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There is a chance Michael Lee not a particularly observant spectator.A mere four sentences in to his recap of the Wizards loss to the Timberwolves, he reports that "Coach Flip Saunders helplessly searched for a player who would at least show mock interest in competing". Garbage. And I will name names.The list starts with Chris Singleton. Unmentioned in the article, Singleton, with the help of

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I know, the name is not as cleveras The Wiggins Zen Throwing Routinebut then again, I never was clever.Point is, nearly everything is in there is great. Specifically have used over seasons myself: Warmup littles, Strobe Catches, Rainbows, Single Leg Throws, Throw Hard, Quiet Catches, Target Throwing, Late Eye Pickups, Full-Power Windups, Catch&Release Long, Off-Leg Pivots, Dishies. Under

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Anything Can HappenAnd at least one usually does.Revolver vs Southpaw.Southpaw late in the day is the worst team to play against. Southpaw early in the day? On an elimination round that could well come down to diversity of O and D times "Top Level Talent"... I'll take Revolver. But I think It'll be 15-(11-10) rather than 8 or so.Doublewide v GOAT.I definitley have DW in this one. Love ya

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to think about frisbee todayOpen Pool ARevolver might get challenged in one of these games. To the tune of 15-11 or so. The other two are 15-8 or less. Bravo or Goat? Tossup as always when the 8-9 seeds meet. As for the 'Dors? I have no faith.Well, two tighter (15-11/12) games for Revolver. One 15-8. 15-9 against Machine in 1st round today.GOAT takes it, only to lose 15-13 to Ring in power pool

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So I'm not in SarasotaBut this time, unlike 06&08, I'm actually not at all grumpy about it. Being retired is fun. It means things like going to farmers' markets, meandering, checking out the new neighborhood, drinking a flight of Zwanzes at ChurckKey and the like are actually things I get to do before it gets bitter cold outside. Not that bitter cold stops a crazy-ass Northern European mutt

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Back on top againAnd all is right in the Midatlantic.Congrats to qualifiers Ring, Truck Stop, Oakland, Southpaw.This weekend I played with Ellis Kim's Seatless Bicycle. Or, 9 no 14 no 13 no 7 no 8 /27ths of our roster. That is to say, At sectionals we had about 13 guys. Which was good. At Regionals which was on October First and Se, no Oct. Eighth andbutsoitmightbe October First still in

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The most important teamin ultimate?So, this past weekend I played at club Sectionals for the first time where I wasn't the one seed. Different vantage point. For example, the schedule is much more complicated. I get why teams obsess over this now. It was a series event and I had no idea what my team had to do in order to advance because I couldn't correctly parse the Format Manual for a 9-team

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Is not to advance X yards To score a goal. The object of the game Is a disc. Should we call the game Object? Duh, Art! #lostthegame

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Practice&Drill Progression Broken Down. Get it? Good. Stop doing drills you can't explain w/r/t the way the game is actually played w/in the context of your team's strategy while keeping in mind the in-pre-game-scouting when speaking of familar opponents/situations. Twitter may ruin florid language. Are we turning in carnations of Hemingway? Fuckall. Or just a different direction?

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Back in the Pike-day We would do all sorts of weirdly-split scrimmages (and sometimes small-sided games later in practice) to 3/5/7/dependsonpracticegoals/whatever just after warmups. As I read this: Event no. 5: Another full-court game to 60, although I can't decide on the right matchup. Some possible candidates: UConn alumni vs. Florida alumni; Big East alumni vs. Pac 10 alumni; tattooed

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Is what I would constantly tell playerswhen they said that they couldn't keep up with me in practices/games. I certainly gave it my all in drills/conditioning/etc, but pure speed? I don't think I've ever won a sprint on any team in any sport. I doubt I've ever been in the top 25% in terms of speed on any team. Even at NYU playing ultimate, I was far from "fast" when compared to the team.This,

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I DO wear longsleeves in the heatand I don't drink tons of water.Maybe I'm not as crazy as you think.Seemed pertinent after the annual total exhaustion event that is Wildwood.Speaking of WW, I finally didn't play two divisions and just walked into the water btw rounds. That was awesome. I also, for the first time at WW, played on a team which totally lacked any form of belligerence. Which was

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On the topic of The end of the journey.Had a blast reading that one, JT. Just like I had a blast seeing those pics of you making Dono look like he can't jump.Just like I remember being part of something once upon a time...

