Welcome Back Ultimate!

It's spring and daylight savings time...and that means not only the return of baseball, but the long awaited return to Ultimate Frisbee season. Sure, I play winter league in SF as well, but the games are cold and you're lucky if you play more than 5 due to the constant rain-outs that plague the league. So now, it's back to sunny daylight ultimate in SF (SFUL.org) and San Mateo at the sloppy but oh so fun San Mateo High game on Wednesday nights.

In an effort to bring my level of play in the SFUL league up, I decided that 33-37% of my team's total offense that I've averaged the last few seasons (goals and assists divided by the total number of goals scored over the season) was no longer acceptable for me. I decided I wanted to bump that up to the 40s range. Through two games...Game 1: In a 13-7 win, I scored 6 and assisted 1. Game 2: In a 13-7 win, I scored 8 and assisted 1. Total offense percentage through two games...61.5%

But really, it's about getting out there and throwing the disc around for me. I somehow rarely feel as free as when I'm chasing down a long huck to the end zone, making a cut that breaks someone's ankles, diving to knock down a pass on defense or getting up over a defender for a catch (yes, that's a picture of me...) The sun on my back, the blue sky above, the fresh smell of grass and a frisbee floating down field. This is ultimate.