Ultimate Frisbee!!

I had another ultimate frisbee game tonight. I always really liked my teammates, but now I'm super excited to see them every time we have a game. There are a lot of really amazing people. They are really happy, they play really hard, and while sometimes we get over-emotional and a little upset over the game, we always forgive each other. There's a boy named Adam, and he and I work really well together on the field. Our cutting style is a perfect match. He likes to cut first, and I like to cut right after the first cut, fake a cut upfield, and then take off sprinting downfield. Adam likes to throw an outside-in which goes up and out of the field boundaries, and then drops back in. Those are my favorite throws to run for, so whenever he cuts I'm always right after him and he turns around and looks for me. I also tend to look for him because since I know his cutting style the best, I can tell whether he's faking or whether the direction he is currently running is where I should throw. Sometimes with a league like this, where everyone is randomly drafted onto a team, it is hard to really know a teammate; you can't predict what they are going to do and sometimes you mis-read and throw somewhere they aren't planning to run. There's another guy named Dan (there are at least 6 Dan's on this team!!) but this particular Dan is so deaf conscious. Sometimes on the field, they will dramatically change the play style from man to zone defense, which is a really hard change for me to pick up on. With man defense, you just have one person that you are guarding, no matter where they go. With zone defense, there are positions on the field that you guard. It's difficult when they change it during play from man to zone because everyone calls out the positions they will play. I always have a little bit of a lag between figuring out that play has changed, and figuring out where the last position is that I should take. I've gotten really good at making a fast transition, but it's still a lot of stress for me sometimes because my lag could mean that the other team scores. Whenever Dan is on the field and they switch, he always sprints to me, grabs me by the shoulder, looks me in the eye, says, "ZONE. YOU ARE LEFT WING. GO!", pushes me in the right direction, and then goes to his location. It really reduces my stress on the field and it's so amazing that someone is willing to take the initiative to make sure that the whole team is functioning as a team. There's another Dan who is just the most amazing deep runner ever. He can jump a mile high, and catch anything. He's also the most encouraging person I've ever met. I'm really good at deep cuts, but I tend to not take them in co-ed frisbee because the men are faster. He always tells me to cut deep because it doesn't matter whether a guy is faster; it only matters that I beat my mark and try my hardest. So he's really helping me grow as a player and take more advantage of the full field. Believe it or not, these are only three of the amazing people on my team. There are many more.