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(image from The Sartolialist, Friday, March 16, 2007)...what your arm/chest look like when you throw really hard?This guy looks like he's throwing a disc.The first pic that came to mind was me at CHC08 getting humped by the mark. Post-release, rather than pre-, but the similarities incl. off-hand positioning (I do get called for pushoff fouls from time to time. I believe these are more

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"...To the United States Men's National Soccer Teamwas losing 4-2 to Mexico."Is the inverted start to the article in question.The article then goes on to say that the goal of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team should be to win a World Cup. Sure, of course. (And no argument that Coach Bradley doesn't keep the long-term in mind at all times)But how?By what paradigm?That is, what IS American

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"The saddest moment in the career of a great athleteis the one when he's tagged with the word "still." One day you're fast. One day you're slow. There's an in-between day when you're "still fast," and that's the day when everything hollows out."Wow. That's a hell of a paragraph.And it fits right in with the self-acknowledged pretentiousness of the piece (Though if we're not aiming for the stars,

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sums upthe problems i've been havingascribing meaning to sports.What a world what a world.

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Would it be too much to askto have a graphic (or even just a windsock in the field of view) for future ultimate telecasts/videos?Not that I would have thought of it before checking in on the CUT v Hodags (KINSEY! I SEE YOU THROWING TRASHY GOALS! You're the reason I have such a goofy picture in th header for this waste of blogospace. Those los dudes almost killed me.) on cstv.com, but the fact

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To 2011 USAU Metro East DI College Open Regionals!Bo Li y Alex Kadesch vs NYU??Pike y almost Pike vs "Dudes who the alumni team beat like 15-5"?Perhaps I would have been worth a point or two in heckling the heck out of Bo and Kadesch. Both of whom were fellow Illuminati, I might add.Sometimes some other shit is more important than ultimate you're not involved in.That said, FUCKING HELL!CONGRATS

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Drew Brees was on my TVand so was another QB, whose teamI don't remember.They were both working out with their teams despite the NFLockout.In each case, they both held a ball in their throwing hands like it was surgically attached. During warmups, during running, during any drills not involving throwing/manhandling other things. If we are all QBs (and we all are) when we play ultimate, should

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That is,the thing that made Jordan (with a bullet), Kobe, Bird &c what they be.All I have to say is that my best years of ultimate were the times during which I (c/w)ould most often during life, training, ultimate &c (think of/believe) myself (as/to be):A motherfuckin predator ["Get to dhah choppuh.", 3].How would a raptor attack?A cormorant?A rattler?A lion?A tiger?A bear?Not as tangential as

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how he caughtthis.I watched that in person, and I was so sure that it was a terrible decision by the thrower that I mumbledloudly something rude to the group I was drunksitting with.That is all.

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you and i,the observer and the observered.The doer and the doeeThe inimitable systemOf best worstVersusWorst best.Now it means something becaue of all the timesI've been to the festival of the weekendOf the disc.We play our roles an fill our squadsSometimes we're the overdogSometimes we can't finish the door.All there is is who we represent ourselves as.Who we see our opponents asWho we dream

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With a self-imposed media blackout on KK23 lifted,we'll probably ramble from year to year in this post.Although, not necessarily. The problem is more that I can't tell the years apart any longer. Though, I can tell the shirts apart: Last year? Inexplicably heavyweight green 5ultimate jerseys that were too large for everyone. This year? Inexplicably "stuck in customs" blue VCUltimate jerseys

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Told me at NationalsThat I learned stuff from Ultimate that I can apply to my life.He's said smart things before, so I figured that I should work this out for myself. What is it that I've learned from Ultimate, exactly?How to:- ignore the world.- run through pain.- read a defense.- design an offense.- break down an offense.- take apart physical actions into their constituent parts.- win

