I had no turns today during the scrimmage or the pickup game, but there were some missed opportunities for me to get the disk on offense, a missed opportunity to bid on a break throw to the ace (front of the stack, for those of you who don't know) on defense, and a bad beat deep that luckily resulted in a turn. I didn't have any opportunities to make any medium to long distance throws today, but I really hope to improve on not only hucks, but those accurate, high-percentage medium distance throws.
There are a handful of nubs that have played competitively in high school who already have decent throws and show good athleticism, which will make it difficult for those who have had little to no experience. I think some of the A-team players are already making unofficial decisions on who will make the team based on one day of tryouts, however, and I am not a fan of making these considerations. I think the pickup game we had was a good way to see some of the nubs play with A-team players, but we can't forget about players that show great potential who didn't play in the pickup game. We need to consider the players' tryout process in its entirety before assessing their overall ability.
-Fabio
It takes a little while to get out of that mindset, where you can just experiment more with what you have liberally. But hey, don't stop trying things. As tryouts progress and the worse players weed themselves out, you will get to see more "realistic" game situations, in which you can shine better. In the mean time, work on the simple things, one thing at a time.
ReplyDeleteAs for tryout-ees, refer to what I said on Tristan's post.