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

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

Practice Review - Sept 28th

Guys: 9 runners
Wallflowers: Many
Absent: Shawn, Adrian, soon to be cut Krish, Taylor, Scotty, Tingle
Excused: Kirk, Nate

Announcements:

• Letters + CUPA fees needs to get done
• Pay back norm for tourney and hotel fees
• Plane ticket went up +10$ yesterday
  

Review:

• Lotto
• Magnum drill with hardest
• Scrimmage against B. Started out down 7-0. Sounds like we eaked it out. Some of the points were a little too weak, but that gives us something to work on.

Next week:

• Key practices are Monday and Tuesday. After that we will go light for the rest of the week for the guys going to Regionals. We will discuss Tuesday. That means lets dress as many as we can for these practices to work on team concepts.

Dr. J

Practice Review - Sept 25th

Guys: 12 Runners (barely)
Sidelines: 4
Absent: Kirk, Norm, Krish, Henry, Shimon, Justin, Shawn, Tolya, Lowell

Announcements:

• Get your letters in to the president. Otherwise you can't play Nationals.
  

Practice Review:

• Warmup
• Lotto
• End-zone game - working on movement and preventing certain options for the offense
  
• Two way box - emphasis on handler cuts and focus from D to O
  

Notes:

Black takes everything with a significant number of turn overs forced by white. End-zone got better and worked on a vertical in addition to our T.

PJ

Sept 21 - Practice Review

Quiet morning with just the A guys on the field.

Review

• Warmup
• 45s
• Went over plays and naming of plays
• Practiced our play set
• Went over some man defense philosophy. Everyone needs to be watching for what the opponent is doing and adjust accordingly. Relay that info to the captains.
• Huck drill
• Review

I'll e-mail out the details of the play calling for privacy sake.

Peter

Practice Review - Sept 20th

Guys Running = 8
Guys sorta running = 1
Guys hurt and watching = 4

Announcements:

• All A guys should be actively looking for tickets to Vancouver. If you're not going we should know as of Monday to bring up guys from the B. Post on the BBS when you have a ticket.
  
• Get your orders for black Jerseys and Hoodies on the BBS in for tomorrow.
• If you plan on going to Nationals you need a letter from your registrar. See: http://www.canadianultimate.com/Policy_CUUC.htm under Players to see what the letter should say. Needs to be done by next Friday.

This weekend announcements:

• For what to bring, please review: http://cultimate.blogspot.com/2007/03/packing-for-season.html#links
• Bring cheques or cash to pay for Jerseys, Hotel, and team fees. If you owe someone pay them back as soon as possible.
• For the buddy system, please review: http://cultimate.blogspot.com/2006/10/hey-bud.html#links
• Finally, accommodate your driver. They are giving you a huge favor so respect them accordingly by calling them if you will be late, going to them or a reasonable subway stop instead of being picked up, and paying gas costs ASAP.

Practice Review

• Warmup
• Lotto quick pick
• Talked about the hardest mark and a transition hardest mark. Both might be useful to work on this weekend
• 45s
• 6 turns and 1 D-block = 70 pushups on forehand
• 10 turns = 10 shuttle runs on backhand
• Walked through the Fisherman and played somewhat live. This will give us a good base for the weekend.

Tomorrow we will go through some plays, and our philosophy on man defense. Please try to be there.

Peter

Practice Review - Sept 13th

Guys: ~30
A-team absent: Steve, Scotty, Clint, Justin

Announcements:

• Party on Sunday - "Didn't get Cut". We'll vote at that time if we are practicing on Monday AM. Location and time to be announced.
  
• Red Jerseys will be available at the Sunday party. They will cost $35. Without the cash or check in hand you will not get your jersey. Bring exact change.
• We will be ordering black jerseys, hoodies, and maybe shorts this week.
  
• Easterns is next weekend. If you have a car please offer rides on the BBS. We will be setting up accommodations shortly.
• If you can't make a tournament please tell us immediately.

Review

• WArmup
• Lotto
• Discussed the cut for the berkeley. The importance of:
• Making a hard cut up the line to setup the reverse cut
• Proper spacing
• Setting up for a swing throw afterwards
• Split up A team and B team - Introductions
  
• 45s break forces
• 80% flick completion
• 92% flick completion
• 84% backhand completion
• Need to improve these numbers with better lead throws.
• Marks need to be more intense
• Magnum drill - concept is to reset and continue the disc off the line. Lots of details here, but extends from the berkeley drill with a continuation.
• Scrimmage - White wins 2-1. Too many turns. Defense was intense which is good.

PJ