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who translatesspew like these (1,2) into ultimate terms.How do you design your offense? How do you design your defense?How about the emphasis, the quirks?How about the weight, the heavy lifting?How about the rate at which the disc should change hands?How about the tweaks to minimize the advantage of the other team having an all-world player?How about a little VORP?How about a little DVOA?Just

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Neil Young and I have the same problemNo, not hilarious yet awesome yet embarrassing yet captivating videos on the web.(Well, maybe)More that the things we promised never to do when we were younger, we did precisely. Promises take work to keep. Dreams take time to build.I faded out of ultimate, like I never thought I could.It started with my body. After the punishing Southpaw tryouts, I was a

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This is not about anything in particular,but rather an old-school spewfest of ultimate related schtuff.If that hasn't scared you, uh, maybe the verbal tic represented, uh, textually will, y'know, convince you that this is now what you think it should have been.1. Wildcards. Growth wildcards should be burnt at the stake. Or in effigy. Either achieves the same. Meaning is meaningless. I

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New York Did work.MBA SONY (Which Mio, TonyVu the indefatigablephotog and I missed because something weird happened in Danbury after dinner), Dark or Light, Ironside (L). Day 2: Mephisto, GOAT, Bodhi.Almasulis should learn the Sam Cassell dance for what he done did to GOAT.It is tough to beat a centaur riding a heride of lionhorses!Eight years, six nationals.Time to get ready for The Show.Many

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All you can dois win win win the games you play.Yale, Army, HUSL All-Stars, PonX, Parking Space, Vassar, WSL All-Stars (Masters Edition), Replicants, Pride Hill.My own experience reminded me what a team is. The help helps differently for each. The joy of chosen responsibility. It has been a long time since I've been "just another player". I find it awkward and exhilarating. Confusing and

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The question I get asked most oftenis "So, what's the deal with Pike folding?"Rarely do folks mean "Tell me about the offseason that lead from Pike to Southpaw". Usually, what they mean is to ask about an ex-Pike, or to know who is AMP now, or who is on Southpaw, or who the coach of Southpaw is, exactly, or whatever.Well, I'm not exactly going to answer any of that. I'm going to messily tackle 2

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stop rephrasing and overextending my ideasuntil they sound as loony as me playing PoNY.Thanks,-dusty(although your most recent effort is less depressingly angry)

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I've gotten into it with two separate folksat the last two tournaments (ECC&Chesapeake) over morality in ultimate.One, an older-brother over-qualified former-player spectator, the other some random dude.In both scenarios, a sub-optimal offensive decision was made in which a terrible inevitably d'ed throw was not affected by a subsequent foul. However, the disc, in both situations comes back by

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Which way do the walls work?Walk out of the world and step into the surrogate.Walls built to separate the world from the show, the world from the sport, the world from the spectacle. Leave that giant thing behind and work your mind well into this smaller one. The sound will suptransport your strength in this new place. The feeling of your feet first falling faintly then asserting their sound

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From the Sea-Tac Valu Inn tothe old Immigration and Naturalization Services building.Finally. Back to the ECC. That was and still is my favorite Non-Nationalscompetitivetourney by far.I love that the format is ideal for a non-series encounter. I love the fields just enough. I love the mountains. I love consistently playing NW regionals in August.The experience you gain by going to the best

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an open team without a conscience,just like their old man.played 3.5 or 4 games with the sons of wilt at nucci's cup last weekend. that was pure fun. lot of expikes at the tourney. i like being able to throw whatever i want so long as it is a completion. we also wanted "replcicans" shirts."where's the beer?"also hit pony practice each evening.the strategy is starting to feed on itself. this is

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by Zachary Masonpg 55, edited lightly:When I led my menI wore a dauntless maskNeither smiling nor frowningAlways taking the next step.The essence of that mask was pride--My men love me not for being rightBut for my intransigence,Instant decisions and intolerance of any sleight.It made me a monster of ego,Which was wearisome,But while they were in my chargeI had no choice.With no uncertain young

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What was it that happened here?And how does it all dream away?I signed my 7 year contract in 2003 when I was 22. A developmental project at the time, Pike would have to invest in me to pay off on the field. The team just came off their first nationals trip, and a large portion of the Pittsburgh players determined that the commute was worth making the show, but only for a limited engagement.

