Torontula Ladies Oct. 10th

Tula Ladies in all their early morning glory!
Photo taken by Kevin Brown

# of players= 14 + 2 sitters

Alright Torontula, this was our last early morning practice before Nationals! I hope to see lots of people out for our game at Greenwood tonight.

Practice:
Warm up was run by Nancy

• Traditional Endzone: Focus on running into the endzone from a turnover, staying calm and consistent.
• Communication Stacking: Focus on planning the cuts ahead, talking and taking charge.
• Scrimmage:Focus on timing, dump swing, communication

Vancouver ladies, have a safe trip and please check your emails for tournament info. This should be a great weekend, I'll see you on the West side!

-Lexi

Tula B - What is wrong with you?

Seriously, if you weren't there today, there better be something seriously wrong with you - like your appendix ruptured or something and you had to rush to the hospital so fast you didn't have time to post on the BBS. We had 8 guys. We had 18 guys at Easterns. we lost Krish and we gained Alex, so we should still have 18 guys coming to practice. We had three guys post on the BBS, which still leaves 15 guys, enough for a scrimmage (+1 sub). "I thought practice was cancelled" is not a valid excuse, because we never said anything about not having practice, and I specifically wrote about today's practice on the blog. Last night the captains were e-mailing each other about practice and our plans, and we ended up not really being able to do any of it, because we had 8 guys. We need at least 14.

In practice, we went over all of our plays, and a new naming/calling scheme for all of them. So right now 8 guys on our team know what we're doing. If you missed it, you'd better talk to someone to get up to speed. We're going to have a practice on Monday, probably afternoon. We have not yet determined a time, but we'll sort that out on the BBS. Obviously not everyone will be able to make it, but we expect you to treat this like any other practice and let us know on the BBS if you can't come.

Right now we have 11 guys saying they're coming to Cleveland. If we don't have at least 14 by the end of today, I'm going to start inviting alumni and other guys with connections to Tula. I'm not going to tell anyone "Sorry, I know I invited you, but some idiot forgot to tell us he was coming, so now we've got too many guys and we don't need you," but I might tell someone "Sorry, it's too late, you should have told us you were coming earlier, and with the amount of practice you've missed I'm not sure we want you anyway." So, don't be that guy.

I don't want to be too negative. There are guys on this team who set a shining example for the rest of you. Alex not only posted on the BBS, but also told me in person. Adam has been showing up to practices with great consistency, despite the fact that he's not even coming to Cleveland (and he let us know he wasn't coming to Cleveland, which we appreciate).

Read the blog. Read the BBS. Come to practice. Don't be a punk.

Practice Review - Oct 4th

Guys: 12 runners
Pedestrians: 2

Announcements:

• Letters + CUPA memberships ASAP
• No practice Friday or Monday for A

Practice Review:

• Warmup
• Three man competition...Kieran and Peter take the tiltle
• Berkeley work ...
  
• Modified huck drill - still cuts aren't as realistic as they should be and up the line throws are poor.
• B scrimmage ... win 3-1 after letting out an unprotected huck.

PJ

Tula B - October 4

We are (almost certainly) going to Cleveland. As soon as possible, post on the BBS:
a) Who are you?
b) Are you coming?
c) Can you borrow or rent a car (and drive it)?
d) Do you need a place to stay in Cleveland (probably yes for everyone other than Sticks)?
e) Can you legally enter the United States and do you know where the necessary documents are?

Today in practice everyone who didn't have shin splints, back problems, or various other ailments ran track pyramids for half an hour. Scrimmage with A team followed.

Tomorrow is an essential practice. Unless you're in the hospital, come. We will be reviewing all of our offensive and defensive plans before moving into a scrimmage. Next week we will scrimmage Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Tom

Tula B - October 3rd

Warm up, lotto.

No B Nationals. Will attend alternative tournament, probably in U.S.

Cutting against zone: Focus on moving the mid-mid out of position and then exploiting the holes.
Zone D: When trapping, mids need to pinch in to take away easy cross-field break.

Scrimmage against A: Wall looked pretty good. Man D was not so good. Don't get broken. Quick turns by us weren't really forced - throwaways and drops.

Practice Review - Oct 3rd

Guys: 11 Runners
Pedestrians: 6
Absent: Justin, Scotty, Tingle, Dave, Clint, Adrian

Announcements:

• No Practice Friday
• Get your letters and CUPA fees paid

Practice Review:

• Warmup
• Lotto - Quick picks - we worked on a special type of mark
• Parker huck drill - really emphasized where the cuts need to be. Many people were challenged by the conditions, but the drill improved as we proceeded.
• Game against B - worked on zone D and O. Looked good with, I think, only one turnover.

