Tag: #Ultimate

  • Fandango Field

    12 grown-boys started their day off right by creating a caloric deficit this morning at Timberwolf. ULTIMATE FRISBEE< BABY!! Here’s what went down…

    WARMARAMA – The PAX moseyed down to the illuminated football field to find YHC, Crabgrass and McGruff putting the finishing touched on all of the lights. Gave the mission, stretched out, numbered off and go into it.

    Team #1: Snip, DK, Fandango, Heist, Woodsman, Matlock

    Team #2: Crabgrass, Cookie, McGruff, OC, Da Bear

    RESULT: Team #1 won 9-5

    Highlights

    • Snip throws darts and made the catch of the day with a muddy leg to show for it
    • Fandango proved why the field is now named after him w
    • Da Bear is a freight train with hands
    • Cookie is #1 in all of our hearts
    • OC/Dk are field generals

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday, 12/6

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • Festivus’s growing family
    • Wildcat for prez!

    Huge thanks to Heist for bringing coffee, cinnamon rolls and a little bourbon for the boys this morning. A true man of the people!

  • Timberwolf BoS Relay

    12 HIM’s (with 3 FNG’s) split into 2 teams for ultimate relay style games to end the regular season for BoS . 

    The game:

    Teams will set an overall time, adding individual times up together, minus the seconds for individual targets hit. Team with the fastest time wins glory of the morning, fastest HIM lap per team awarded BoS point. 

    Team 1 – Matlock, McGruff, Warby, Fandango, Flyboy, Sea Biscuit

    Team 2 – Festivus, Rudy, Doozy, the Duke, Magikarp, Vino

    The rules:

    Relay style, clock starts and one HIM runs the lap outlined by the parking lot. When lap completed, field games accuracy begins and lap time deductions can be achieved.

    Field competition:

    Battle Golf (team in cadence 10 SSH)- each HIM gets 4 chip shots after SSH completed. 3 seconds deducted for “hole in one”, 1 seconds deducted for “on the green”

    Hoop target: 1 try per HIM, per ball/disc

    ~10 yards (team in cadence 10 squats) for Soccer ball, if made -1 seconds

    ~20 yards (team in cadence 10 LBC’s) for disc/frisbee, if made -2 seconds

    ~30 yards (team in cadence 10 push-ups) for football, if made – 3 seconds

    The results: 

    Team 1 – final team relay time 17:01, with fastest HIM Fandango with a lap time of 2:25

    Team 2 – final team relay time 15:16, with fastest HIM Magikarp (FNG) with a lap time of 2:17

    Announcements – BoS “playoffs”, Chili cookoff, CSAUP, see Crabgrass for details.

    Prayers up for Doozy and his daughter

  • Cock-a-doodle-do!!!

    7 HIMs showed up a beautiful August morn to play the much requested, desired Ultimate Football!!!

    Warm Up: Side-Straddle Hops, Dead Man Hangs, Merkins, LBCs, Butterfly stretching.

    The Game Plan: We numbered off with 3 (Pad-Thai, GlobeTrotter, Matlock) v 3 (Fandango, FlyBoy, Teddy KGB) Grown Men; and our newest FNG being all time offense for both teams which proved to be worth its weight in gold in strategy. Points are awarded for Interceptions (which the interceptor could FREE RUN until tagged) & FNG assists into the endzone with blocking for and/or passing to for a TD.

    HIGHLIGHTS:

    • Pad -Thai = Boy has a CANNON for an arm!!! This pigskin chucker could throw it 60yds + on a dime. Also, awarded a point for assisting FNG with a TD.
    • FlyBoy = Great blocking schemes, good use of the FNG to gain yards, great down field speed to get open! Also, awarded 2 pts for assisting with FNG TD on a great block and an Interception.
    • Matlock = Who is this guy??? I don’t know because every time I looked he was past us running to an open spot and slicing up our defense like crazy. Also, awarded a point for an Interception.
    • Teddy KGB = This man was everywhere and was always a go to for moving the ball forward. Always had his hand on the ball or in the defenders face stopping them from making their catches.
    • Globe Trotter = Like the mighty Phoenix, which he use to reside in, he was heaten up the field with his shifty moves and his collaboration with Pad. Also, very hard to cover at times… man got skills.
    • Fandango = Interception here and there. His team supported him the best with pinpoint throws to the endzone.
    • Rooster = New FNG ripped off 3 TDs against grown ass men! He was the deciding factor for both offenses. Amazing to see him cook!
    • COT = Named new FNG “ROOSTER”; Pray for Teddy KGB’s daughter and her tonsil surgery. Also, for Globe Trotter and his interview.

  • NOS vs SOS, The Ultimate Rivalry

    27 SOJ warriors met on the pristine NoToll fields of battle for a first ever NOS vs SOS (North of South, South of South) Rivalry matchup. The ultimate disc was the weapon of the day and both sides of Midlothian were ready to do battle. Here’s how first blood was not just drawn, but gloriously spilled without mercy. 

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey lap around the field and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Brief smattering of IC Reps

    SPLITTING TEAMS:

    • SOS brought 11 PAX and a fancy LED frisbee 
    • NOS brought 16 warriors, and two HIM’s who live at or just on the other side of Midlothian were sent over to balance the teams (originally we had 15 so after sending two over it was an even split 13 vs 13, then NOS had a latecomer join during the first game)
    • With NOS and SOS split, Crabgrass and DTH split their PAX in halves, so each playing team was either 6 or 7 guys
    • Rules explained – two 15min games for each team to play the opposing two teams. Final score cumulative.

    GAME 1:

    • The 6v6 teams took the further field, while the 7v7 remained on Field 1
    • LIFO Destiny’s Child arrived during Game 1 and joined the NOS 6 man team as a sub
    • The 7v7 was a fairly even match-up with NOS pulling ahead to win 4-2
    • The 6v6 was reportedly “excellent exercise” with a score of 0-0… YHC was to later learn this was the score Crabgrass wished for, but was in fact a massive victory for NOS of 7-0
    • Total points: 11-2 with NOS well ahead 

    GAME 2:

    • Teams switched opponents
    • For the 6v6 game, the extra man team used a sub to keep it even, and NTB even played for the SOS and got them a TD
    • Final score for both games was 7-1, with NOS proving to be the clearly superior PAX when it comes to Ultimate Frisbee
    • Total points: 14-2 with NOS on top

    FINAL SCORE: NOS 25, SOS 4

    • TClaps to the NOS Warriors!!!
    • Challenge thrown to SOS to host and choose their preferred sport for the next matchup. 

    Circle up at the Fieldside SF for COT:

    • Counterama # 27
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Pad Thai and his M have reached the Delivery Day today for their second child, prayers for peace and safety for mother and child

    NMS:  Well WELL, that was quite fun to trounce the boys of the deep South! So far the young pups are all bark and no bite. We’ll just have to wait and see what they can do for a comeback match hosted on their own SOS turf. Honestly there were amazing plays for both sides in all the games, but the NOS PAX have a few ringers and were able to get the passing game to work well. Look forward to the next one. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Ongoing
    • 7/27 School of RUCK (7am kid-friendly workout and ruck at Rockwood Park)
    • 8/16 Homegrown Half
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
    • 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC 

  • Destiny’s Child !!!

    YHC arrived early to set up the field and appreciated the assistance of House Party who was already on site getting some miles in. Moseyed back to the parking lot to collect 11 eager frisbee lovers and returned to the field for warm-up and a slightly late arrival of ringer Snuff. Here’s how we ran into Destiny:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the perfectly manicured Field #1 and circle up next to the shovel flag
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A brief collection of warm-up IC Reps
    • DTH splits the teams evenly-ish, 6v7

    THE TEAMS:

    • Team 1 (Pinnies) – Dealer, Snuff, Oyster, NTB, Machismo, Doner Kebab, (LIFO FNG Destiny’s Child)
    • Team 2 (No Pinnies) – Snip, Tin Man, Belay, Bodos, Singer, Crash, DTH