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Pew!Even without Barkley we won.The trip to mars was uneventful. We left after the late match, which we watched at Bishop's Collar. Which was after the early match, which we watched at Fado.Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?"When it all started, I never got this line. It was the one that hovered over my head. Slowly swaying with my first kiss. It was one day. It was three weeks. It was a

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Perhaps it closes the circleperhaps it cauterizes the wound. I played my first club tourney with a team not called "pike" this past weekend. However, in the interest of keeping things simple, i played with the other team in a one state radius of the dirty jerz witha four-letter name starting with p: PoNY.I've decided against crossing out the "ike" on my gear in favor of some "ony".I forgot what

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History Alert:Teams in semis from 01-09: Chain, Revolver, Ironside/Boston/DoG, Sockeye, Jam, Bravo, GOAT, Furious, Pike, Condors, Ring.In fact, you can use that same list back to 1999.In 98 the WSL All-Stars last crashed semis for NYC, and Sub-Zero from Minneapolis-St. Paul.In 96, Chicago Z.95 adds Cojones&Double Happiness.Pre-95=different regions and the limit of my interest.95-09=15 years.60

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"She said losing loveis like a window in your heart..."Just another injury, right? Just another disfigured digit, just another passing pain.Just another way to remember the way."Adjust your expectations when time dilates and infinity creeps in all around", the muse intones. "Don't lose that moment."Life is just a moment in time.More Aristodemus than Leonidas.More Obi-Wan than Skywalker.More

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want to write about workouts.I don't want to detail what differentiates the individual games I play in.I don't want to write on this every day.I did though. I used this blog as a tool to fuel me as a writer and a player. I forced myself to write every day on one topic, and had to come up with something to say on that topic. It was easier when workouts spurred the narrative.The impressions I have

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I think I just played at Fools Fest.Yeah. Defininitively.I can't remember how to make the right notes come out of a trumpet.Bound to happen, but irritating nonetheless.Chuck Norris is invulnerable to the money hammer when he chooses to roundhouse kick it in the face, but Pizza Boy and Mr Grimm trump a too unsleeveless-jersey team of Norrisisises.The time before that, I remember being near a

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I've not been not working. But I've frequently not typed about it. Backlog below:012/006:-4xLC+PC (MB Squat Presses, MB Stepup Shoulder Presses)-Basic TC Warmup (100 lazy swings, 100 twists, 100 reverse twists, 15 TC squats)012/007:-1.3mi Hill Interval-1xGC (Wobble Glute Bridge. Glute Circuit= 30 Glute Brigdes, 20 'L' Leg Raises, 20 Bird Dogs, 20 Single Leg G.Bridge, 20 Lying Hip Adductor, 12

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1.3 mi hill interval run4x20 banded 12lb mdball squats20 lunges20 stepupkicks10 jump squats8 12lb medball pushups8 clap pushups8 elbow tight pushups

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Tabata Banded In-Outs8 x (12lb Medball):10 Slams w/ "Full Crouch Catch"4 breath rest2x (4lb Ball):20 RHand Overhead Wall Dribbles20 LHand Overhead Wall Dribbles20 RHand Shoulder Wall Dribbles20 LHand Shoulder Wall Dribbles20 Stationary Soccer Throwins20 Stationary Chest Passes20 RHand Sidearm Throws20 LHand Sidearm Throws20 RHand 3/4 Throws20 LHand 3/4 Throws20 RHand Overhand Throws20 LHand

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1.3mi Hill Interval4x20 banded 12lb medball squats20 lunges20 high knee high stepups10 jump squats8 12lb medball pushups8 clap pushups8 tight elbow slow pushups

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Some hours of windy Brumfis Boot.Raph, Walt, Dono, Frenchy, Jaeger, MJ, Jake the Jake, me.(Crash didn't play. Neither did Mellen nor Jamie Rose. That didn't stop me from blading a disc at the latter. It was surprising that J didn't D that one. Fortunately, he's not the brains of the operation. Disaster was averted prior to her mother sitting on her. No no, on purpose.)A descendent of Team

