http://upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=121&id=4565
Damn we suck.
Spiking is fun though.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Born to Dive
I had the liberty of playing on the JV team this weekend for Pennsbury's Annual Born to Dive. Why? Because we submitted our JV team to the B division, and then some complications turned up and we ended up sending our JV team + me and one more starter over there.
Monday:
1st Game, Princeton. I'm impressed that Princeton has pulled a somewhat decent team together this year. Not too good, but it's a lot more that what I expected. We played some shitty defense and offense, but in the end they beat us on universe point. Ironic how Watchung has never actually beaten Princeton.
2nd Game, CHS B. We traded points for a while, which was due to lazy offense and defense again, and then we took them on universe point and beat them.
3rd Game, Pennsbury B. They don't know what the fuck they're doing. Doing random shit like fouling us and actually grabbing onto our jerseys and then saying "chill out" when we call the fouls. Played lazy again and beat them down. Afterwards, 4-6 of our discs were missing. Alright, whatever suits you, guys.
Tuesday:
1st Game, Wissahickon. What is an A team doing in the B division? Played some shitty offense, let a lot of hucks through our straight up defense, and with the wind we got nothing, losing.
2nd Game, Pennsbury B. Same as last time, some random shit that shouldn't have happened, then putting it in for the win.
3rd Game, CHS B. With the wind helping us, we put on some Zone D and they crashed, making sloppy throws and catches. With the hard cap on, we won this game by a big gap and then headed over to watch the finals with CHS against Pennsbury.
Commentary? CHS is sick. Although I couldnt' stay for the entire game, the number of layout D's that CHS got was ridiculous. Hitting Bryan Walter in the endzone never failed, and eventually CHS won 13-8 or 15-8. Halfway through the game, some CHS kid got four of his teeth knocked out and they spent a good 20 minutes searching for them in the grass, which is about the time when I left.
Would've liked to watch the entire game.
Monday:
1st Game, Princeton. I'm impressed that Princeton has pulled a somewhat decent team together this year. Not too good, but it's a lot more that what I expected. We played some shitty defense and offense, but in the end they beat us on universe point. Ironic how Watchung has never actually beaten Princeton.
2nd Game, CHS B. We traded points for a while, which was due to lazy offense and defense again, and then we took them on universe point and beat them.
3rd Game, Pennsbury B. They don't know what the fuck they're doing. Doing random shit like fouling us and actually grabbing onto our jerseys and then saying "chill out" when we call the fouls. Played lazy again and beat them down. Afterwards, 4-6 of our discs were missing. Alright, whatever suits you, guys.
Tuesday:
1st Game, Wissahickon. What is an A team doing in the B division? Played some shitty offense, let a lot of hucks through our straight up defense, and with the wind we got nothing, losing.
2nd Game, Pennsbury B. Same as last time, some random shit that shouldn't have happened, then putting it in for the win.
3rd Game, CHS B. With the wind helping us, we put on some Zone D and they crashed, making sloppy throws and catches. With the hard cap on, we won this game by a big gap and then headed over to watch the finals with CHS against Pennsbury.
Commentary? CHS is sick. Although I couldnt' stay for the entire game, the number of layout D's that CHS got was ridiculous. Hitting Bryan Walter in the endzone never failed, and eventually CHS won 13-8 or 15-8. Halfway through the game, some CHS kid got four of his teeth knocked out and they spent a good 20 minutes searching for them in the grass, which is about the time when I left.
Would've liked to watch the entire game.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Hip Hop on Pop
I don't really know what to say.
We played like shit this tournament, and went 2 for 2.
We were missing three of our starters, but that shouldn't be an excuse.
I wasn't too disappointed from Haverford beating us, because they are definitely a very good team, but the loss to Lower Merion was complete bullshit. And I still haven't gotten over that last point. I keep replaying it in my head and I just can't believe that shit happened.
When it comes to these kind of tournaments, sometimes I just find it really hard to enjoy Ultimate.
We played like shit this tournament, and went 2 for 2.
We were missing three of our starters, but that shouldn't be an excuse.
I wasn't too disappointed from Haverford beating us, because they are definitely a very good team, but the loss to Lower Merion was complete bullshit. And I still haven't gotten over that last point. I keep replaying it in my head and I just can't believe that shit happened.
When it comes to these kind of tournaments, sometimes I just find it really hard to enjoy Ultimate.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Weekend
Hip Hop on Pop?
We're playing two easy teams in the beginning, and then I predict we play either Wissahickon or Beacon, which will be a pretty intense game. Taken we win that game, I predict we'll be meeting YHB in the finals, which is why we've been working a lot on straight up defense this week to contradict their horizontal stack.
Sectionals?
My predictions for Sectionals doesn't mean anything but I predict the following:
Princeton
Rutgers
NYU
Etc.
Damn, this section needs to get better.
