February Update

February is probably the most annoying, stressful, aggravating and yet important month of the year for Reaper. We have already had to cancel one practice that had nearly 30 people at at because of the track team. Eastern Illinois University does not let us reserve the fieldhouse. Any EIU sport has priority over us and can kick us out anytime. Clearly from a scheduling prospective this is a nightmare... but there is nothing we can do about it yet so we have to suck it up and make due with what we can control over this annoying yet extremely important month.

We start our spring tournament season the first week of march, this means that both individually and as a team february is VITAL to our success. I can't stress it enough that if we are to have any success come conference the work has to be put in right now! That means... individually we all need to get in better shape. RUNNING, LIFTING, PLYOS these need to be in your schedule. Tim, Mike, and Myself are all here to help you get in shape! It's much easier to workout with a buddy who can push you to both go and not be lazy when you do get to the gym. IF you have not gone to the rec or fieldhouse yet to lift or go to pylos then I can't stress it enough to AT THE VERY LEAST GO ONCE AND SEE WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!!! People ask me how to get better... being physically fit is vital to any sport. The next key thing is to come to practice and push yourself! I say push yourself because at this point coming is not enough. If you make a mistake and understand what you did wrong make an effort to improve. Everyone gets beat force side every now, or makes a dumb drop, or throws a stupid throw. All we can do is realize we made an error and then work extra hard to minimize it happening again. As always ask your captains if you have any questions about the game or if you have any specific questions for improvement! We are all on the same team and are here to have fun but push each other to get better!

So... please... pretty please... come to practice, grab a teammmate and go the rec or the fieldhouse or plyos! February is so so so important to our season, don't expect practice to be cancelled but in case it is have a back up plan to work out.

Lastly, ultimate is meant to be fun! Pushing each other in practice is because as a team we are competitive and have a goal... success in the college series. We will get our brand new uniforms soon and I am extremely excited to get to represent this team come tournament play. Work hard... have fun... and let's dominate come March!


~James