    THE MATCH:

    • Team 2 scored early and Team 1 answered quickly. Again a point for Team 2, and again a resounding answer from Team 2. Truly neck and neck, never more than a point apart, the teams battled it out. Clearly YHC actually picked decently matched Teams. There were some phenomenal picks and blocks and amazing long throw end zone TD’s. Team 1 was clearly better with short passes, and it began to feel like Team 2 was only barely holding onto the lead. Then a random guy came and sat on the bleachers and was quickly invited to join Team 1 to even up the numbers, 7v7. At that point Team 1 took the lead and Team 2 was really struggling to keep up, but we ended the game with the points beautifully tied up 8-8. 

    Circle up at the Shovel Flag for COT:

    • Counterama # 15 (includes HP)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer highlighting what we’re grateful for

    Prayer Requests:

    • Lifting up Snuff and family for the loss of his Father in Law

    NMS:  Awesome matchup today with both Teams hammering hard to win. Awesome to have a surprise FNG, a neighbor of Machismo and Belay, happen to be in the park and come over to join us. It was clear DESTINY was with us, hence his fantastic nickname “Destiny’s Child!” Haha, welcome bro! See ya’ll out there again soon. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Ongoing
    • 7/19 Bridge
    • 7/22 Ultimate Tourny 
    • 8/16 Homegrown Half 
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP 
    • Oct 1-3 GrowRuck

  • A REAL Numbers Game

    the PAX arrived at Timberwolf bright and early for a day of fun and punishment. The game today was Ultimate Golf, aka All Sports Driving Range With Consequences, aka A REAL Numbers Game. Due to the frankly absurdly complicated rules, YHC will spare you from a description of the horribly convoluted and half baked game. The important details are as follows:

    • It turns out Fandango is some strange gecko-human abomination and he can’t drop a ball
    • Flyboy is not as good as he claims at golf
    • Nerf footballs are harder to catch than I remember
    • probably should have brought a scoreboard

    we started the day out with SSH, Don Quijotes (dialed in the cadence as we went), dead man hang, and the merkin. After that YHC couldn’t think of anything else to do so we moved right along.

    After taking 23 minutes to explain the game and get teams, we got to it. Not much interesting to report until around round 3 when YHC realized that the burpee count was getting too high and we backed that off a bit. Then Fan-Gecko managed to snag two racquetballs IN A ROW (may not sound hard but those things are tough to catch when they are covered with dew) and team 1 ended up with a lot of consequences. Following round team 1 gave it back, catching 3 balls and letting 2 go out of bounds. Later on Team 2 didn’t seem to understand how out of bounds worked (understandable… the game was impossible to understand) so everyone’s favorite mvp, Rudy helped team 1 by stopping their ball before it rolled out and earning his team 4 extra merkins.

    Original plan was to give Boys of summer points to most catches and most points. It was quickly clear that keeping track of those stats was entirely impractical and points ended up going to the Flyboy choice award for best catch(es) which went to Fan-Gecko and best drive which went to The Duke with Bru coming in an unofficial runner up spot.

    thanks to those who came out to my VQ and humored me with this unique and admittedly overengineered game.

    Announcements for July 4 convergence, and rucking event in September. Prayers for Mr. Brady and his family and Fandango and his son who is having surgery this coming week. Also shout out to the green mile boys who kept it alive long enough for us to get to the new AO and see so many FNGs yesterday!

    Flyboy, signing off.

  • Everybody loves a comeback story… THIS AIN’T IT!

    On a beautiful Thursday morning, 13 gridiron gents made their way to the football field to display unbelievable feats of glory and dynamic bursts of speed that would put professionals to shame. Warby wearing an authentic Brady jersey as he quests for more points to win the Summer Cup… Crabby wearing a Taylor Swift shirt of some type to inspire everyone to hate the Chiefs even more… and Rudy… um… Rudy using his ND football namesake… to … um… inspire hope… that just wasn’t there… again.