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1.3 mi hill interval run (stay springy and bounding on toes)assorted 12lb medball twistsmoving some heavy stuff around

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4x20 12lb Medball Squats20 Lunges20 Stepupkicks10 Jump Squats8 12lb medball pushups8 clap pushups8 pushups (elbows tight)

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1.3 Mill Hill Interval Run(There was a suspicious car down at the end of the bottom hill. So I cut that part off because I wanted to focus on me, not them. Which is hard for me. Not them.)40min Interval Training w/ Variable rests no more than 90 sec and no closer than 10 seconds apart. Various throwing, weight transfer, rotational, full-body, explosive, etc movements. All over the place as I

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90 min 7 v UPENN7 win despite le(masque)on and amanginger still pretending to have college eligibility. Maybe 15-9? 10?It was also determined that we are just the sort of people to take advantage of cheap Sixers tix.Fun running around w/ Barfighters and Barfoughts.

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20 min stretching100 4lb Medball Burpees for time(10:31)Medball burpee is just a Burpee with a Medball held in both hands the whole time1x20 Glute Raises20 L-Leg Raises20 Bird Dogs20 Lying Hip Adductor20 Single Leg Glute Raises12 clap pushups10 Glute Raises

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1.5 mile hill interval run4x20 12lb Medball Squats20 Lunges20 Stepups10 Jump Squats8 12lb medball pushups8 clap pushups8 pushups2x20 Glute Raises20 'L'-Leg Raises20 Bird Dogs20 Single Leg Glute Raises20 Lying Hip Adductor12 Clap Pushups

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That is the first thing I rememberIt is not, however, the first thing [I] remember after all the things [I]'ve forgotten.[Warning: This is classic blogposting with little editing or care for craft. Deal.]This year was hot and humid beyond what I (or Pike, for that matter) was prepared for. That is, combine 5-10 outbreaks of swineflu, hantavirus, SARS, tetanus-induced lockjaw, death and many

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the smerfs were attempting to play ultimatewith their hands wrapped right round(spin me right round)their very own necks as something tender slipped away.It was a great stop on the first leg of this trip, but one that needed to have a different ending. We won our pool on Saturday. We got up 5-2 with the disc to take half 6-2. We took half 6-3. At 7-4 I threw my only turn of the day on a deep

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is unknownnow/later.There is far less luck than I knew there was.Plays are far more useless, for one reason,Offenses are far less, for another reason. Players are players Ringers are ringers Ballers are ballersShooters gotta shoot. Some shooters shoot Better than others.Leftys are still cheaters:Just because they use theRight side of their brains.Heaven is still just likeA wise man once said it

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Managed to find a team for Bellcrack.I'm not sure I helped them, on the weekend, but we lost in Quarters to Hooray. Great. Now my undefeated Bell Crack record is in the toilet.Then again, I'm pretty sure I was not a negative addition to the team. I could always be wrong. Perhaps w/o me, they would have made finals.As usual, every team I play with tells me that if Amy was there they'd be

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That place was awesome.Yes, both [1, 2] of them.The tournament was fun too.First Round Byes on Both Days made for Late Nights.Which is good.4-0 on the Day 1 over Drexel Spitfire, Wiretap, Old Sag and Above and Beyond. Wiretap was up at half. Everyone else was down at half.3-0 on Day 2 over Red Hook, Wiretap and Swarthmore Alums(+).Pike has won all odd-numbered Beth Coltman Memorials (03, 05, 07

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Fools Fest was funmuch in the way Kaimana, Mars... and whatever other 3-day Ultimate tournaments with ample beer and competition I'm forgetting are fun.Played mixed with Stimulus Package (Puppet Regime+Some PoNY+other). Two losses on the weekend. One avenged in quarters against Lefty Loosy (NC). The other handed out by eventual champs The Way of the Jackalope (Various) to the tune of 15-11.

