Carpooling

Is this a carpooling team, or do people usually make their own way from scattered locations? In particular, I'm at Bloor and St. George and am wondering if anyone is driving who lives nearby. I suppose people should post replies if they want or can give a ride, so we can organize everyone at once.

SUNDAY PRACTICE CANCELLED :(

Hey Guys,

The rain isn't letting up and I think we better respect the fields and skip this one.

If you can get some throwing in before Wednesday, even for 20 minutes, it will pay off for we who are rusty. A good routine to do with a partner from 10-20 yards away:

* means if you make a bad throw (uncatchable) then you start that section over! this is a great reinforcer for concentration:

Aiming for the chest:
20 backhand*
20 forehand*
20 stepping out/lunging backhand*
20 stepping out/lunging forehand*
10 fake hard forehand, throw backhand
10 fake hard backhand, throw forehand

Aiming for space just beside the receiver (but don't make the receiver run):
5 backhand lead throw to your backhand side*
5 backhand to the other side (this is a 'break' throw)
5 forehand to forehand side*
5 forehand to the other side (this is a 'break' throw)

Then if you have energy work on longer throws and catches, hammers, etc.

If the weather stays crappy, here's some stuff you can do indoors:
pushups (10), Situps (40), leg raises (on your back- 40), leg raises on your side (30)- these get tiring quickly and are good for hip flexors/hamstrings which mean good for running speed x 3 sets

I find one of the most useful indoor preps for me is to bounce a tennis ball off of things at school and try to catch it one hand, every time. You'll be surprised how hard it is to stay focused.

See you all on Wednesday! Have a great rest of the long weekend. Sorry about the weather!

N

GAME 1 at Sunnybrook, Practice on Sunday!

Hey everyone,

Almost time for the season to start! Can't wait to work those thighs
down to so people stop saying 'is it raining outside?' when I walk by
in courdoroys. Or shorts. Sigh.

5 Things to know:

1) Practice 3pm Sunday, Riverdale East: should be a fun time. I'll
email/post to the BBS if the weather is craptastic, but barring
downpours we are on! Please come if you can.

2) Game 1 vs. ExMen, Sunnybrook Field Hockey 3: I usually post
something big before each game, but since we are such a new mixture of
people, let's make goal #1 showing, up and having fun. IF YOU CAN'T
MAKE THIS WEDNESDAY'S GAME PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP!!! Subs are
waiting!
Exmen are a team pretty who have 3 strong male players and less
experienced women, so we should match up well with them. We'll deal
with strategy at the actual game.

3) Jana, who some of you have met this winter indoors, will take up
the 6th women's roster spot; welcome Jana!

4) My credit card statement says i paid $750 for the team. This number
excites me because it fits the # of people on the fulltime roster
(15). Please bring $50, a cheque for $50, or send an internet money
thingee to me in the near future. Subs don't have to pay.

5) Start getting excited! The league looks like it has a bunch of
teams at our skill level, and the ladder system should help with
keeping games scaled to our level of play. This season is gonna be
really great, focusing on developing team skills, and really trying
some wacky stuff out instead of harping on the same thing each game.
Yay!

Love,

Norm

Practices, Practices

Wednesday, May14, 2008- Riverdale West at 6:30 pm

Interested in attending (feel free to edit this to add or remove your name!):
Lionel


Sunday, May 18, 2008- Riverdale West at 3:00 pm

Interested in attending:
Oliver
Lessa
Mark
Polly
Norm