Thoughts.

I’ll get it out as soon as I can, ideally by this afternoon and pretty definitely by this evening.

In the meantime, I’ll let the results speak for themselves.

AMP
Bucket
Kung Fu Grip
Ballometrics
Flight

I’d be disappointed with anything less than a quarterfinals appearance; ideally we’re still playing for a title come Sunday afternoon.

The Dartmouth contingent rises this weekend, with fully five ’08s on tap. Expect Ballometrics to continue ascending towards the (Chesa)peak(e).
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I recently received a question from a commenter on my old “Forehand Hucks” post asking about how to compensate for the natural OI that comes with the grip I epouse for flicks.

The easiest (and best) way to control for this is with your shoulder tilt. It’s easy to think that some wrist tilt can compensate, but the plane of the throw, flat or otherwise, is decided by your shoulders. A throw that naturally comes out OI becomes flat becomes IO if you adjust the plane along which it’s thrown.
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Simple question. What’s your answer when you’re:

• Tossing with your buddy at the park?
• Warming up for your third game on Sunday?
• Walking to work?
• Getting up to go to the bathroom?
• Standing on the line waiting for the pull?
• On the way home after practice?

If the answer is ever “nothing,” you’ve got room to improve your improvement. Better your better.

What are you working on today–right now–to make yourself better?

Sorry for the lack of substantial content lately; first week of classes. Been taking a page out of Seth Godin’s writing of late; working on brevity and a bit of thought provocation, which is convenient since it takes less time to ask questions than answer them (admittedly the pet peeve that leads to the long drawn-out posts I often write–I’ll get back there in due time, hopefully with more read-able content).

Ballin’.

8-0 is a pretty solid return to competitive ultimate. Great squad to play with, too–true to form, Ballometrics is, in fact, full of ballers.

Game by game:
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Once more onto the field.

Pool of 5 to start means plenty of ultimate (5 games!) to be had on day 1, with a good shot at winning a first-round bye for Sunday. Schweet.
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Check out some details on Dr. Thomas Crawford.

Sounds like he’s got some great experience growing an online presence and as a former US Olympic Committee member (Director of Coaching) he’s certainly got experience working with organizations for sports similar to ours.

Time will tell how he turns out, but at a glance he seems like a solid selection by the UPA!

Things the sideline(s–don’t forget to split!) can do:

• Cheer
• Watch (for patterns, for weaknesses, for successes, for clues. For example, Pete’s defender is breathing heavier by the second–yell at him to step up and punish the mismatch!)
• Cue (echoing or initiating mark switches on a force middle defense or dynamic mark adjustments, etc.)
• Guide (the old veteran teaches the young rookie where to stand and when to cut from the wing position in the zone. The captain directs the stack to move closer to the disc after a deep pull in the endzone)
• Recover–both oneself (stud cutter needs some gatorade-water after a couple points in a row) and others (bench-riding rookie brings said stud cutter water on the line so he doesn’t crash playing a couple points)
• Bring the energy level up–see cheering.

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