Thanking the masses

Thanks to the small crowd that attended last nights do or die quarter final in the BPL between our own Heroes and the fresh Los Banditos. The game was a cracker with the Heroes starting very strong early and getting away to a convincing win to put a stop to the inform Banditos winning ways and subsequently their season.

The Banditos big guns started slow but in the mid section of the game came out and found their flight. In particular JJ, Gref and B-dub... It was a credit to see the improvement of this brand new team and everyone from the outside did not expect to see them on the winners sheet this season. Proving us all wrong the Banditos really stirred the pot of the BPL tipsters this season.

As far as the Heroes boys were concerned, we put together smooth and coherent passages of play and easily put scores on the board for the majority of the match. In particular stand out form was our adopted son Myall (formally of Kaboom and team happy :P ) easily MVP for the game. I think he assisted in something like 10 of our 15 points. Other usual suspects were Jangles hucking from the power position (which don't count as hucks apparently, Jangles words - not mine) and the ever likely brown-town points. Once more these Heroes of the HUC played as a team and were able to make a good positive start which ultimately set the game up for the win.
I think in the end it was a 15-7 win to the Heroes (someone correct me on that) and a great boost of confidence in the arm to finally put on a strong display over Dojo in the week to come.

Sunday Training

Training is on again this Sunday. Look forward to more kill drills and skills work!

Time: 3-5pm
Where: Oakman Park or UQ 7
Bring: a WHITE and BLACK shirt please to avoid confusion, drink bottles, discs.

See you all there!

The Incredible HUC calls out all supporters

Tonight's game against the Los Banditos is a do or die game to progress to the finals.

So we just had a look at ourselves and we've realised some thing. We have the largest non-uni based club in Brisbane and what we need tonight is YOU and we need YOUR voice to help cheer on the boys to victory.

But you ask, What can I do?
WELL

Bring signs - be imaginative with them, like these people:

 

(Hehe this last one is funny cause JJ plays for the Banditos for those playing along at home)

You could bring signs like:  

:: I'd layout for Silent

:: Jangles smells 

(I dunno I couldnt think of any, but YOU can!!!)

Time: 7.30pm

Place: BPL annerley fields

Who: YOUR HEROES

WHY: WE CAN MAKE THE FINALS
EDIT INSERT: All are welcome to bring along canned or bottled drinks, noting that the HUC does not condone public drinking but we sure do condone having a good time

Cya all there

I want to be the very best, the best there ever was...

Pokemon!

Before this blog post gets completely off track and I sing the complete Pokemon song in my head. I wanted to pen some ideas on how to improve an individuals ultimate frisbee game. Ultimate is a team sport and as such a lot of the focus in training and on the field during games is on the cohesion and ability of the team as a whole. This is of course necessary to get results as a team, but what can the individual do to improve his or her skills outside of the team?

As a foreword, I don't claim to be an Ultimate frisbee training guru but these are two of my observations. From what I have been reading of late (sorry no references) and from what I've seen there are 2 distinct ways in which the individual can improve their game outside of the team arena. These are fitness and skills.

These points may seem obvious but I'll explain further. Fitness can be seen in a variety of ways. You could have a good general level of fitness or you could train specifically for playing ultimate. A combination of both is probably best for pre-season training. General fitness could be jogging for 30 minutes, or cross training with cycling or swimming or rock climbing. Sport specific fitness would be training in a way that would most benefit your play on the field and is similar to the movements you make on the field. Last week at training we started doing the side to side kill drill and the away and in kill drill. This is a good example of sport specific training. This can be adapted in a number of ways.

You can train your anaerobic and lactate threshold (energy systems used during the first minute or two of high intensity exercise) by doing sprint work, HIIT (high intensity interval training), or sets of kill drills. If you have queries regarding exercises or a plan for training as an individual or as a small group please ask me and I will be able to help you out.

Skills to focus on as an individual would be mainly throwing skills. If I can use Jamie as an example, over the Firestorm season Jamie was throwing on a daily basis. His throws improved dramatically over only a few months to the point where he was impressing a lot of the big wigs with his throwing ability. Practice makes perfect. Throwing on a daily basis is obviously not feasible for everyone. By adding another one or two throwing sessions (30 minutes, deliberate, focussed throwing) on top of BUML and Sunday afternoon trainings will result in tangible improvements.

If all of the above information seems daunting, start by changing or adding one session per week. Do not train every day of the week if you usually only do two training sessions a week. Add one extra 30 minute fitness session, either general or sport specific, and one extra 30 minute throwing session. If you can do this for a month then you will have a solid training base to reevaluate your goals.

I hope the above information and observations are helpful. Feel free to comment queries, questions and/or any criticisms.

