Last night, I played Ultimate for the first time since June. At one point, I tried an overhand throw. This throw is not unlike a football throw or a baseball pitch. Amazingly, thrillingly, when I threw the overhand, my success was good, and what’s more, I experienced NO pain! This had been a throw that I simply could not complete during these months. At least for now, I am 100% (at least when the limbs on the upper body are concerned).
There were only four people last night, including me. We played a game called 'box.' On the face of it, the game may not seem so tiring. But, as we soon discovered, it is even MORE strenuous than full-field Ultimate. One reason is that with only two people on the team, each player is vital to the action, every second. You are either throwing or catching EVERY pass. Likewise, on defense, the opponent you are guarding is involved in every throw.
I had a great time, although
I think the body is still somewhat sore. There had been a full group of eight who said
they would come. It was very cold last night—somewhere just south of freezing--
-2 or -3. I have been doing yoga every
morning to get my legs stretched a bit.
I believe I will begin stretching in the evenings, too. Possibly more stretching will relax my legs.
The game we played involves a small area marked out. "Box" comes from the shape of the area that is marked out. Usually, the method is to mark out a bit of the field with found
bits of something—a shirt, a piece of paper, anything. Last night, however, we used the round circle
marked out in the middle of the soccer pitch.
We had teams of two, of course.
One player throws the disk to the other, and if it is caught inside the
circle, this is a score. The person who
caught it, throws it back to his teammate who is outside the circle. The
players throw it back and forth, trying to catch it inside the
circle. The other players defend just as
if they were playing Ultimate—that means guarding with movements quite similar to
basketball defending.
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