My shoulder was aggravated at training on Sunday, but it's gone back to not hurting, with just occasional stiffness. Still taking ibuprofen, but feel that I can go back to doing some training this week.
It's not like I was idle last week, I was still cycling 3 miles a day Monday-Friday.
This week I will be cycling 3 miles a day again Monday-Friday, like every week.
I felt perfectly fine sprinting/running at the weekend so I will hit the track on Wednesday.
Yoga shouldn't be too hard on my shoulder so I'll head to that on Thursday.
Then this weekend, I've got a weekend of Frisbee on Saturday and Flag Football on Sunday.
I'm still not sure about doing arm workouts, so if I hit the gym on Friday I'll just work my core.
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Kapow weekend
White city's tiger turf was the third different 3g pitch that kapow had found themselves trading at in three weeks and it was also the third time in three weeks that we had a good turnout of people willing to put in the effort and focus on improving and learning.
We had a few goals for what we wanted to get out of the weekend which were related to how we want our offense to run, and also what we'd struggled with offensively in our first season. These included throwing techniques, handler movement to reset the disc from a position near the sideline including continuation passing, quick movement of the disc including break throw to break throw continuation of the disc and fast break disc movement after a turnover, cutting patterns, pulling and other skills as well as game situations.
It was a really productive weekend, but I still think that as a squad we've got a lot of work to do until the Open season.
After training on Saturday we headed to a Thai restaurant for a meal and a bit of a cheeky social in a pub in Clapham. Was a fun night.
Overall, I'm very excited about this season having seen the amount of talent we've got in the squad and the amount that the team wants to improve.
I thought I played well on Saturday but was frustrated with how stiff my muscles had got during the session when it came down to playing defense during the game at the end of the session as again I struggled containing a handler who was running a lot of give-go movement. I was pretty pleased with my offensive play though this week, which was my source of frustration in the game against DED last week, so that's something.
Sunday I was frustrated with my hands, I had far too many dropped disc during the drills. My throws were fine and my cuts I thought were pretty good during the drills as well, but my hands weren't working like I wanted them too. I also twinged my shoulder again whilst forcing during a drill on Sunday. Whilst it was just a momentary pain and after that it didn't hurt again all session, I didn't want to risk it again so I sat out the games.
I really hope that I'm just out of practice as I'm still not happy that I haven't put together a good performance for an entire session. Still, it's January and I, like the rest of the team, have plenty of work to do.
We had a few goals for what we wanted to get out of the weekend which were related to how we want our offense to run, and also what we'd struggled with offensively in our first season. These included throwing techniques, handler movement to reset the disc from a position near the sideline including continuation passing, quick movement of the disc including break throw to break throw continuation of the disc and fast break disc movement after a turnover, cutting patterns, pulling and other skills as well as game situations.
It was a really productive weekend, but I still think that as a squad we've got a lot of work to do until the Open season.
After training on Saturday we headed to a Thai restaurant for a meal and a bit of a cheeky social in a pub in Clapham. Was a fun night.
Overall, I'm very excited about this season having seen the amount of talent we've got in the squad and the amount that the team wants to improve.
I thought I played well on Saturday but was frustrated with how stiff my muscles had got during the session when it came down to playing defense during the game at the end of the session as again I struggled containing a handler who was running a lot of give-go movement. I was pretty pleased with my offensive play though this week, which was my source of frustration in the game against DED last week, so that's something.
Sunday I was frustrated with my hands, I had far too many dropped disc during the drills. My throws were fine and my cuts I thought were pretty good during the drills as well, but my hands weren't working like I wanted them too. I also twinged my shoulder again whilst forcing during a drill on Sunday. Whilst it was just a momentary pain and after that it didn't hurt again all session, I didn't want to risk it again so I sat out the games.
I really hope that I'm just out of practice as I'm still not happy that I haven't put together a good performance for an entire session. Still, it's January and I, like the rest of the team, have plenty of work to do.
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Shoulder Watch: Day 5
My shoulder is feeling better every day, and there's now no pain for 99% of the time, though it is still slightly stiff and achey.
Though I haven't been to the gym or track this week I have still been active with 3 miles cycling per day, and I've always thought the Boris bikes provide a better restrictive workout than a regular bike due to the fact that they're made of lead and lubricated with tar.
On a side note, it feels weird applying the ibuprofen gel to my shoulder at work as, to get to my shoulder, I need to unbutton my shirt and bare my left pec as if I was about to start breastfeeding...
Maybe I shouldn't be doing it sat at my desk in an open plan office....
#jokes
Though I haven't been to the gym or track this week I have still been active with 3 miles cycling per day, and I've always thought the Boris bikes provide a better restrictive workout than a regular bike due to the fact that they're made of lead and lubricated with tar.
