Weekend training

Herd- Saturday

So, missing first team players and lots of second team players at this one. This meant drills were mixed first/second team players. We were focusing on dumping and swinging the disc, which is a fundamental that was exposed a bit at points in the previous few trainings. The drills we ran had been run at herdlodge last weekend as well so it was good for people to go over it again. The game at the end was tough as the second team had about 16-18 players to the first teams 11 (then 10, then 9) as people kept needing to leave early. I felt really good during the game, playing most of the points, and chasing in the zone for quite a few of them. I really think this fitness is paying off. Our zone was looking pretty strong for most of the game with the heavy wind, but got broken a couple of times towards the end. Our offense was rocking for most of the game too. Just a bit of a shame the numbers were so low.

Ka-pow!- Sunday

So with Saturday being really windy, training still went really well with everyone feeling good in the sunshine.
Sunday was another story though, heavy rain and heavy wind meant low numbers and low moral. The drills were hard with fitness and throwing skills in the first, then moving on to hell box (4 on 4 in a small space focusing on keeping possession on offense and body/feet positioning on defense. We then moved on to a mid length throwing drill looking to hit a player in stride in the back corner of the end zone.
The final drill we did was training one of the option plays we will be using in our roles based offense. The drill itself was good and people were putting in the effort but with tiredness, cold muscles and the wind and rain the completion rate just plummeted so we warmed down by heading to Starbucks for a coffee and a panini.
Even with the low turnout and poor weather conditions, I am really enjoying Ka-pow trainings and feel like I am being pushed into learning new things and this along with all the fitness I'm doing is making me feel really good about my play at the moment.

I finished off Sunday with the construction of mine and Anna's new sofa bed which made my shoulder ache so I'm counting it as more fitness ;-)