spring break 07 woohoo.

yeah deschutes county... wooo hoo...

well i'm spending my spring break in the traditional manner. i'm going to ski 9 days straight, coach some ulti, and bike and run.

wait, that's not traditional?

yesterday, ski'd for an hour or so, and watched some ski races... last night i put a good (read, semi expensive) wax on my skis, in anticipation of this morning. i went up, probably sortof in time to race, but chose to sit out the 30 km race because, well, i'm frankly raced out, and the conditions were marginal...

i did ski for an hour, came home, and rode my bike for an hour. i'm skipping pickup ultimate now, but i'll do some coaching this week so i'll get my throwing in.

should be really good skiing this week. fresh snow everyday, and a mild return of winter means the nordic skiing should be good, and i may go telemark or alpine a day or two. if i can find my snow board boots, i'll do that too.

i'm at a training lull. i'm skiing fine, but i feel flat (another reason for not spending 50 bucks this morning), and i just want to work on form and technique a bit as the season comes to a close. the mountain will stop grooming daily in 3 weeks... so i'll be a weekend warrior. i'm thinking i'll roller ski twice/week until i can no longer weekend ski, and then do no specific ski training until june.

i'll coach ultimate, so look for updates. the team is playing pretty well: this is the most returners i've ever had, but most are sophmores. so in one sense we will be good, but in the past i've always gotten good late season results out of physically mature players playing in their first year with some desparation. this year, i'll have my most technically sophisticated team: but they are physically young, and it will be an interesting season.

for my own training, i'm looking to start increasing running, and weights. maybe i'll play at the local tourney in a month (but that's still ski season, and in fact, the last days of grooming)... i'm planning on going to solstice, so that's my 'frisbee' goal, but there is no local team. it seems the days of pick up teams at solstice are over, but i'll probably just drop in and try to pick up with a team. given my absence from the game, i'm sure this assures me of no specific team, but i'll network to the best of my limited abillity...

the weather here is really cool right now. ski'd in winter (snow, cold) conditions, then came home and biked in light gear. if i went to play today, it's in the 50's, and i could wear shorts and a t-shirt... pretty nice.

so that's all.

coaching stuff: i'm introducing a euro offense, that is slightly different than the 3-4 that everyone else on the west coast plays. my goal is two fold. it serves my teams talents better, and i do want to give my team some opportunity to play against a style they will see every where (every single high school team in oregon runs a 3-4 horizontal stack). but my overall goal remains unchanged. develop young high school players to love the sport, and have a basic understanding of the ways that the game is played at a higher level. i want them to advance, and have options.