league...

da kids... are 2-0. I was dnp (dl) or for game one, a 13-8 victory... in game 2, thursday, i was probable, but played a couple points... it MAY have been a bit premature on the hammy, but nothing 'sharp' during the event itself... 13-2 for the kids... current state of workouts... 1200 trot/jog, 6 x 100 high knees (slow), 600 brisk jog, 6 x 100 easy butt kicks, 600 'run'... and now i'm up to the sprints... or in my case, a couple points of mellow ultimate... i.e., cover a handler, work at the mark, put it into the endzone... apparently, though there is a league rule that 'designated adults' talbot and smith may not actually be on the field at the same time... that was news to me...

last night, the kids defended their 'central oregon' title w/ a 6-5 (whew) win over sisters and a 5-0 over mt. view in STRONG up and down win. Of the 'starters' who were there, when played as a unit, they scored up wind at a good clip... the problem was, the kids got out of a car at 3:45 and played 10 minutes later against a team that had been warming up an hour... oh, and the game to 11 became a game to 7 at 5 all by fiat of host... needless to say, i changed the substitution patterns... but good practice for the kids to finish w/ the pressure on... we talked about the value of intensity in practice afterword... not a bad job missing several of the better players...

tough: i try to sub as deeply as possible and win the game, but it's really amazing how quickly a team can be let into a game... most significantly, a game to '7' is really kind of short... 3 weekends to state: focus is going to be on 'greater intensity' at practice... and i'll have to split up the teams pretty soon into 'a' and 'b'... beyond that, it's just practicing existing, but rough concepts... trap zone, position man d and helping, stack management, endzone, and cutting...

we're gonna work on 'these 10 simple things...'

got a solid 10 hours of sleep: the school year is working me... and ate some french toast... a note. charging the mp 3 player for the inaugural mt. bike ride of year... going to head up to the snow line and back... hope to get a couple hours out of it...

HAMSTRUNG!!!

hopefully a minor one today... first in years... kids were playing, i did warmups and drills, played a point or two... then threw and ran w/ talbot for an hour, then got into a 'local scrimmage'. for some reason i felt compelled to 'be the first one down on the pull.' after catching and throwing a couple goals... sprinting on pull, right leg cramped up on 'medial anterior hamstring' is that in a non scientific way right... a few inches above inside of right knee... locked up... i'm hopeful it's just a cramp, and the result of 3.5 hours of frisbee...

aside... jerseys in (i'll link to art, it's kind of cool), city league starts thursday... the league: 9 teams, 15 each. We are team 9. The other 8 teams are 120 varied experience players, all adults. My team, the summit high school team w/ me, aaron talbot, and mare schelz. should be interesting. could go either way. I got the hammy, mare hasn't played in a while, and aaron dislocated his trachea... my best hs kid has mono (that's bad for frisbee, i hear)...

more to follow. I served as draft consultant for aaron switzer, so he's got the best adult team. we've got a chance.

luke.