Having Fun
It seems like a lot of my posts this year have focused more on my service at school, but believe it or not I do have a pretty nice social life. It's not as social as say college life, but I do spend most of my free time with other members in the Corps. Sometimes it's just hanging out at someone's house, other times it's a last minute camping trip and still other times it's checking out some live music in town. Of course, I'm trying to branch out a little beyond AmeriCorps so that I'm not always having to be with the same people. That's where ultimate frisbee comes in.
For those of you who haven't heard of ultimate frisbee, it's one of my favorite sports to participate in and combines aspects from football, soccer, basketball and even lacrosse. The object is to work the frisbee down the field trying to score in the endzone. It's self-officiating and a non-contact sport. That doesn't mean it isn't intense. In fact, I would say that it's probably the most intense sport I've ever taken a part of. Players are constantly running up and down a field and substitutions can only occur after points. Despite be non-contact there still seems to be plenty of bumps, scrapes and bruises, but not from other players rather from making hitting the ground after a dive. Of course one of my favorite parts of the game is what is referred to the "spirit of the game" which is basically a tacit agreement between all competitors that they will fairly officiate their own game. Even when there are minor disagreements, they are settled quickly and without further escalation. There's no doubt that things come up in the heat of the moment, but after the game is over everything is forgotten and opponents will share compliments with one another.
While I've played ultimate a little bit in high school and even a bit in college, it wasn't until more recently that I've really become involved in the sport. I just started in a summer league a few weeks ago, and this weekend took part in my first tournament. Of course the tournament was on Saturday, which also happened to be a hot day with a blazing sun coming down on us. The team I was on made it to the semifinals of the tournament, but after being short-handed all day, the sun and heat finally caught up with us and we lost to a team with some superb players. If nothing else, we managed to tire them out, because they looked like they didn't have the same pep in their step in the championship game. After such a long day and doing more running then I've probably ever done in my life, I was incredibly sore Sunday and today. That's not stopping me from getting back on the field in a few hours for another league game.
So I've found several things to keep me busy for the rest of the summer and probably will be in top shape come the start of my next term.
I hope everyone else is doing well and I'll be home in about 3 weeks and will be able to share more of what I've been up to.
For those of you who haven't heard of ultimate frisbee, it's one of my favorite sports to participate in and combines aspects from football, soccer, basketball and even lacrosse. The object is to work the frisbee down the field trying to score in the endzone. It's self-officiating and a non-contact sport. That doesn't mean it isn't intense. In fact, I would say that it's probably the most intense sport I've ever taken a part of. Players are constantly running up and down a field and substitutions can only occur after points. Despite be non-contact there still seems to be plenty of bumps, scrapes and bruises, but not from other players rather from making hitting the ground after a dive. Of course one of my favorite parts of the game is what is referred to the "spirit of the game" which is basically a tacit agreement between all competitors that they will fairly officiate their own game. Even when there are minor disagreements, they are settled quickly and without further escalation. There's no doubt that things come up in the heat of the moment, but after the game is over everything is forgotten and opponents will share compliments with one another.
While I've played ultimate a little bit in high school and even a bit in college, it wasn't until more recently that I've really become involved in the sport. I just started in a summer league a few weeks ago, and this weekend took part in my first tournament. Of course the tournament was on Saturday, which also happened to be a hot day with a blazing sun coming down on us. The team I was on made it to the semifinals of the tournament, but after being short-handed all day, the sun and heat finally caught up with us and we lost to a team with some superb players. If nothing else, we managed to tire them out, because they looked like they didn't have the same pep in their step in the championship game. After such a long day and doing more running then I've probably ever done in my life, I was incredibly sore Sunday and today. That's not stopping me from getting back on the field in a few hours for another league game.
So I've found several things to keep me busy for the rest of the summer and probably will be in top shape come the start of my next term.
I hope everyone else is doing well and I'll be home in about 3 weeks and will be able to share more of what I've been up to.
posted by Tim Weiss at 4:46 PM
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