Time to get back into action

It appears i have taken a one year hiatus from blogging. This was not planned. I was just lazy on this front. One of my goals for the year is to post weekly between my different blogs and any guest posts on other blogs.

In the sports world today is the last day to register for the local Winter Indoor Ultimate League. I will once again be drafting a team this year. I don't remember my teams record last year. Only that my drafted team came in 3rd or 4 teams. The team i played on came in 2nd place. This year i want to draft a team that does better than last year. Last year my draft focus was on players that work well and have experience together. This year i want to focus on players i know are quick in short yardage situations and players that are good cutters.

Return to the Ultimate Fields

Saturday marked the first time for a game of pickup Ultimate this year.  The first game back can be bittersweet.  Not having played any outdoor ultimate since Thanksgiving’s Turkey Bowl makes the ultimate muscles soft.  Sure i participated in an indoor winter league.  Indoor ultimate muscles seemed to mach basketball muscles.  So like the start of every year of ultimate the first day back is slow and winded.  I see this as a good thing.  This is how i know i’m playing hard.

Indoor Ultimate Winter League

Getting married, moving to a new city, and winter put a damper on playing Ultimate. Two months ago i found an indoor ultimate league. I had never played indoor ultimate before so i did not know what to expect. I ended up on the Red team. The 4 teams were Red, Blue, Black, and Green. Our 1st game was to be against the Blue team. After 6 weeks with one bye week we ended the season with a record of 3-1-1. We beat Green twice, Blue once, Tied Black and lost to Blue. We played well together and had a lot of fun.

There are some differences to those looking to play indoor ultimate. Since you are indoor there is no wind. You sub on the fly (hockey style). The field is smaller so the end zones are also smaller. Due to the size of the court we had we played with 4 people on the court at a time. You do more cutting, or you should do more cutting. Since there are fewer players on the court you have to hustle more. Where ultimate i often describe as similar to football in layout and soccer in play; indoor ultimate is defiantly closer in play to basketball or disc hoops. There are still no picks. From how Red played and what i saw of the other teams play there were way to many full court hucks to score in one throw. Some were successful, some were not. Having no previous indoor experience i don't know if that is common or not. All in all indoor ultimate was really fun. I think i prefer ultimate to indoor but indoor is a good variation.

An Introduction

Play is hard work. To be more precise fitness is hard work. Being good at a sport is hard work. Staying in shape is hard work. This blog is my random musings on sports and fitness. What i do. How my efforts work. I am endeavoring to lose weight and decrease my percentage of body fat. Reducing the body fat percentage is the more important of the two goals. I have had little accountability in my efforts and this is one attempt to change that.

To start off i am only a few years removed from college. My graduating year i was one of two captains of the Men's Ultimate team. Like most Ultimate teams we were not recognized by the school but the governing body of Ultimate (the UPA) did not care and would recognize us as the team from said school. I now live somewhere with limited opportunities to play ultimate. The main consistent group plays during church. I have taken to playing basketball twice a week and this has helped stop my health and fitness free fall. The goal now is to start improving.