Ka-pow! Weekend

Apparently, this year the weather is deciding to make it difficult for teams to get reps before the season starts. It snowed on both Saturday and Sunday whilst we were training, which means that it's a great job we have the 3G pitches booked for our trainings.

With it being the worst year for Winter League cancellations and the snow in MARCH it means that the fact that we've been taking advantage of quality training facilities and hopefully it should give us an edge come the season.

Saturday:

We were learning an offensive system that we will occasionally throw at opponents to mix it up in a game. It's a good system and we definitely have players who can excel in it. We also ran some practice on a pull play and continuation cutting after a completed deep huck. We then scrimmaged to try and put this into practice.

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— Ka-Pow! (@KaPowUltimate) March 23, 2013

Having started on a pitch covered in snow by the end of the session it had mostly been cleared from 4 hours play.

Sunday:

We were focussing on our Endzone offenses and again looked at continuation play after a deep completion, and hucking practice. We also played games and "Sudden Death Endzone" where the O and D line compete to score from just outside the end zone in a sudden death penalty shoot out type competition, with the losers doing a minute of dynamic plank. The O line did a good job of scoring, but the D-line was pressuring well even though the D line earned themselves more plank time overall.

It was a pretty good turnout on both days despite the weather with some good team building and song writing at the meal in the evening.


This coming weekend, I will not be playing ultimate for the first time since the start of the year, and honestly I'm looking forward to it. Even with injuries, it's been pretty non-stop and it'll be nice to have a break, especially around the 4 day easter weekend and before the first main tournament of the season.