Back At Sachem

It is real sweet to get back on our homefields at Sachem. We've finally been approved to play their with our cleats on, so we have at this point moved away from Radclif, as well as it has served us, to get back at our home base. A field is a field, but it is great to get out there and be right next to the BNess guys, who brought their heckle during the warmups and alternated between playing boot and ultimate.
On the A side, we started with an O vs. D scrimmage to three, with double scoring rules in effect. For sort of the first time, the need to score twice was an impediment - I think we turned it two or three times after the initial scores? Anyways, as always when we're playing ourselves it is difficult to know if we should be encouraged about the good D or frustrated with the stagnant O, but whatever.

So then afterwards we started to do some sortof 5 pull with the 'stud' lines on O and D playing against the other guys. If nothing else, it was a lot of fun to play with guys we normally don't get to - swinging to Dorner and communicating in the zone with Nick Brown and Schmidty was cool. Anyways, O Studs struggled in the first 5 pull set - they didn't get a score, although most of their turns were just misexecutions, and the other guys line did get one score for ourselves. In the next set, O started to do a bit better, with some big flick puts from Mischa getting pulled down.
Next, we switched it up so that the stud D line was playing against the rest of the team, and this time we played normal scrimmage rules (i.e. play until there's a score, not just two turns) except with the D pulling every time. This was fun - our studs only really got beaten when the other team scored very quickly, from what I recall. I think there are some good things to pick up from that, and also that we've got to run our zones more in that set so that when we want to throw them we're totally prepared.

Conditioning was 10-20s, with throws. I actually prefer this to 5-10s, you're not hitting the same turns, and the rest is longer. I dunno, it was a good one, especially because it helps the guy about to run work on his throws - they've got to be flat, spinning hard and reaching the guy just as he turns. Money money money.

After practice, we talked about the day, the week and so on. After the huddle, discussion turned to the playoff beards we're all working on, and particularly to Mountain Man Meyers, who insisted he was about to shave. This couldn't be allowed to happen, so after a ton of berating he agreed to Rosham for it with Watson. The stakes were high - if Beans lost, he couldn't shave until our season was over, and if he won Watson had to wax his back at the post-Regionals party. However, Watson won the first throw, and after a dramatic pause threw his Fire to win the battle and condemn Molly to a few weeks of discomfort.

Oh, and the new shorts came. Ballllllller.

lamar