June 25-29

Thursday June 25-Off
Friday June 26-12 hour drive to Boston
Saturday June 27- First day of Boston Invite. Forge was not placed in the elite bracket for this tournament, which I can understand after are season thus far. We came out against Wiretap (W 16-14) for our first game. The game was pretty even. I felt that it was obvious that our team was still gelling together. There were some great points, but there were some bad ones too. A terrible point for myself we get the turn and the disc is on the sideline. Stall is getting up there so I start to make a move and then the disc is thrown to me. The throw is high and would have been hard for me to get too. Lucky it went to the far handler. After he has the disc he then proceeds to throw the dump. This time the timing was much better. I have had a lot more playing time with this handler and had a lot better feeling when to move and such. Anyhow the throw is high and away from me again. This is were I completely screwed up. I have always been about attacking the disc anytime I can because you never know if someone else will d it, but on this point I waited a split second thinking he made the throw to the far handler cutting back since that was the throw that just happened. Ahh so then I realize it was to me and I couldn't get to it. Damn then they score. This game also featured some other mistakes on defense as a team that we worked out throughout the game. Our force middle for instance was not looking good at all, but that was just some miscommunications that we worked out. Next game up was against Death Or Glory (W 15-11). DOG came out early and took the lead like 4-1 ish. This team may be an older team but they have sick skill. I had one point matched up against an older guy that I knew I could run faster, jump high, and that I was more agile still this guy got me into the position he wanted and got a few dumps and an upline that I don't want to remember. We came back after we called a timeout and talked about what DOG wanted. Next game and final game of pool play was against Colt .45 (W 15-5). Watching this team warm up if we didn't crush this guys we would have been pissed. A lot of the guys who don't play a ton got a lot more playing time, and they all played pretty good. So we ended pool play 3-0 and then had the chance to play into the elite bracket with a cross over game. Pony went 0-3 in their bracket so we ended up playing them for a spot in the elite championship bracket for Sunday. We start playing and Pony goes up 4-1 then the storms that have been holding west of the fields all day started to get to close. The TD could see lighting and blew the horn. We waited for a good hour and then it was determined to call the games for the day and restart Sunday morning at 8 am ahhh such an early start.

Sunday June 28-Second day of Boston Invite. So we arrive at the fields later than we wanted around 7:20 am. Now lets get to the game. We came out strong and not only made up for the 4-1 score after yesterday but took half. After half we kept it up and won 13-12 after they started to come back. This step us up after a bye to play GOAT (L 10-15). That is one solid team. Their hucks were so crisp it was nuts. They also had over 30 guys there and seemed like a small army running on the field after every score. We didn't play our best but it was a good team and good experience to play a team like them. Forge was now put into the 5th place bracket and was lined up to play Sons of Liberty (L 11-15). I am pretty sure that was the scored instead of what was posted on score reporter. Either way the weekend was at an end and you could see it in our play. We were sloppy and not the great. We had a decent weekend, we got some wins under our belts. However we still have a ton of work to do. Some things I would really like to see is more enthusiasm after we score. Every team we played rushed the field after a score and were really loud of the sidelines. Also our focus sucks. Right before our final game against Sons of Liberty and even before our other games it doesn't seem like anyone is focusing on the game ahead. It is frustrating for me.

Monday June 29-Lifting and Pickup after
Bench Press (4 Sets)
Shoulder Press (4 Sets)
Seated Row (3 Sets)
Shrugs (3 Sets)
Lateral Shoulder Raises (3 Sets)
Tricep Pull Down (2 Sets)
Curls (2 Sets)
Pull Ups To Failure (1 Set)