Wednesday - Sept 27th - Review

Blogreads: 42
Guys: 31
A Absentees: Marcius (Driving), Malcolm (Reading), Justin, Adrian, Tolya, Scotty, Lowell

Pictured Above: From left to right, Jeff and Taylor at DGC party...or is it the other way?

Announcements:

• Tomorrow is last day to get letters from registrar in or not going to Nationals.
• Need to pay CUPA fees for Nationals.

Practice Review:

• Run, ABCs, Stretch
• Lotto with pushup punishments...tomorrow we'll incentive for Ds - Everyone starts with 20 pushups. Every D = -5 pushups, Every throw away = +5 pushups, Every drop = +10 pushups. 15 burpees for finishing late.
• Talked about mark. Everyone needs to pick their preferred marking style. For all balls of feet, bouncing, with active hands. Concept that moving up is faster than moving down.
• Worked on berkeley drill from two lines. Emphasis was on mark. Points afterwards was fakes need to be used effectively with the cutters movements.
• Huck drill with straight up mark. Emphasis was on stopping huck with active mark and moving hands. Completion rate was low.
• Three man continuous - more mark work under tired conditions. I was happy with the effort. The cutting distance was probably too far.
• Worked on 3-3-1 zone. Discussed the movement of the cup and the mids in both basic situations and trap. We will review for those who missed, but things started to look really good.

A-team corner:

• Prediction - under our current work ethic, we are getting soft and setting ourselves up for a poor Nationals. I understand that we've been practicing for a long time and we're all tired and injured, but most important of all is the need for focus during practice. Working on the fine details of our games will be the difference at Nationals. If you think any other team is going to fold under pressure after easterns you're wrong. We lit some fires for teams this weekend, and we need to light our own and keep on working to the ultimate goal.
• I was happy with our second half of practice focus. Let's make Thursday a little better, and we'll lighten up on Friday for those of us going to NY.
  

Peter