So far we're the team with the fewest games played and some of our best players have yet to hit the field and we're still 2-1. The goal is to come back to beautiful Busan 7-1 moving us up to number 2 in the standings. I'm excited to play again since its been 3 weeks since we played our last set. Here are some goals I've got for my team and for myself measuring from most important to least important.
Average less than one drop a game: This personal goal is to save myself from yelling inside my head. Last time I stopped counting after 2 end zone drops in our last game because I was hell-bent on stopping a player in the previous game, and spent my second to ninth wind on him. It got to the point where I was to tired to even recognize what cut my man was giving me because he'd scream every time the disk came my way. Why? I was still faster than him. Sportsmanship, on both parts, to the max, eh? I'm curing this by sleeping with my disk and doing some focus and meditation exercises I learned at a coaching clinic.
Put up 6+ points each game: Ultimate has interesting rules, that I still haven't figured out completely but usually games will average between 12-20 points combined. If we lose I don't want to be blown out or have our offense shut down completely. At the same time, our team is very fast and with that comes turnovers and hopefully a shorter field, and that's where we will strike!
Get up to a point a game: This comes with the drops but stats aren't as important as the team winning and clicking with or without me. I only have one point in our three games and I want to get some more, cause the first one was a hair from being taken away. One handler believes I can be the first guy to look for and I want to make the best of my opportunities with that. All I would need is seven points over the five games which is realistic if I don't have a case of butterfingers.
Celebrate with opponents: Part of Ultimate is the sportsmanship: there are no referees (just a score keeper) and its meant to be fun. Afterwards there is a dinner and drinks party with all of the teams at the Daegu Double (so in this case celebrating is drinking). This is one thing I love about Ultimate. When I played soccer, football and basketball you couldn't congratulate a player on the other team for putting your jock in the stands without looking like a wimp. On this field your team is your family and your opponent is your extended family or your neighbour down the road. Nobody chirps or puts anyone down; we just have pats on the back and high fives all around. Back to the D&D Party (geez that sounds lame) I have a secondary goal: Win/ Participate in a drinking game with player from another team.
Get Everyone Involved: We've got some beginners who need some points as much as me and I plan on looking for the opportunity to get them involved, and I feel the vets on my team feel the same. Even if they aren't catching it in the end-zone everyone needs a little boost of confidence right?
Play through the Hangover: Saturday is a night of "dinner, drinks and debauchery" so I'm expecting my brain to dry up and scrape along the bottom my skull as the old wives tale goes. When I played Res. Sports in university on Saturday and Sunday mornings there would usually be a pool of puke long the sidelines from the guy who sleeps two hours, wakes up drunk, runs up and down twice and heaves. This was never me and I don't intend on making it happen Sunday either. This league seems to have a little more class than Res. Sports but after a night of drinking you never know. My typical cure is a hot, sweet, and creamy double-double from Timmy Ho's but I'll have to settle with a Daegu Double-Double at the Daegu Double.
Break a leg Garp :)
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