    Led the Pax to the track where we warmed up with ole’ Side Straddle Hops, leg stretches, arm circles, and a NEW EXERCISE (which became our punishment when the other team scores) called “Donkey Clappers” – a sit up with a clap under your leg as you come up; alternating legs.

    Teams were divided evenly 6 on 6 and the charitable team took on an extra player; the injured Cookie who broke both his fingers saving orphans from a fire or some story like that. Team 1: Fandango, Warby, Crabgrass, McGruff, Festivus, Flyboy, and Cookie vs. Team 2: Rudy, Orby, The Duke, Buckshot, Merman, and Bru.

    The team punishment for the other team’s TD was 6 “Donkey Clappers” in honor of the 6 pts a TD is worth. Flyboy disputed this number and said let’s make it any number. We had to educate him on what TDs were actually worth in football without the extra point. He continued to “fly” off the topic and discuss more numbers and shape discrepancies.

    Immediately, Team 1 was on the offensive attack scoring 5 TDs and Rudy’s team had 0. It was unprecedented from the numbers they were putting up. Warby and McGruff were overpowering the defense and scoring TDs like crazy. Fandango’s throws were surgeon-like and precise, Crabgrass was a technician finding open receivers left and right, moving the balls to the right location, Festivus used his elusiveness to get open constantly, Flyboy and Cookie had locked down defense across the middle and on deep threats. Team 2 tried… it was cute… they tried.

    Team 1 gathered together and collectively decided that since we were in the spirit of GIVING (a whoopin’ to Team 2) that we should give up a player to help. Rudy didn’t WANT a player, but we know what Rudy NEEDS sometimes and Crabgrass decided he would help lift Rudy up and went over to Team 2. Not only did we, Team 1, take on an injured player from the start, but we charitably gave a rocket of an arm and a hell of a tactician to Team 2.

    Team 2 now marched up and down the field, cutting up Team 1 with passes from The Duke, to Merman, to Orby, to Buckshot, to Bru and to the endzone. Rudy was pretty contained for the most part with triple coverage. Soon, the score was 5-1, then 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, … it was looking like a game finally. Maybe… just maybe… they could comeback and raise Rudy up on their shoulders in a GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN AND COMEBACK FOR THE AGES …

    But … nah… this ain’t that kinda a story, bruv!

    But then, the heroes of Team 1 gathered up their strength and said “Don’t break tradition! Rudy’s gotta lose!” This mantra, like lava festering in a volcano waiting to explode, erupted onto the field and Team 1 using their unbelievable strategy of dink, dunk, fake right, fake left, LONG BOMB to our open man, scored to make it 6-4. Then, with insult to injury, scored again to make the final score 7 – 4… The heroes of the game… the charitable team that took on an injured player… that kicked off first… that gave up a player to help… that LET the other team score to feel good about themselves… THAT TEAM won the game!

    But it’s not about the game… it’s about waking up in the morning and going out with a bunch of like minded souls to play like our childhood selves… because one day, one day will be the last day we will ever be able to run again… catch a football in full sprint again… laugh with the boys on a field of battle again… Today … we all won in the game of life (bumper sticker). Today, we all put the player who we think we are up on our teams shoulders and carried him off the field… to fight another day. Well done, men.

    Points given out today:

    Deadly Combo : Warby + McGruff (1pt each)

    Defensive Juggernaut: Crabgrass = played defense for BOTH TEAMS (1pt)

    Best Dressed: Warby = Wore an actual Tom Brady Jersey to the game; females ripped it off his chiseled body before the game was played (1pt)

    Ended with COT; discussed VQ week next week : The Duke -Monday, Festivus – Tuesday, Flyboy – Thursday, Matlock – Friday

