The beginning to fame is here

At last the college season has begun. A new season means anything can happen. The slate is clean and for now our team is completely undefeated against opposing college teams. The end of last season left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth, and we all have been working hard this off season to become the best team we can be.

The season started off with a meeting composed of all our returning players and one new player. During this meeting we primarily discussed what we wanted to accomplish for this season. Every person had a chance to say their individual and team goals. Individual goals ranged from getting better throws,to becoming more athletic, to being a better defender, and everything else in between. But everyone's team goals were very similar. I can sum up everyone's team goals in two sentences. This years team wants to be able to compete in every tournament and wants to have a shot of winning every tournament. This years team also wants to be able to move on to regionals. These two goals will be stuck in everyone's mind throughout the whole season. Everyone knows what they have to do to make these goals possible, but I strongly believe that everyone is willing to put in all the work to succeed.

A couple days after the meeting the first practice was finally upon us. If this was already not great enough enough, it was also a supposed to be a perfect forecast. On this day it was sunny, 75 degrees, and very little wind. The scene was set for an ultimate day. I was hoping to see around 30 players for this practice. But the closer to the start of practice the more surprised I was with how many players kept showing up. Once practice started we had almost 40 interested players who seemed pumped at the opportunity to play some ultimate. After the team threw around and stretched we did a couple of drills to expose athleticism and determination in new players. And let me tell you that we found a large amount of these things from this years class of recruitment. We saw new guys run 4.5 forty yard dashes, we saw new guys jumping and skying people in the air, and we saw new guys lock down opponents on defense. I would definitely say in my four years of playing in this program that this is potentially the most athletic class I have seen yet.

Derek " Beez " Bezeau