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"Don't worry, only the finalists don't get poke. We're covered for lunch."Game 1: SanbanSanban was far more warmed up than Pilthy. This, at 11:30, was our first game of the day so we countered their advantage by sleeping late. Some of us got there early enough to get our legs warmed up. Some of us went to the ocean and contemplated the infinitude of waves (water, sun and wind) crashing down upon

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I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man.pic from Kaveh Kardan(Back: Trey, Raja, A.Peters, Eug, TP)(Front: Rob, dusty, Tim, Jamie, Butter, Furf, Jimmy)Semis? That's not too shabby. We played some terrible games and lost, some medium games and won some, some good/great games and won.10/12ths of our team smiled in the picture (see above).2/12ths of our team+1 were in a fender

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This year's Kaimana (#22, in standard linear time) left me with a tripartite memento numquam mori.Once I've had the editorial board... editorially board it, we'll get it out there on the internet in a serial format. (Yes. You'll need to buy "a cereal for Matt", which will contain, as a prize, the story broken into three parts which, when read [though not when blue] in [any] order produce a

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Kaimana22: The blogournament.There are far too many players expected at the Waimanalo Polo Fields who are (self-)important enough to write blogs. From my own team (Philthy): Me, Mr. Thoughts and Mankind (Link withheld to protect the innocent T-Rex). From the Southern Dandys: Statler, Waldorf (the other way round?) and Warning, may contain frisbee-like substance. From those young Stanford

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Club Vegas 2009"Me First"roster:CrashPaul Darlingwtk9RegetzJaegerJTBLoHeckmanTreyJudeDonoGeoffMiodustyStrawRyan ToddEug YumJoel WootenThis weekend should be Aces.

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The game will be covered conventionally. Many simple-sounding story-arcs like "The Eagles versus the Cardinals: Rematch of Thanksgiving day bird-massacreeeee" and "Quarterback battle between aged/re(juv)invented Kurt Warner versus retested/inexplicably reviled Donovan F. McNabb" &c. Meanwhile, the bedrock story, the most pertinent and basic information, is swept under the rug. To wit: the

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i wish i didn't have to sort throughso much crap to unearth goldmines.does that make it more or less worth it?

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Finally got my affairs in order.Agenda:Trouble in Vegas with Me First. (oldpike)New Year's Fest with the Philly team. (I blame Ultimax.)Kaimana with Philthy. (We're going to appear thin this year.)Sweet. Now to get the details sor(di/te)d... and not miss flights.One month, three tourneys, three teams. Trouble in New Year's Paradise.

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life mirrors 'Am seeing sluggish drilling, by sluggards. Not meaning insults. This is the fact. Motions are gone through. Barely minimal efforts. Cold, yes? The cold hands and nose with mucus? Thoughts on getting through, going in, hot showers, water very hot. A meal. The thoughts are drifting toward the comfort of ending. Too cold to demand the total, yes? [Gwen], too cold for []

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On the Road again.This time on the way to NC. G'Vegas, as the kids say. A team of people from the Philadelphia area. College and after. Young and old. Pike and not. The brother will be meeting us there, and the ride down promises to be a good one as the driver's new Volvo s60 2.5 rides smoothly at rates of speed that would make a majority of the cars of the passengers shake into scrap. It

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some lessonscannot be taught at practice.---I have been unable to get Andrew Fleming's article on anticipation off of my mind since I first read it. There's no better analogy. You have a limited amount of time in which the disc is in the same place. Limited number of expected throws. Limited number of open spaces. Where will the disc go? How will you get there first? That's defense.

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it took me backto other falls.which memories shallwe etch and preserve?no answer before endonly knowing that nomatter the substanceno matter the resultwe will remember thepath we have alreadychosen.(have good qualifying!)