Let's Dance To Joy Division

By now most will have heard that frisbee tonight is cancelled because of rain so come along to Archive (100 Boundary Street, West End) for some company with frisbee friends. Friends and family are welcome too!

If interested in dinner (Monday special is $10 burgers) come along at around 7pm or any time after for liquid training and/or the darts competition.

P.S. This counts as training so people wanting to play Mixed Nationals NEED to come.

P.P.S. That last part is a lie.

The Times They Are a-Changin

As the title suggests, Sunday training times are changing slightly to accomodate for the winter months. This Sunday training will start at 3pm! This gives us a bit more time in the sun. Let your friends and peers know.


Time: 3pm - 5pm
Where: Oakman or UQ 7
Bring: multicoloured shirt (which seems to be the preference of late), or old-fashioned black and white shirts, drink bottle, sunscreen etc.


Thanks, see you there!

Training

Current HUC member Kelly is celebrating her 21st year on this earth tonight! Happy B'day! For this momentous occasion quite a few of the HUC crew will be in Dalby. However, we are expecting to be back in Bris for training and pick-up tomorrow afternoon.

Where: Oakman Park or UQ oval 7

When: 3:30

Bring: Light and dark shirts, discs, watter bottle.

See you there!

Heroes play their first full match of ultimate ever

After 3 seasons, we finally have played a game where we can say we played well all night. The match started with Heroes on D, and a mistake from Cobra's near our end zone saw us take the first point. Defensive pressure saw another 2 turn overs and Heroes take the first 3 points. The fourth one was a bit longer, and I don't know who scored it, but we got out to 5-1 from some inspirational play from Bevan and lovely shots from S.G. Chris Brown got involved with some grabs in the end zone, and also some lovely flick hucks, one out of two coming off.

Sebastian didn't get any help with some throws his way being wayward, but he ended up with some nice grabs to finish off. Cobra's got angry with themselves but this only meant that Kailin & friends would demand the disc so that he could huck it to a 50/50 option. It turned out more like 80/20 I guess.

It can be said that Cobras did not play well and had a number of unforced errors. The pleasing thing is that we cannot recall any drops that we had that were uncontested and we managed to capitalise for a change. Confidence was high as we went to 8-2, taking the half convincingly.

Some desperate huck plays came off for Cobras, but it was neither enough to lift their team or to phase us. We won the second half 7-4, so that's 15-6 final score, the first time we have closed out a game before time cap.

We've beaten the Cobras 3 times now, and they have beaten us 3 times. We haven't beaten any other teams, but that's gonna change over the next 3 weeks!

Training

Training is on again this Sunday afternoon.

Time: 3:30

Place: Oakman Park or back-up UQ Oval 7.

Bring: a light and dark shirt, sunscreen, positive outlook on life

See you all there!!!

Runway Fashion Show

In a pre-emptive strike some loyal readers may have already read that the HUC has received the new uniforms for all teams. Hence this blogger is pleased to announce that our jerseys have actually been first shown in a local Brisbane runway show much like this:

BUT IN BLOG FORM!!!!!

The first of our little creations has obviously got to be the iconic Heroes green shirt. The designers of this number felt it appropriate to stick to the lovely green that the club is known for. The new season style however has gone with the slogan "Bigger & Better" and that is reflected with the new portrayal of the incredible HUC on the shirt itself. The figure has been straightened up and the majestically thrown disc, now gracefully wraps itself around the shirt, bringing the eye to the rear of the garment.

 The second team brand that the HUC created has been drifting in and out of local leagues for some time now. Having experienced rapid growth in our club numbers it was well over due that the Agent Orange team should get real jerseys. With the gradual branding elements coming through from the design team (ie the new Agent Orange figure) all was set to get orange back out there on the field. This beautiful top in what is called 'designer orange' has been loaded up, guns blazing by the incredible HUCs arch nemesis and wrapped around the torso. With great styling we here at the secret lair think these outfits will turn some heads and put lots of scores on the board.

 The most recent team to join the HUC is the Discheads, the reigning BUML champions and subsequent benchmark of the league. If you dont know or havent heard before, the Discheads are actually an alien race of ultimate players that have come here to learn more about the human race. In this process these aliens were first recruited by the incredible huc to fight the fight against the evil agent orange. The designers of this jersey took inspiration from the galaxy and homeland of the discheads and created the logo to suit the feel of the race. The crop circle on the side is a reminder to the players of their new home here on Earth.

 To finish the new catalogue of uniforms, the range could not be complete without the contribution and overall panties-nes of these dashing HUC branded shorts. With the players individual playing number right there on the right hand side of the shorts, wearing these will make you feel at home. Or maybe you ll just always wear these at home - not exactly sure on which one it is.

Thanks to our sponsor Zone Ultimate Clothing for giving us discount on the overall range.