Wright State?

Well Wooster had invited us to a tournament that never happened. Realizing this early last week, OWU sent out a call to several teams around the section to see if anyone would host a 3 or 4 team round robin the weekend of the 28th. At least for us Dogs, the Wooster tournament was the only thing the team had planned between ONU and our trip to Chicago on March 21st, and it would be a shame if the team went over a month without playing together.

The call from OWU was well received as apparently many other teams in the area had the same need for ultimate. Within a week, the three team round robin turned into a 10 team scrimmage to be hosted by Wright State Air Strike. 

Attending will be:

OWU

Wright  State

Denison

Toledo 

Cincinnati 

Ball State

BG

Butler

Joyce/OSUB

Earlham

Dogs are going to D.C

The Firedogs have officially been accepted today to attend their second Cultimate tournament of the year, Roll Call D.C. Per usual, this Cultimate tournament will host some of the best teams in the nation and will give the Firedogs a chance to see talent/play styles from other regions.

Roll Call will be held on the great fields of the Capitol Polo Club in Poolesville, Maryland. This site also holds host to one of the top club tournaments of the sumer, the Chesapeake Open. 

The tournament also serves as a homecoming of sorts for seniors Yoder and DPD who both come from the D.C area.

ONU Indoor 2009

ONU Indoor 2009 from Will Yoder on Vimeo.

Jersey's, New School

Check Yo Throws

Check your throws from Will Yoder on Vimeo.

Firedogs to attend Chicago invite

The Firedogs have been officially accepted today to play in the Chicago Invite on March 21/22. The tournament is hosted by the North Park Lost Boys, one of the most talented division three teams in the country. The tournament is packed full of talent and the Dogs are very excited to be attending.

With this final piece to the puzzle, the team has their spring schedule finalized and ready to go. This season will se the Dogs travel far more than they ever

 have, but the club is excited to get out and see the rest of the country while reppin' the FD:

2/7-ONU Indoor

2/28 Wooster/OSU-B tournament

3/21 Chicago Invite

3/28 Roll Call D.C

4/5 East Plains Sectionals

4/25 Great Lakes Regaionals

The team is pumped for the spring season to start. For the first time in months the whole squad is healthy. No one more represents the annual rebirth of spring however than Will 'Pirate' Condit, who at NoWisconsiquences broke his wrist making a sick D (while actually getting skied). To gauge the impact this crushing blow had on the teams fall would be close to impossible, but we can say for sure that his skill and spirit were sorely missed. Pirate is back however and ready to give back to the team, with two wrists now. 

Winter Conditioning begins

With a foot of snow on the ground, the Firedogs are hard at work getting in shape for the 2009 spring season. After a two month break following BG and winter(not christmas, for you Bernie, for you) vacation the veterans are ancy to get back into the swing of things, and the freshman hungry to learn more about the game.

So far the team has had a great turn out for the indoor practices Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights. 10-15 Dogs are showing up each night to condition where we can find space in Branch Rickey, and if we are lucky enough, practice in the brand new field house. All the seniors on the team agree that in their four years at OWU they have never seen a group so collectively committed to conditioning and getting better. Everyone seems to be pushing one another, and no one is quitting...the team is building toughness and strength together...and its a great sight to see.

Conditioning so far has consisted of:

-Laps of stairs

-Stairs with medicine balls

-Relay races with medicine balls

-200's

-plyos

-triple doubles

-navy seals

-explosion exercises in the weight room

Practices have mostly consisted of throwing and defense drills. However when we do get the chance to scrimmage, we have been running 3 vs. 3 in order to make sure that everyone throws and cuts effectively. So far the results have been great, and the talent level on the team is really starting to even out. 

Most importantly the team has decided to commit to focusing this spring. The team knows that if we focus on the game within the lines, if we focus on the disc, our cutter or our handler, we will be successful. Our goal as a team this year is to cut down on all personal mistakes, and make other teams beat us, not beat ourselves. 

Pump up video of the week

Bow to your Sense