Moving Indoors

The time is now upon us. Even though global warming has given us glorious November weather, the physics of the cosmos has stolen our daylight. It is at this time that we move indoors until the sun returns. This period of darkness will test your limits and dedication as an ultimate player, but there is no reason to fear. You will emerge from the darkness reborn as a faster, stronger, more powerful and better looking individual.

Yes, we have the ability to throw inside, but that ability is worthless. The still air allows a disc with no spin to travel 30 yards. That’s not good practice for a windy spring season. Since we can’t effectively practice our throwing, we focus on two things: Conditioning and Strategy.

The crossfit is the trademark of Illinois Ultimate. This form of exercise combines the most grueling aspects of speed, endurance and strength training all into one routine. Sounds great doesn’t it? Now, I’m not gonna be all cliché and say, “Hey, it’s really not that bad,” because it’s pretty bad. However, the beauty of our team philosophy is that we approach conditioning as self-improvement. You work as hard as you are able too. The team will hold you accountable for attendance, but you hold yourself accountable for the effort you put forth to become a better athlete.

I won’t talk strategy specifics here, because I got yelled at by Stupca the last time I did that. Personally I think we’re good enough that we can tell the competition exactly how we’re going to beat them and still plow through them, but I respect coach’s discretion. Suffice to say, we go over certain situations and how to best defend or attack our opponent given a set of conditions.

As mentioned before, your throwing skills may look like they’re improving, but unless you’re throwing outside, your throwing skills are actually deteriorating. It is imperative that you get outside and throw. Even if it’s snowing with a 40 mph wind, you should find a friend and throw (even if that friend is Mickey).