Canada Day Long Weekend!

WHO WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THIS GAME???
When:Monday, July 2nd, 2007 @ 6:15pm
Where:Caledonia Park (reservoir) Cricket South 1
Versus:Discfunctional Mid
What to Bring:yellow and a black jersey, water, runners, cleats, etc. The rules have been lightened about cleats on the field, but please bring your runners just in case. Otherwise if we do play in our runners and you don't have them, you'll have to play bare feet. :(

Eric and I will be fulling spots with subs, please let me know if you are not in town!!!

Cheers!
BoC Leadership Squad

Back to Basics

Dear BoC,
It's easy to whip out hammers and make up line cross field cuts into end zones when you're dominating a low level team. But when facing teams that are at par with our skills and physical endurance, playing smart and being efficient is the only way to differentiate a good team from a winning one.

Last Monday loss was a clear example of what we are still lacking in executing basic defense and offense, but mostly defense. For those will be in town this Monday Eric and I will be going through a few drills on the fundamentals of Ultimate. I hope the drill we did after last Monday's game has helped us understand more about the following:

THREE GOLDEN RULES OF DEFENSE

Don't get broken. WHY?

Your team-mates are relying on you as the mark, to hold the force. When you are letting easy passes through, your team-mates are caught on the wrong side of their mark. Consequently free passes on the broken side and into the end zone. If you do get broken yell "BROKEN" so that your team-mates can adjust to continue to contain the disc and hold the force.

Don't get beat force side. WHY?

Whoever is marking the disc is relying on their team-mates to get the D on the force side. Holding a force can only work if the running offense is contained as well. If you are on the correct side of the offense, it should be hard for them to get the disc. ALWAYS STAY BETWEEN THE DISC AND YOUR MARK.

Don't get beat up line. WHY?

From our drill Monday night, we recognized how easy it has been for the offense to beat us on the up line. We also tend to bid too far and end up on the wrong side of the force. Needless to say, we have to learn to contain the cuts, and help out our team-mates with "no up lines, and dumps" calls. QUADRANT DEFENSE WORKS! If you have to, let them dump, and make sure you're right on the mark (on the correct side of course) to prevent the swing.

I think most of us have a feel for how the game is suppose to look on paper when we draw our lil x's and o's. But when it comes down to playing it on the field, we become lost in the chaos.

Please let me know if you are out of town this weekend. Eric & I will try to hold the fort and recruit a few subs so we can play Monday.

Thanks!
~B

Purple Monkey Dishwasher?????

Remember to bring both cleats & runners.
When:Monday, June 25th, 2007 @ 6:15pm
Where:G. Ross Lord Cricket East 1
Versus:Purple Monkey Dishwasher
What to Bring:yellow and a black jersey, water, runners, cleats, etc. The rules have been lightened about cleats on the field, but please bring your runners just in case. Otherwise if we do play in our runners and you don't have them, you'll have to play bare feet. :(

Cheers!
BoC Leadership Squad

Yay! We got our juniors back!!!

BoC!! Great work for a 17-6 win!
Good job ladies sticking it out on iron women. It's definitely good news coming home to an email about getting our junior girls back. We should have @ least 2 lines of girls next week!! WOHOOO!!! For the most part, we're slowly getting a hang of each other and we were able to work off of that last night.

What we worked on:

Horizontal (HO) Stack

This worked when we recognized what our team mates were doing. Partners working the lanes cutting in opposite directions etc. There were a few times where partners were cutting each other off but that was corrected and it was great.

Transitioning to Vertical Stack

Last night we transitioned well from defense to offense quickly and setting up the horizontal stack. That same note, it was awesome to see us move from a horizontal stack, play man defense on a turn, and reset a vertical stack on a turn.

End zone and setting up Sub Zero In general we seem to forget what to do when we get into the end zone. Let's set this as our default end zone play. It worked last night and it gave us options. We'll refine it as the season progress. Otherwise, it was a good first trial.

Setting a zone offense

Our Iso-German play was awesome. Great cuts Les, and good movement ladies. We'll use this in the future to help us unclog the field and free up some green space.

Punishing the poaches

All I gotta say is Rhea skying the dude in the end zone. That was soooo pretty...and I'm sure we lost some spirit points laughing at the dude but it was just too sweet not to laugh :)

Straight up mark...

This worked for us last night, but it needs to be refined. The key to this mark is to prevent the hucks. Though some of the hucks that were let out were wonky, there were a few that got down the field.

...and preventing the in cuts

With a straight up mark, the in cuts are the biggest threat. We have to make sure we are covering the in's. That means covering ALL inside cuts; both home and away side. This will be reviewed for our next game.

Overall, good work everyone!!
~B

P.S. Lets do Hollywood Gelato next time...Les, Dan....oh that was such a good call ;)

Game Four

Remember to bring an alternate black jersey.
When:Monday, June 18th, 2007 @ 6:15pm
Where:Sunnybrook Park @ Green Space #3
ATTN: CLEATS ARE ALLOWED ON THIS FIELDVersus:3.5" Floppy Discs
What to Bring:yellow and a black jersey, water, cleats, etc. Let's tryout get to the fields around 6:15ish so we can run some drills. We were a bit sluggish starting our game last night and its probably because we weren't properly warmed up.

I will send out the Breakfast of Champion's PowerPoint play book tonight. Please message me or Eric if there are questions or concerns regarding the PowerPoint. Also note, due to game sensitive material in the PowerPoint, it is for team use only and we trust that it will not be distributed to anyone who is not on the team.

Thank you kindly,
BoC Leadership Squad

Game 3 & Eric's Ridiculously Effective PowerPoint

When:Monday, June 11th, 2007 @ 6:15pm
Where:Parkway Forest Park
Versus:Piggie wants the conch
What to Bring:yellow and a black jersey, water, cleats, your $62.50 otherwise I'm going to start charging interest @ 19.5% for each month the payment is overdue. So for a few of you, you're already into the second week. Oh and don't forget your $5 dollars for burgers and beer and such for the after game meeting.

TUC Membership Fees

For those who have yet to register Please register for TUC now at www.tuc.org Otherwise, I would not be able to add you to the roster.

Much appreciated.
~B

Burgers, Beer & Wings Night

Dearest BoC,
Good game last night everyone & great first game for Guido and Sandy. Though it wasn't one of our tougher games, it definitely allowed us to be creative. That said, our offense and zone defense desperately needs some fine tuning and cleaning up.

So, after our game next week, Mike & Stephanie has graciously provided their home for our use. For those who are new, we will be going over Eric's PowerPoint from last year and I'd like most of the team, if not everyone to participate.

Please bring $5 to help cover food & drinks costs.
Psst...I hear Rhea's bring Crystal Lite, and Grape Kool-Aid. And Allan? Life brand ibuprofen? :)

Cheers!!
~B