PJ

Ladies practice Oct. 3rd

A little oldschool tula action... Lisa, Dee and Julie staying dry during 2005 Nationals
Photo taken by Lexi Marsh

# of Ladies= 25

First off I would like to commend the women who came out for our "lazy" Tuesday practice the other day, and managed to stay intense and focused even through the cold and rain! It was amazing to see such great heart out there.

The numbers were back up today, allowing the team to focus on specific needs. The focus today was on the dump and breaking the mark, two key elements that can change the way a team looks in a game.

Practice:

• Warm up run by Lexi today.
  


• Break mark drill: Red shirts did breakmark 45's, Gold shirts did 3-man w/ Dwy. *For the red shirts, try not to force a throw, the cutter will come back and it's an easy pop pass, stay calm and don't worry about the numbers ;)
  


• Up the line dump cuts: focus on faking with the dump cut, cutting to the line rather than waiting in the middle, remaining active after the deep throw for the next pass (cough... Kim)
  


• Scrimmage
  

Nice work everyone! Numbers in practice help so much!

Tula game tonight which means no practice tomorrow. Scrimmage on Friday!
-Lexi

Tula B - October 2nd

Warmup, Stretch

Lane cutting: go deep and come back hard or bring your man way in to create space for a leading throw.
Layout/Attacking the disc: Too many drops. Eric is a beast. I need to stay on my feet.

Scrimmage against A team: We score once, but lose badly. Need to focus on spreading the field and getting quick movement (no one should get stuck with the disc and a high stall count). More movement from both handlers and cutters is necessary. Need to either play a lot better defence or not turn the disc over so bloody often. Every time we started to get some flow someone either got overly excited or overly lazy on a throw. Mental errors are killing us. Possession is everything. The A team is not going to give the disc back to us very many times. Our offence to defence transition has improved massively since Easterns (we've had a lot of practice), but we still need to focus on finding guys quickly and not forgetting the force. Less chatter on the line.

Practice Review - Oct 1st

Guys: 12 cleated
Pedestrians: 5
Missing: Justin, Clint, Pat Giorgio, Toly, Scotty

Announcements/To Do:

• Letters + CUPA fees
  
• Money to Norm for Easterns
• Black jersey money
• Flights
• Accommodation (Ben)
  

Review:

• Warm up
• Lotto
• 45s = x2 for team errors +15 per individual error
• 12 turns out of 60 on the flick break
• 7 turns out of 60 on the backhand break
• OvsD in 5 in a row playdowns.
• Our completion rate was low, but I think this is an area we need to be working on. This was probably the highest focus and effort level I've seen in a while.
• 3 point scrimmage against B
• Great pressure and perfect execution. Good Job.

Tula B - October 1st

Guys Missing: Mike, Jeremy, Oliver, Rich, Ben
If you can't make it to practice, try to post on the BBS rather than talking to us in person, because we've got shitty memories.

Stair runs (1 stair per step) 4x6 flights (1-7). 2 minute repeats.
Stair hops (1 stair per hop, 1 leg per flight), 2x6 flights. 3 minute repeats.
Wall squats (time proportional to number of missing people). 1 x 1:00, 1 x 1:30.

Short scrimmage against A team. Intensity level was a little low. I don't think we forced a single turnover. Need to take away the in cuts. If you can't play D when you're sore in practice, how are you going to play D when you're sore at a tournament

Ladies Practice Oct. 1st

Kim with a nice backhand break during the finals at CEUUC

# of players= 18
Late comers= Lisanne and Rosie

Energy, focus, spirits and numbers were looking very good this morning. Warm up was led by Roshni and the flow in and out of drills was excellent.

Practice:

• Check mark cuts: focus on what the defender is giving you, covering space with first cut, looking for the deep option
  
• Defensive shuffle: focus on staying low and on the balls of the feet, waiting for the "up" call to turn and sprint.
  
• Scrimmage: Added horizontal stack (big success), dump cuts looked a lot better (still could look earlier and more often), nice deep throws and good defense. Goal for next scrimmage is to get the disc off the sideline. Overall, flow and communication was looking really good.
  

Tomorrow is a low key practice, please come if you can. Wednesday we are back full force, Vancouver ladies need to come unless we have already made an agreement.

To Do:

• Vancouver peeps need to get me their letters from their college, PRONTO!
  
• Black Jerseys= $35, Black Hoodies=$35 bring money!
  
• Easterns money is due to D! Final date to pay is this Friday, try and bring exact change!
  
• Let Lexi know if you are in or not for Bowling Green Ohio in November
  

See you tomorrow,
Lexi