On a side note, it feels weird applying the ibuprofen gel to my shoulder at work as, to get to my shoulder, I need to unbutton my shirt and bare my left pec as if I was about to start breastfeeding...
Maybe I shouldn't be doing it sat at my desk in an open plan office....
#jokes
Monday, 21 January 2013
Shoulder watch: Day 2
My shoulder doesn't hurt anywhere near as much as it did on Saturday and it's mobility is improving as well.
It no longer hurts all the time but there are moments when there are small tinges, mostly when raising my arms above my head.
Won't be going to the gym this week and probably won't do Yoga or track. This weekend is a Ka-Pow full roster training weekend so I'd like to play at that but I'm not going to rush it back. Saturday evening is going to be a Kapow AGM of sorts. I'm not sure what will happen at it, but I'm sure Pichler has some grand scheme.
It no longer hurts all the time but there are moments when there are small tinges, mostly when raising my arms above my head.
Won't be going to the gym this week and probably won't do Yoga or track. This weekend is a Ka-Pow full roster training weekend so I'd like to play at that but I'm not going to rush it back. Saturday evening is going to be a Kapow AGM of sorts. I'm not sure what will happen at it, but I'm sure Pichler has some grand scheme.
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Saturday Ka-Pow training
Because of the snow, our regular training venue had been cancelled for yesterday. Luckily DED had invited us to play an early season scrimmage against them at the fantastic indoor 3g pitches that they had managed to book.
We turned up and warmed up, doing some drills separate to DED.
We started with the same drill we'd done last week focussing on footwork going into/out of cuts, and then moved on to a hucking drill.
We finished our pre-game session with some 'hellbox' (4 v 4 in a small square with the aim being for the offense to complete 10 passes and the defense to create a turnover).
We went into the game fast and built up a small lead quickly. We were playing solid offense and DED had started slowly allowing us to generate some blocks.
DED scored their first point off a huck to make it 3-1 to us. Our gameplan was to mark their cutters under and let them take the long throws so this wasn't too disappointing for our defense. They played zone on us once and we beat it pretty easily, and I don't remember them playing zone against us again.
A couple of points later and I had caught a long throw, and proceeded to throw it away on the end zone line. I had to make up for a poor throw so I then caught a callaghan goal from marking the dump. Unfortunately I layed out and landed awkwardly (on my chest and left arm but with my left arm extended) which jarred my left shoulder which has been hurting since. I will be resting it until it feels better so I might not go to the gym this week. I'll see how it goes but it's still quite painful. I played the rest of the game but it made forcing with my left arm difficult and I couldn't have thrown with it if I had wanted to.
We took the half 8-3 (I think) and had a team talk which was reiterating the importance of not losing focus. Unfortunately, we lost a bit of focus coming into the second half.
There were two points in a row with about 4-5 turns per team before the goal was scored, each with a timeout, and that slowed the game down. DED came into the second half more fired up than us, and their handler movement based offense started to click and gain the yards. They brought the score level at one point, but we hung on to take the win 13-11.
It was a good game for so early in the season and we looked good on defense for the most part.
I wasn't too happy with my play though. My defense was alright and I caught the callaghan which was reassuring, though after my shoulder started hurting I was noticeably finding forcing more difficult. I also struggled late in the game to react to the quick go after the throw from the handlers for a couple of passes but managed to get that in check after a few plays. I also completely messed up a zone defense point.
My main problem though was with offense. My cutting was alright and I was happy with the speed in my muscles. I just felt out of practice whilst playing as I was making bad throws and bad decisions. I'm hoping I can attribute this to it being the pre-season because I was happy with my play last season on the offensive side.
Overall though, I think we deserved the win and I was impressed with the athleticism of our players this early and with the desire in our defense to generate the turnovers. We did lose focus on the offense but with no work at trainings so far in teaching our systems it was always going to be tough to play a perfect offensive game. Good start to the season.
We turned up and warmed up, doing some drills separate to DED.
We started with the same drill we'd done last week focussing on footwork going into/out of cuts, and then moved on to a hucking drill.
We finished our pre-game session with some 'hellbox' (4 v 4 in a small square with the aim being for the offense to complete 10 passes and the defense to create a turnover).
We went into the game fast and built up a small lead quickly. We were playing solid offense and DED had started slowly allowing us to generate some blocks.
DED scored their first point off a huck to make it 3-1 to us. Our gameplan was to mark their cutters under and let them take the long throws so this wasn't too disappointing for our defense. They played zone on us once and we beat it pretty easily, and I don't remember them playing zone against us again.
A couple of points later and I had caught a long throw, and proceeded to throw it away on the end zone line. I had to make up for a poor throw so I then caught a callaghan goal from marking the dump. Unfortunately I layed out and landed awkwardly (on my chest and left arm but with my left arm extended) which jarred my left shoulder which has been hurting since. I will be resting it until it feels better so I might not go to the gym this week. I'll see how it goes but it's still quite painful. I played the rest of the game but it made forcing with my left arm difficult and I couldn't have thrown with it if I had wanted to.
