1st scrimmage of the year
Yesterday we had a little scrimmage mostly A-team guys, a couple B-teamers. Anyway, it seemed like everyone played incredibly well and it was great to play some frisbee with people who are actually competent.
Few thoughts on my play: I was able to get open on incuts at will so that was sweet, Fickley said that I need to cut deep more, definitely true, im not used to playing with people that have deep throws so i guess ive kinda got used to cutting one way all summer
I have to get rid of the disc earlier, had a few times where i got up to stall 6 or 7 before looking dump, this did not lead to any turns or anything, but in the future I need to get it moving quicker
Anyway other than that I think I played fairly well, I was glad to see that I am actually in shape to play, kinda worrying about that
Team as a whole played really well, everyone was commenting on how it was pretty fluid, no real problems with tremendous amounts of turns or anything. Also, I have to say that the sophomores as a whole really got a lot better over the summer, Im really pumped for the rest of the year
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Good to hear that the scrimmage went well! But just to let you know, this is just the calm before the storm. What I mean by this is that practice prior to the n00bs = omgwtfpancakes this is awesome, we have flow and everything works! And then you add n00bs and nothing works and its frustrating and you don't understand why these kids are so dumb and can't understand when to cut and how to clear out and run-on-sentences! No but for real. You'll see. Anyway, try not to get too frustrated and find joy in helping these young cats develop so you wont be so goddamned frustrated :)
as far as getting rid of the disc. Yes. Absolutely. Its a lot easier to just say: get rid of the disc before 5 or whatever, but in truth, the important point is to find the first (safe) open throw as soon as possible and hit it. Which means a lot of times, just hitting a poached dump, especially when you look up field and all you see is a clusterfuck. The more frustrated you get, the more likely you are to hold on to the disc.
DON'T.
Trust your teammates, and work the disc. If you work better as a team, you can beat teams that are more athletic than yours. Play a little game with yourself: get rid of the disc before 3. Not look dump at 3, get rid of the disc by 3. It's tough. But really useful. There are so many chances to do little give and goes, as long as you anticipate the next two steps. And then you can shred defenses.
In essence: decrease the amount of time the disc is in your hands, but this can and should lead to increasing the number of times you touch the disc.