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On a similar note, I'm still trying to gather up lots of my old pictures. If anyone has that pic from Palm Beach last year, where I'm about to rip that dude's face off with my teeth, pass it along...I think it's time to switch up my facebook shot.

lift 12/1

McCarthy, McHugh, and M(a)ckey had a solid lift of day 3 this morning.

Others were unavailable at the time, but have made/are making up the workout today...

Lifting

First time lifting since early october I believe. Gotta love that feeling of not being able to walk down stairs. My legs feel like mush...mmm...

It's Good to be Back

So I got to play ultimate 7v7 on grass today for the first time since mid august with OU's team. It was great. I have to say I played pretty well for having had 3 months off, and didn't get too tired, though that was probably because I was actually handling a lot. Details wise my hucks were pretty bad, either too floaty of not floaty enough, and my field sense was off so my D was slacking except for one swilly point where I had 4 D's. But it sounds like the OU team is practicing the entire month of December, and it doesn't snow here, so I should be hitting full stide just in time for my return in January. Plus, it sounds like I get to go to a tourney with them this weekend, which I'm really looking forward to.

In other exercise news I went for a long run the other day, made more difficult my 40mph winds and a lack of sidewalks forcing me to run on a country road with no shoulders as cowboys hauling horse trailers passed me with about a foot of clearance (I'm serious). I think the adrenaline rush from that cancelled out running into the wind. Yeah, so that's about it for me, basically after a lazy ass thanksgiving this week I have comminced my interim training program which will hopefully have me at full speed in time for conditioning and lifting in the winter.

Right then, I'm out.

Brett

Today's lift

Several SansPantsers awoke early from a night of debauchery (study debauchery, that is) to venture to the gym for a morning lift.

Coach, McHUGE, Sunshine, Billy, and m'self all did day 2. Socks went for a long run the day before and was obliterated by it (Hot Wheels burns running partners indiscriminately) for his workout.

Matt's Back at Dear Ol' Dartmouth...

Yep, so I wound up passing on my poor man's weight set at home and instead opted for some jump squats with light weight and a lot of pushups/situps/squats/calf raises/rdls/etc to get the blood flowing throughout the body on Saturday.

Sunday was highlighted by making it out to my church for the first time since before I went to Japan, and finding all the "Matt, world travel--oh my god, what happened to your hair?" comments instead replaced with "Matt, world traveler. Aw, you look nice." (yes, people actually call me by my first name--uncanny, isn't it?)

What a difference a couple months (and the dreads falling down from their spiked state) makes. Much sexier, ne?

Discussion?

In an effort to maybe put the blog to use beyond Seigs' (and my) pleasure reading and the occasional nopantser who actually reads the blog, I'm gonna try and start discussion.

The topic? 2-3-2 (2-4-1) zone.

Basically, I think that the A-team had a lot of confusion just on how to run this zone. It's very free-forming, which is very deadly potentially, though I feel like this also led to role confusion and bouts of ineffectiveness due to communication breakdown.

Let's get a more definitive set on this--first of all, how do we want to usually call it? I've heard arguements for having a "box" (two wings, two deeps) with a middle in the backfield, but also for a more traditional form with two wings, two middles and a deep.

I vote 2-4-1 for simplicity. Though if the roles are clearly defined 2-3-2 could be an effective second look.

Also, I think it'd be more effective if we have a (few) set strategy(ies) for how the two points and the middles should run the set. Sometimes it's run like a cup, sometimes it's more free-form--it changes as the O does to an extent, but having set looks--trap on the sideline with the off-point covering the dump, one middle/wing baiting a D on the far swing, and the other middle/wing(s) taking away the upfield looks with a wing taking any swilly hammers over the top, that sort of thing.

What're people's thoughts on this? I think there's a ton of potential to be tapped in this particular zone. If you don't care so much, say that too.