It’s the second week of June, which means we are already two
weeks into another ultimate Frisbee league.
This time, it’s Summer League.
And my team is off to a consistent start – we’ve had a final
score of 7-15 both games. Yep, so far I’m
on a team that is losing. Augh!!! Is it too much to ask for a few wins in a
season? Please?
That first game was rough for me. I only played two points, and after getting
scored on by a guy who took off and I couldn’t stick with, I never stepped back
on the field. Between that and losing, I
was depressed. So depressed, it thought
about quitting and it took me about a day to get over it.
Fortunately, I had a much better second game. It helped that this was Chuck’s team. Chuck and I have been matching up against
each other since I started playing in 1999, and I love guarding him since we
are very similarly skilled. I played
more points than I normally do, too, since we both wanted to play.
That first point I was in, I got the disc multiple times,
successfully passing it on before we scored.
That felt so good. I can’t even
tell you how amazing that felt. I was
never as involved in a play again, although I did get it and pass it on a
couple more times. In fact, I never had
a turn over. And Chuck only got it once,
although that was because his team didn’t throw it to him, not because I was
that good on defense.
As a team, we did better the second half of the first game
and the first half of the second game.
Now, if we could just put the two halves together, we might be a
contender.
My team is really nice.
I knew my captains already, which always makes me feel good – they knew
what they were getting/stuck with when they got me. I’ve gone out to the bar we hang out at after
both games, something my team hasn’t wanted to do for a couple of seasons, and
I was having so much fun this week I stayed until almost midnight. That made for a long day the next day, but I
had fun.
Our next game is Wednesday.
Hopefully, we’ll get one in the win column.
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