My First Year of Ultimate: Looking Back and Forward
All things considered, my first year of playing ultimate went pretty well, as a team we were able to make it to our regional tournament and gave Tennessee a real run for their money, even though we backed into in a way, we definitely deserved to be there because given the chance we would have broken seed. Also, our sectional tournament was a lot of fun as we beat the teams we should have unfortunately falling just short twice against JMU, a team that we will definitely butt heads with in the future. Personally, I think that I played pretty well in the spring season, defense was definitely my strong suit and I hope to improve offensively to help the team more on that end next year. Over the course of the year, I feel that I improved my throwing significantly and have gained a greater ability to use my athleticism effectively to make plays. Though my awareness on offense still needs some help, I feel that I have good awareness on defense and when my man is not actively cutting I am always looking for the poach D's. I'm looking forward to the next year of Frisbee at W&M and wondering what it will be like without our seniors, the handling core of our team.
Goals for the Summer:
Defense: Work on dictating
Work on deep game
Increase Awareness
Work on my Mark
Offense: Improve cutting significantly
Improve Awareness of other cutters
Improve decision making and throwing while in possession of the disc
Better backhands
Improve the flick huck
Overall: I have to work on a more positive attitude/stop getting so down on myself after mistakes, live and learn but dont make the mistake again
Continue to Improve Athleticism and ability to use that athleticism effectively as i have noticed players such as fickley and niji, who I am probably a little bit more athletic/fast than, are able to play shut down defense and cut quite effectively, and if i can work on using my athleticism better I could undoubtedly increase my ability. Also, I want to play as much as possible next year and do not want to be tired while doing so
Lay out through bitches
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