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ok, ok bear with me, more ultimate to happen

today a 2.5 hour roadbike ride, in shorts and a tshirt, a far cry from getting out of a car in 11 degree temps yesterday... then i ate twice more, then a kayak... first ever... lots to learn... it was tippy, i didn't tip, but it was fun...

this week, we're supposed to have 70 degree weather (if you read this, you know it was ridiculously cold last week. welcome to central oregon)

i'm splitting all practices now: varsity plays v. varsity for 2 points, jv v. jv, i let a couple players swing, to figure out who will move up to varsity, and to let defender/cutters get handle opportunities.

we're pretty much a Vertical stack team, but we've seen enough Horizontal stack to at least have a defensive concept... Tommorrow, intro to Arch Endzone... thanks to idea from boston... Jim, or Al, or someone, love to hear from you sometime about how you used it... (you did say you used it, eh)...

constant individual throwing work w/ camera, some 'freeze play' in scrimmages, that's all we'll introduce. 2 weeks until state. way too soon for our wintery weather... and our new team...

things i've not addressed to my liking: ZONE (basic intro, but not enough nuance), more play...

things i'm working on... running to endzone so that comebacks are shorter, moving stack down field to be ahead of the play, but still leave room for huck: what I stress is the habit of players to stack too far from disc, but crowd thrower during flow... trying to teach close stack, and stretch field in flow...

the team suffers from losing a top sophmore to an ongoing achilles, and two 4th year seniors (one to early graduation, one to shoulder surgery in preseason). I had no idea how much their loss would affect the team, but, that's life. it's just a game, and the other players are stepping up.

Hopefully, we can come in 4th again, and maybe MAYBE improve to a higher seed over the next 2 years. Hard to say: the teams on the warm side of the mountain have more opportunities for quality comp, and a longer 'growing season'...

that's all.