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when it came back to mein a rush.in the fall.suddenly i didn't dread lacing them up. i wouldn't be sore the next day and there would be nothing left on the field.i lead the league in plays left on the field.i can recall them all of them better than the few plays i've made.in every game there's a moment where you push through the wall. in warmups, you can't quite ever hit the wall. (you can,

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and i swear i've been here before.Well, not these fields exactly. But here. This place.All of the players are the same, they're just on different teams. Or have different faces. Some don't, of course. But I've been right here, in this game before. And this one too.I've heard this speech before, only it wasn't coming out of my mouth and it had different words.Only last time, my team didn't

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Well, I wish.Headphones regretfully forgotten for the train rides (trip paid by the balance of something paid for previously by a now former employer). So, sadly, the music was talking solely in my head.Got to eat at Lou Mitchell's and see Nighthawks at the Diner, The Shiniest Giant Jellybean, Sunshine and Snuggles. Those last two are people. Not full names of course-- you'd have to ask them

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is that you know what's coming.not that it makes it any counter successful, of course.but at least you know. just ask luke77 (very unlike luke 42).(but you know, and it is always out there in the open. that's just the game. not cheating exactly. as much is allowed to be taken as is expected to be endured."it's all in the game, you know..." i told a guy last year. this was well after we were

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passionspurts, fits, starts. pushes through to the close, finish, end.carries you on against the nothing when it comes to envelop the nothing your mind makes something. courses through your you, spills out to infect others. just another communicable disease.this version, like some others i imagine, has both positive and negative attributes. a dedication to something gives life the feeling of

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i can feel it starting.even sitting here waiting for a plane to take me to the great midwest, i can feel it.i can smell the august coming.the long days of practice. the interminable tournaments.the rush.the pressure.amp it up amp it up, we're gonna be rolling now, boys.one last trip through the fun in the sand, case of pbr in hand (i'm told) before the grass is all i know.the grass and the

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"is to admit one can suffer."From the Tao Te Ching.Seems relevant to training for ultimate somehow to me.Then again, that has always been the beauty of reading this particular book. Almost a way to gain insight by using a different lens to view the same things you've thought about every day. This time around, it is ultimate.---In other news, the pike season is starting to take shape. A lot of

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i'm not against physical play in ultimate...but the rules are pretty squarely against it.From there, we make our choices, not the other way round. I'm no angel on the field. Just ask the teams I've been on that have split up good versus evil at practice... or tournaments.Also, fine but important line between physical and intentional fouling. This is where *most* sports lie *most* of the time.

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More and less than you think,comes the reply.Everything and nothing all at once. Neither the end-all nor the be-all though at times it is either and both."If one chooses to look upon Go as valueless, then absolutely valueless it is; and if one chooses to look upon it as a thing of value, then a thing of absolute value it is."But what kind of value?Today it is the game, the practice, the

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Are really simple and still get the point across.I hope that this is one of them.

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hmmm... barbecue...The weekend had ups and downs in Austin. It was hot, we folded in some games, and yet fought through bad ultimate in other games to keep it close.This early season has been quite the experience for me as a captain. I'm learning more about what I need to work on to be a great captain, but I'm not there yet. I'm learning more and more about my teammates, which is awesome, but

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if the nba instituted a monetary finefor every player over a number X of fouls over the regular season(based on a percentage of season played and increasing in size of fine as he number of fouls increases)/a post season series?What would happen if the rate was variable based on the threshold established the year before? If you always tried to fine 50% of the players what would happen? If you

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from my colombian coworker who got it from some mexican tourists...and my ultimate bag with sleeping bag/pad (so it is a little large).I must be going to Live Logic.Have plane tickets, rental car info and directions to relevant places.Have a small team, but that's great for the guys looking for experience. Both in new roles and with new teammates and all of that. Opportunities to play against

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This pretty much captures the feel of the thing.From the Prom Zombie perspective.aka: My team jumped higher, looked better and won (or tied) when we played you.

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pike has begun.2hr Open practice last weekend. Worked on really basic stuff, tired everyone out with some intensity. Got some basics for the season down. That we'll repeat. It was a good showing. got the legs moving, didn't suck it up entirely as captain. Oh, and the hairy team beat the non-hairy team in the scrimmage. YAY HAIR! Samson rules, apparently.This weekend, Pikes X and Y will

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because the fancarries onI don't even know what they're arguing about, but that is some fine slicing and dicing.

