(Grab bag post!)
I have been very into little goals lately.It is quite a daunting task to lose sixty pounds in a year. It is a daunting task to lose five pounds in a month. It is a daunting task to lose a pound a week. It is a daunting task to eat well every day. It is an easy task to drink water THIS meal.
Little goals are easy. It is easy to make yourself do one small thing one time. It is rewarding too -- you accomplished a goal! The best part is, when you finish a bunch of little goals, they get you to a bigger one. One does not think about getting ten completions in a row for Go-To, they think about making a hard fake, a hard cut, and running all the way through. One thinks about having a balanced stance, a tight grip, and completing their throwing motion.
The college frisbee year has three real seasons. Fall, pre-sectionals, and sectionals. We are entering pre-sectionals. The goal of this season to to emerge with the team most prepared for the sectionals season. This places an emphasis on health (mental and physical) and conditioning. What good is one for the big dance if they are banged up, a headcase, or can't run at game speed for the whole practice? This is where everyone learns their role and their position. This is where one levels up their conditioning.
Coming out of the fall, Gunx has something to prove. We've shown flashes of greatness, we've gotten our name out there, and we've got a crop of freshman that by any measure rivals any class we've had to date. Now is the time to show everyone that we are the real deal.
My goal is not to try my best. My goal is not to go to regionals. My goal is not to be the best player on the team. My goal is to play perfect ultimate. This is the easiest, most direct goal to what one wants to accomplish. If one plays perfect ultimate, there is no better way to increase that person's chances of winning a game or tournament.
Sorry for the complete lack of transitions or complete ideas, but better to have blagged poorly than not blagged at all.
2 comments:
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It's go time for us too. Sonds like your team is a lot more together though than ours. I feel like all we have is players and not a team. I would want to bring the team together but i have no say at all on our team. My plan: Bring together the D line. Create a unit that lives together, works together, fights together and is feared.
Transitions and completeness of ideas prevent people from sharing their ideas so screw em.
I've been on teams without that family dynamic and let me tell you, I have never played harder than I do for this one.
Don't believe anyone who tells you that you can get by with a team that doesn't have one another's back because unless you are overwhelmingly more talented you just won't make it.
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