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Frisbee:
We went to Eugene Sunday for the State Tournament. We got whomped. This is the single gender state, and we went over with like 14 guys, and 9 girls... Missing a few key players (and of course the 2 injured starters for the guys), it was a great learning experience for the kids. Chuchill, South Eugene, and Crescent valley are talented, have a system, and execute on the goal line.

The lessons I was able to highlight for the team, are the value of the short passes, and executing on the goal line. Basically, when I get outside to practice at 3:00 or so, I usually find the kids lofting a variety of fun throws (chicken wings, bad hanging mid range throws, etc), and they are starting to see that that is time that they could best use working on realistic practice throws. They are in good spirits: They see the progress, and are consistently willing to work for it.

We have a basic offense in place, vertical, short stack, a couple of basic sequence plays, and a simple endzone w/ a 3 basic options, all of which we are increasingly using in practice.

The team is young: I have a group of 25 freshmen and sophmores, so the future looks bright.

The biggest challenge for our team is geography and schedule: here in the high desert, snows continue. High winds are common, and our season doesn't really start early: the valley teams play longer, but most importantly, they have several quality teams that get to battle it up on a weekly basis as close to year round as they want...

There was a nice article in the local paper this week: Apparently it was mostly Summit until the editor made them change it to an all city thing, which I think is for the better. It's actually a pretty good article, no dogs, no frolf.

In league play we're 2-0. This is after getting pummelled as X/Y teams at the kickoff scrimmage/tourney. That lesson took hold, and the team is picking it up. We Won 13-3 scoring several tough up winders in the first game, then, the B-Team (w/ a couple swing players), lost the first half 7-5 of game two, and the 'A' team came in and swapped points to 9-7 when i made the risky move of having them call time out on our on goal line going upwind. I just told them to relax, and calm down, and they scored the upwinder, and the next 6 to win the game... so they outscored Bend High by 8-2, including several nice goal line executions.

Personally, Sunday, the tourney, monday, weights in the AM, skills and drills with the team, and played 2 points during the 20 minute scrimmage, then a 95 minute bike ride (road). Today, ran for 30 minutes in the morning before school, then a 90 minute mountain bike ride.