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Today's workout:Tabata Lunges (16/17/17/17/16/17/16/17)Tabata RestTabata Pushups (28/25/20/10/3+7/3+7/4+6/5+6)Tabata RestTabata Burpees (8/8/9/9/8/9/8/7)Lots of stretching after a weekend without ultimate (shock!) save for a bit of light throwing. Workout Notes: Lunges were awesome work for balance, stability and flexibility. Really reach out on the lunges, focused on keeping my motion smooth

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I love throwing with people I know.I can learn so much about the way they play the game, or the way that they think when they have the disc just by tossing that disc back and forth. I learn which throws people like to catch, and which throws people struggle to catch. Which throws move them from receiver to thrower quickly, and which slow them down. Which way do they pivot? What's the lazy

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So that was the Single Hardest Exercise I've Ever TriedSHEIET, boy I'm telling you.So there I was, I did a Tabata set of pushups with my feet on a foam roller to introduce some instability. That was good. Much more challenging/tiring. Took a little break, typed an email to a teammate and did a tabata set of squats with a band around my knees and focusing on sitting back on the squat and

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...last night after pickup.It started from a thought I had before pickup. The idea that everyone should have to make eye contact when they make calls and explain themselves. No, it doesn't prevent lying, but at least then you're lying to my face, you cheater.And then the thoughts that had been bubbling beneath the surface coalesced into something with words.Resolving calls on the field without

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GRIP the disc.No, not hold. GRIP. Tighter. Feel the plastic bend. Use both hands. Like a crabcatch. Bend the disc in your hands. Get familiar with it. Which parts are more malleable? GRIP. TIGHTER. Toss.CATCH. ATTACK. Feel the plastic smack your hand. Close your hand. TIGHTER. Both hands. GRIP. Feel the disc stick to your hand. Pivot. Feel your cleats in the ground. Push off.

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What a trip.6 guys.Delays.Cancellations.Pickup makes 7.Snow.Anti-Ultimate wind.Cold.Florida is better at 500 than we are at ultimate.Stop throwing a full field out the back of the endzone please.One Gibson D to prevent our upwind score changes the game.Notre Dame is athletic and fiery.I've never seen so many inveterate cheaters as I did in the FL and ND zones in my life. If double teams are

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Hat Tournament over. Ultimate is over for the week. For both weeks. One more day in paradise. I don't know what the plan is and I don't really care. I've loved being here like I have loved few trips in the past. Maybe a snowboarding trip. Maybe a skiing trip when I was younger. Maybe that trip to Utah with my grandparents and relatives when I was younger. That was a good time, but I'm

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Due to pressure from Philthy the following Official Ultimatejournal Retractions are made:1. JP plays for "Your Mother."2. Thorpe is captain of "Dusty's blog can suck my balls."3. Eric plays for "This is some Bullshit."4. Doc is captain of "This is some Bullshit" and only moonlights on Amp.

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In the Car from Spencer Beach Park to Akaka Falls 10:05 AMThe much-maligned (before we arrived) hike to the far fields, where many teams had games due to the mostly-switching fields between rounds format, was actually pretty awesome. Wow. Great blue views on this drive. Unbelievable. Beach Boys Pet Sounds in the background. Political talk on tap for the drive. Talk of Clinton as Tracy Flick.

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(Copyright © Kaveh Kardan)Back: Me, Furf, Doc, Kazan, Alex, Jamie, Thorpe, Eug, TPFront: Trash, JP, Bhavin, Brandolph, Jeff Ho, Butter, JimmyWaikiki, 8am.I think I just played in a tournament. Or, at least two days of a tournament. The third was spent lying in the shade as often a possible curled up in a ball with at least one teammate taking pictures of my ass. The rest of my teammates

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high over the pacific.I'm on my second flight. PHX->HNL.Sweet. No madness getting to the plane, no endless driving between EWR and PHL. No Anger. No Rage. Just Ease On In. Kaimanastate of Mind. So different than 07.Even with the sleeping bag and tent all and all, this coulda been a single-bagger. But I brought my team's sweet-ass 5ultimate jerseys. Gotta be worth it. Brought the new

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