  • Champions Rule Losers Drool

    A lucky 13 ultimate warriors took to the perfect turf field of The Forge for a 6v7 game of Ultimate. Our captains Snuff and Oyster picked teams, trying to evenly split by footwear and height. Turns out neither of those variables matter, nor even an extra player. Team Snuff maintained a strong lead with excellent passing and TD runs, winning over Team Oyster 7-4. Thanks to L Woods for bringing the pinnies which helped a ton. Welcome to FNG Dopamine (Jacob from Midlothian area) who’s a premed undergrad at Randolph Macon currently shadowing DTH. Appreciate all you guys showing up and putting in the work! Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Ultimate Smackdown

    They say history is written by the winners, and backblasts are no different. We hit the freshly watered bermuda and started getting our socks wet throwing frisbee. Shout out to Beat It, who has become a familiar face at The Lumberyard, for supplying the beautiful, evenly weighted, soaring thing of floating beauty. I brought a Dollar General frisbee and Wonka brought a sex toy that just happened to fly, so Beat It was goated today.

    Warmup:

    • lap around the pitch
    • 20 yards per warmup exercise
      • High knees
      • butt kicks
      • heel planted, toes in the air, reach down
      • karaokes
      • lunges
      • Squat walk

    Game Recap:

    It was a tough match, everyone started out strong. At some point during the game we had over 2 miles of running in. This was probably around the time Beaver decided to take off his weighted vest. Friday was killing it, he had some great passes and a few nice goals. I still don’t think I’ve seen him sweat yet, he runs effortlessly. Wonka, Beat It, and Wildwood played a great game. They are the Tom Brady of ultimate, short and quick passes.

    Hoping Choo Choo is behaving himself down in NC. Praying for Wonka’s hammy. Praying for safe travels for Wildwood as he heads back north for a few days. Yukon took us out in prayer.

  • Thrills, Skills & Ultimate Drills

    In anticipation of the Daville V. Lumberyard showdown that never was 🙁 , we ran 3 different frisbee drills today after a 15 min COP session. COP was your standard warmups and dynamic stretches with 30 Merkins thrown in, followed by a two lap “breakaway” sprints on the track. First 300 M is a standard run, with the final 100 straightaway dead sprint, rinse and repeat. Somehow, P Diddy’s baby oil became the focus of conversation in the midst of all of this, and now we know Yardsale has a great disc toss thanks to his lean and well oiled forearms …. and there may or may not be any connection to baby oil.

    [ Ultimate Drills ]

    Warm up Circle – pax stand 40 feet apart in a large circle and just practice backhand and forehand moving around each node of the circle. Clockwise then counterclockwise.

    Defense Circle – pax stay in the same positions but now you are trying to “skip” the man immediately next to you by throwing over or past him to the next Node in the circle. Man in between is on Defense and collects a point for each interception he makes (catch preferred). Points can be redeemed for prizes at the Putt-Putt counter.

    Red Solo Cup Precision – Use cones, or if all you have in your house is Red solo cups, create an elongated diamond in the field about 50 or 60 yard (two cones at far N and S point, and then a 15 Y wide line of two cones in the middle of the field. One N side is the thrower, the S side is the catcher. Split the group in half so you have 3 and 3 even on N and S side. Catcher begins by running a route, encouraged to juke, and the thrower’s goal is to make contact with a direct pass roughly at the half way mark (2 middle cones) without throwing outside of the cone range (no hooks or splices.)

    3 on 2 round robin – With a smaller pax count, you can go to a soccer goal and have two defenders take on 3 offenders. Start at the 50 Y mark and get a few passes in while the defenders try to cover you. Work you fancy magic to score a disc in the back of the net, goal post does not count. The offense gets 3 attempts every round (you may score 3 goals, or zero) and then switch the Defense to Offense for three rounds on their side. Keep track of score as well as “attempt 1 of 3” etc, keep switching until someone pulls a hamstring.



    Announcements:
    Memorial Day convergence is around the corner.

    Prayers
    Many pax are attending college graduations for their youngin’s, all grown up now, and prayers for parking, traffic, patience, family joy, and saving the environment from thousands of rogue balloons released into the atmosphere.