We took the half 8-3 (I think) and had a team talk which was reiterating the importance of not losing focus. Unfortunately, we lost a bit of focus coming into the second half.
There were two points in a row with about 4-5 turns per team before the goal was scored, each with a timeout, and that slowed the game down. DED came into the second half more fired up than us, and their handler movement based offense started to click and gain the yards. They brought the score level at one point, but we hung on to take the win 13-11.
It was a good game for so early in the season and we looked good on defense for the most part.
I wasn't too happy with my play though. My defense was alright and I caught the callaghan which was reassuring, though after my shoulder started hurting I was noticeably finding forcing more difficult. I also struggled late in the game to react to the quick go after the throw from the handlers for a couple of passes but managed to get that in check after a few plays. I also completely messed up a zone defense point.
My main problem though was with offense. My cutting was alright and I was happy with the speed in my muscles. I just felt out of practice whilst playing as I was making bad throws and bad decisions. I'm hoping I can attribute this to it being the pre-season because I was happy with my play last season on the offensive side.
Overall though, I think we deserved the win and I was impressed with the athleticism of our players this early and with the desire in our defense to generate the turnovers. We did lose focus on the offense but with no work at trainings so far in teaching our systems it was always going to be tough to play a perfect offensive game. Good start to the season.
Friday, 18 January 2013
Friday Gym
The snow is no reason to skip workouts. Got to work unaffected (pretty much) and was told I would be able to go home early. This means that I just got to go to the gym earlier in the day than usual.
Mixed winter league is cancelled on Sunday because of the snow, training may be on (as we're using a 3G pitch) but if it's cancelled the plan may be to go scrimmage against our rivals from last year (DED) who are training indoors.
Next couple of weeks I've got some good plans with next weekend being a full two days Ka-Pow training weekend, and the weekend after that I'll have Herd training on the Saturday and I finally get to play some more flag football on the Sunday. The Basingstoke team have two friendly scrimmages organised against teams from Chichester and Reading in Basingstoke on SUPERBOWL SUNDAY, so I'm going to have an american football themed day! Still need to organise superbowl plans though.
Anyway, Gym workout:
Warm up:
1 * 15 Internal Shoulder Rotations per arm (9kg)
1 * 15 External Shoulder Rotations per arm (9kg)
1 * 15 Glute Bridge
1 * 15 PGM per leg
1 * 12 Press up holds (4s)
1 * Single Leg Balance per leg (60s)
+ foam rolling
Main part:
1 * 5 Squats (40kg)
1 * 5 Squats (60kg)
3 * 5 Squats (90kg)
3 * 10 pull ups
3 * 10 press ups with toes balanced on 55cm swiss ball
3 * 10 sit ups (12kg KB)
3 * 10 Bench Press (60kg)
3 * 10 Captains chair leg raises (piked legs)
Warm down:
Stretching + Foam rolling
Mixed winter league is cancelled on Sunday because of the snow, training may be on (as we're using a 3G pitch) but if it's cancelled the plan may be to go scrimmage against our rivals from last year (DED) who are training indoors.
Next couple of weeks I've got some good plans with next weekend being a full two days Ka-Pow training weekend, and the weekend after that I'll have Herd training on the Saturday and I finally get to play some more flag football on the Sunday. The Basingstoke team have two friendly scrimmages organised against teams from Chichester and Reading in Basingstoke on SUPERBOWL SUNDAY, so I'm going to have an american football themed day! Still need to organise superbowl plans though.
Anyway, Gym workout:
Warm up:
1 * 15 Internal Shoulder Rotations per arm (9kg)
1 * 15 External Shoulder Rotations per arm (9kg)
1 * 15 Glute Bridge
1 * 15 PGM per leg
1 * 12 Press up holds (4s)
1 * Single Leg Balance per leg (60s)
+ foam rolling
Main part:
1 * 5 Squats (40kg)
1 * 5 Squats (60kg)
3 * 5 Squats (90kg)
3 * 10 pull ups
3 * 10 press ups with toes balanced on 55cm swiss ball
3 * 10 sit ups (12kg KB)
3 * 10 Bench Press (60kg)
3 * 10 Captains chair leg raises (piked legs)
Warm down:
Stretching + Foam rolling
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Thursday Yoga
Headed to yoga again today. Pretty good session. There was a bit more work on the arms today than usual which was good. Also did a couple of variations on some of the normal poses by crossing legs including a hamstring stretch and some spinal twisting poses.
Overall was a good session and it didn't feel as difficult, which was good.
Overall was a good session and it didn't feel as difficult, which was good.
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