Now, moving away from my constant bashing of Rutgers and the Metro East, I'm sensing a lot of straight up defense at this weekend's tournament. The weather is going to be complete crap, from what I've heard. Pretty warm, but possible showers and thunder. So once again, I'm thinking about working on our straight up defense, and also possibly playing some zone.
Although its been a slow process, our team is adjusting pretty well to playing offense under a straight up mark. Maybe it might be because Watchung has weak straight up D, or weak defense in general, but so far we've been moving the disc around pretty effectively, and then looking for a good huck. But again, today there wasn't much wind, perhaps it'll be a little harder to break the mark going up wind.
Newfound injuries. It turns out my pulled quad hasn't fully healed from YCC yet, and sprinting my fastest causes it to hurt. Also, my hamstring is having a hard time dealing with the pressure that I put on it, and is also hard to stretch.
Should fix these things.
We're playing two easy teams in the beginning, and then I predict we play either Wissahickon or Beacon, which will be a pretty intense game. Taken we win that game, I predict we'll be meeting YHB in the finals, which is why we've been working a lot on straight up defense this week to contradict their horizontal stack.
Sectionals?
My predictions for Sectionals doesn't mean anything but I predict the following:
Princeton
Rutgers
NYU
Etc.
Damn, this section needs to get better.
Now, moving away from my constant bashing of Rutgers and the Metro East, I'm sensing a lot of straight up defense at this weekend's tournament. The weather is going to be complete crap, from what I've heard. Pretty warm, but possible showers and thunder. So once again, I'm thinking about working on our straight up defense, and also possibly playing some zone.
Although its been a slow process, our team is adjusting pretty well to playing offense under a straight up mark. Maybe it might be because Watchung has weak straight up D, or weak defense in general, but so far we've been moving the disc around pretty effectively, and then looking for a good huck. But again, today there wasn't much wind, perhaps it'll be a little harder to break the mark going up wind.
Newfound injuries. It turns out my pulled quad hasn't fully healed from YCC yet, and sprinting my fastest causes it to hurt. Also, my hamstring is having a hard time dealing with the pressure that I put on it, and is also hard to stretch.
Should fix these things.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Ultimate Fitness
Monday practice, Porter decided to bring in some excercises from that Ultimate fitness video by Brian Doo from DoG.
My opinions on it? Logical, but probably ineffective for the team. The concept that they use, breaking down speed and quickness into the small motions, arm pumping, foot pushing, etc. is not a bad idea. I could definitely see the benefit in training speed step by step, but as a team, doing the excercises they give us are probably not going to work. Why? Because first, as a team, we have a set number of reps that we have to do. When training, you should determine your reps and sets based on your own physical ability, not the average of the team's athleticism, which I am sorry to say... sucks ass.
Secondly, not enough time. I'm pretty sure there's more excercises that Porter had not used because given the amount of time we have at practice (2-3 hours) there's not really much we can do before we have to move onto a drill or scrim.
So in my opinion, if you're going to use Ultimate Fitness, do it by yourself or with a partner. You'll probably see more improvement out of individual work.
Hip Hop on Pop this Saturday. First game with Neshaminy. No idea how this team is, but I plan to destroy them, crush them, humilate them, rape them, own them, whatever the hell you want to call it.
SPIKE IT
My opinions on it? Logical, but probably ineffective for the team. The concept that they use, breaking down speed and quickness into the small motions, arm pumping, foot pushing, etc. is not a bad idea. I could definitely see the benefit in training speed step by step, but as a team, doing the excercises they give us are probably not going to work. Why? Because first, as a team, we have a set number of reps that we have to do. When training, you should determine your reps and sets based on your own physical ability, not the average of the team's athleticism, which I am sorry to say... sucks ass.
Secondly, not enough time. I'm pretty sure there's more excercises that Porter had not used because given the amount of time we have at practice (2-3 hours) there's not really much we can do before we have to move onto a drill or scrim.
So in my opinion, if you're going to use Ultimate Fitness, do it by yourself or with a partner. You'll probably see more improvement out of individual work.
Hip Hop on Pop this Saturday. First game with Neshaminy. No idea how this team is, but I plan to destroy them, crush them, humilate them, rape them, own them, whatever the hell you want to call it.
SPIKE IT
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Updates
Lost to CHS on Thursday 17-6. Quite a hard and striking number, yeah, but CHS is a sick team, whom which I have much respect for. I injured myself yet again on a layout D, and now my right quad feels like someone charlie horsed me with a mallet. I have to start taking care of myself, or I'm going to break something before states, and/or YCC.
Sectionals next weekend. My prediction? Princeton or Rutgers taking it, which makes me realize exactly how weak this section is. Makes me wonder what level of Ultimate I'll be playing when I get to college.
Sectionals next weekend. My prediction? Princeton or Rutgers taking it, which makes me realize exactly how weak this section is. Makes me wonder what level of Ultimate I'll be playing when I get to college.
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