Brand New Week.

After the weekend's break, this week's practices started off right this afternoon. For what seems like the first time in a while, I had fun at practice! I started warmups to discover that, though my shins were still a little tight, my legs no longer felt too tired to reach a full sprint or pivot with any real conviction. Being able to extend my stride without feeling like I was about to collapse was an absolute joy and I really made the most of it. This feeling of well-rested happiness was coupled with an uneven division of teams for our scrimmage. My team (the dark team) had much of our experienced talent, and we had enough players to split into an O and a D line (loading the O line). Words cannot describe how much more fun it is to play with guys who know where to cut and don't drop or throw away the disc over half the time that you throw it to them. And guys who actually play defense after we turn the disc over. It was great. We routed the other team and I managed to go the entire practice with only one turnover. That single turnover was a stupid one, but I managed to shore up my game after that and played well for the rest of practice. We were doing a 5-pull with the defense playing zone and I was trapped on the sideline. I saw Henry open on the far sideline, so rather than dumping it to John so that he could swing it to Henry I stepped around the mark and tried to hit Henry directly with a skip pass. I forgot that the wind was directly behind me and tried to snap the throw off quickly to Henry. The result was a throw that went well over Henry's head and out of bounds. But, like I said, I didn't turn the disc over after this.

We've been having some serious discussions over who should be put on the A team. I believe that the tentative plans are to have the team divided out for the beginning of next week or so. The angry little man inside of me is clamouring for the split to come immediately, but he can be subdued for the next few practices, I think. Especially if we can have a few more practices like today's.