I rush, I cause turns on our end. When I cause turns, I don't get to play anymore. All I want to do is play.
Hopefully I'll find a happy medium, but for now I'll keep it calm.
The Highlight videos did show me one thing, lay-out D's get you on the video. Just do it already, it's been long enough.
Goals for the weekend:
No turns
Don't get beat deep
Attack in the air
A few D's would be nice
Most Importantly: Have fun
We are playing against a high level of opponents, we are seeded last in the tournament. Intra-team turmoil will not help. This team was built in having fun and playing hard, let's keep it that way.
tl;dr
Stay Calm
No Turns
Attack
Have fun
Let's do it Fish,
Can't stop, Won't stop
I started thinking about why I wasn't getting amped. Was I tired? Am I not excited for the season? Is nervousness overriding confidence? To answer all of these questions: I don't think so. Yes, I'm tired. Yes, I am a little hesitant going into the season with such a new roster. Yes, being in the Elite Bracket should be making me nervous.
But this is all just fuel. Fuel to push me past my limits, to expand my role on the team, to play better than I ever have before.
I found that it is more important for me to remain calm over pumped up. When I'm pumped up, I rush. When I rush, I cause turns on our end. When I cause turns, I don't get to play anymore. All I want to do is play.
Hopefully I'll find a happy medium, but for now I'll keep it calm.
The Highlight videos did show me one thing, lay-out D's get you on the video. Just do it already, it's been long enough.
Goals for the weekend:
No turns
Don't get beat deep
Attack in the air
A few D's would be nice
Most Importantly: Have fun
We are playing against a high level of opponents, we are seeded last in the tournament. Intra-team turmoil will not help. This team was built in having fun and playing hard, let's keep it that way.
tl;dr
Stay Calm
No Turns
Attack
Have fun
Let's do it Fish,
Can't stop, Won't stop
Friday, June 13, 2014
Damn, it's been a while
So obviously haven't posted in forever. I'll try to get back into now that the summer 2014 Stonefish season is starting up again.
The team looks alright from how we played in the Rochester Round Robin. 9/18 of our players were brand new to the squad this year, which is great and also awful at the same time. This new incarnation of the team has brought forth quite a bit of very young talent, but with youth comes some instability. Some are dynamic cutters, but can't throw; some are great throwers, but lack vision.
Two large hits that we have taken so far this year are losing Emory to 7X and probably losing Calabrese to Garuda. Honestly, I'm way more upset about losing Emory. Even though Steve may be the better player in a vacuum, he played like a prima dona every time he stepped onto the field with us. I don't think I've ever seen him play at his "final form," not even sure he has it any more. Every point Emory gave to Stonefish, you knew that he was going to play his heart out and make an impact.
Current goals: Lose 15 pounds (Ate a little too much ice cream this winter)
With that I will gain back a lot of speed, I'm not slow right now, but I'm also not fast.
Team chemistry is going to be very important this year, both on and off the field. Who doesn't love new friends?
Let's do it Fish,
Can't stop, won't stop.
The team looks alright from how we played in the Rochester Round Robin. 9/18 of our players were brand new to the squad this year, which is great and also awful at the same time. This new incarnation of the team has brought forth quite a bit of very young talent, but with youth comes some instability. Some are dynamic cutters, but can't throw; some are great throwers, but lack vision.
Two large hits that we have taken so far this year are losing Emory to 7X and probably losing Calabrese to Garuda. Honestly, I'm way more upset about losing Emory. Even though Steve may be the better player in a vacuum, he played like a prima dona every time he stepped onto the field with us. I don't think I've ever seen him play at his "final form," not even sure he has it any more. Every point Emory gave to Stonefish, you knew that he was going to play his heart out and make an impact.
Current goals: Lose 15 pounds (Ate a little too much ice cream this winter)
With that I will gain back a lot of speed, I'm not slow right now, but I'm also not fast.
Team chemistry is going to be very important this year, both on and off the field. Who doesn't love new friends?
Let's do it Fish,
Can't stop, won't stop.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Titles are still pretty shitty
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.
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 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?
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