Today: the B Team! Tomorrow: the Women's Team!!!

Yes, sir, you heard it right: today we scrimmaged the B team.

We beat them 15-0, but we really did it more on their errors than our success. We played spotty defense (actually pretty decent for short stretches, but lax at other times), and threw the disc away a Lot. Much of our throwaways were just the result of us trying to make things happen too much, believing that a defender who was in pretty good position would not be enough to stop a superior athlete from going up and getting a floater. That was a stupid way to play, and a better team is sure to take advantage of such mistakes at some point this season. Let's just hope that it's sooner rather than later so that we have the opportunity to make the right adjustments. We were all guilty of it, too, so it's not like I can put the blame on a couple of players and leave myself looking innocent. I threw the disc away today. I threw the disc away several times today. I threw the disc away several times today in situations where I should not have thrown it at all, or should have found a different target. I disappointed myself today.

There. I said it. Let's move on.

We had a huck drill that went alright. Not a high completion percentage, but a lot of throws that went just past where the receiver could get them. I think, at this stage of the year, that an overthrown huck is a much better sign then an underthrown huck. We just need to get our connections clicking, and suddenly throwing to a receiver in stride is going to be unstoppable.

We really don't get all that much out of playing the B team, but it is nice knowing that we are capable of putting a total shellacking on somebody even when we aren't playing our best. We had a lot of turnovers, but we also had a lot of players buckle down and say "this man will not score on me" and then back up their language with some actions. It is incredibly difficult to keep a team out of the endzone for an entire game. One mental lapse - especially as the game gets out of reach and the winning team starts easing up on defense right as the losing team starts getting really aggressive on offense and taking some chances - one mental lapse is all that is necessary to give up a point. The fact that we refused to do this even once leaves me feeling very optimistic about the attitude of our team this year.