You'll Want to Buy the Company...

The second off-season training night is on at the AJFC fields this Thursday night from 7pm - here's the message that went out last night to every SEQ ultimate player that's old enough to shave:

Men of the Brisbane Premier League,

Our off-season training sessions got off to a truly spectacular start a couple of weeks ago, and I'm not just talking about the cone arrangements that would have made someone doing a PhD in fractal geometry proud. We had a truly huge turnout - I'd guess that at least half of Brisbane's BPL players were there (even a few Dojo players!) - and Mike and Al put us through a whole array of seriously worthwhile drills, with the title for most pushup penalties going of course to Stu Austin...

We covered a whole heap of stuff that I could rabbit on about for ages (and may very well do just that at some point, not now), and the response on the night was that it was all really interesting and highly exhausting - great for keeping up the off-season fitness, and great for plugging into real games once we get back into it in August.

So, as planned we're doing another session THIS THURSDAY NIGHT from 7pm at the usual AJFC location. Do you want to huck, break, hammer and generally cause defensive chaos like John McNaughton? And no, I don't mean learning how to be left-handed. John is in fact recognised as one of Australia's top Ultimate coaches, and he personally guarantees that you will go away from this week's session with your throwing game improved more than your shave would be by switching from a Gillette Mach3 to a Schick Quattro...

See you all for some serious Ultimate betterment at AJFC 7pm THIS THURSDAY July 16th.


Stephen
+Al, John & Stu

Because You're Worth It

For those that prefer not to subscribe to any of the many, many frisbee yahoogroups we have for our sport, here's a copy of an email that went out this morning about some upcoming off-season BPL events:

Men of the Brisbane Premier League and beyond,

The BPL is about to become harder, faster and better. How? Read on.

Starting this Thursday night July 2nd, and then on July 16th and 30th, three off-season BPL player development sessions will be held at our usual Annerley Junior FC location and everyone is invited, including guys who aren't yet playing BPL but would like to.

Now, some might find it surprising that the Sensei of the notoriously non-training Dojo is here promoting training nights, but I can't wait to get stuck into these sessions and I'm pretty sure you will feel the same. Why? Because the organising group of Al Don, John McNaughton, Stu Austin and myself have put together a series of themed training events with a list of local legends (no, really) running the show. Here's what we've got lined up:
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July 2 - Playing better Man on Man Ultimate

Offence coach: Piers Truter
Defence coach: Al Don

What's involved? Better cuts, better options, better dumps, better marking, better teamwork, more mongrel
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July 16 - Throwing better and Marking better

Coach: John McNaughton

What's involved? Better breaks, better hucks, better swings, better force marking, better dump marking
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July 30 - Playing better Zone Ultimate

Offence coach: Chris Burwell
Defence coach: Mike Neild

What's involved? Better disc movement, better cup breakers, better above & around options, better long hucks (oh yeah), better cup setting, better zone teamwork, better deep D, better setups & strategies
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Did I use the word "better" enough? Well, that's because the whole idea of these sessions is making the standard of BPL competition BETTER by offering every player the opportunity (thanks to some help with the funds from QUDA) to improve their skillset and knowledge base. And by every player I mean YOU! This is improvement-focussed training that we should ALL be taking advantage of.

So - be there starting 7pm this Thursday night at the AJFC fields for some kick*ss training that I personally guarantee will improve your game more than Loreal skin cream will reduce visible wrinkles.

Looking forward to seeing everybody there.