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It’s that time of year to reflect on 2011 and figure out ways to become better for 2012. For Furious George this means many things, but the main thing we do at this time of year is train to be stronger and faster, without the grind of practice and tournaments, to once again take on the best in the world and beat them. Every off-season, both the leadership and the individual players concoct different strategies to meet these goals.

For 2012, we have two new exciting fitness programs that we are apart of. Moksha Yoga Vancouver, on 4th and Alma has partnered with Furious George and Traffic, giving us access to their facilities and classes. Over the 2011 season we incorporated yoga into every practice and tournament and found that it helps to decrease injury and increase balance and strength, very important abilities for elite ultimate. With our new partnership with Kim Scarrow at Moksha Yoga we will be strong, supple and injury resilient for 2012! To check out Moksha Yoga, visit their website at: http://www.mokshayogavancouver.com

Furious George’s own Andrew Brown of Ultivillage put together this sweet highlight video of the 2011 ETP Series. Enjoy!

Welcome to sports. Any team can win; any team can lose. And just as importantly, for every story of success, there must be a story of equal disappointment. The fact that I have to write on behalf of disappointment this time really stings. Honestly, there are not enough daiquiris in Florida to cope. But friends want to know what happened (one buddy at the fields tactfully inquired, “So, can you explain? Like, why you guys are sucking so bad?”*), so I’ll oblige by jotting down some thoughts.

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Saturday

Furious vs. Sockeye (Pool Play)

Curiously, our day began with the most important game of pool play against #2 seed and longtime rivals, Sockeye. Since our defeat at sectionals, the Monkey underwent a complete overhaul specifically intended to address Sockeye’s strengths and weaknesses. To stand any chance of stealing one of NW’s bids, we had to become Sockeye-killers, and Saturday’s game was our first test of that. Sockeye came into the game looking strong as they took the lead, but still not their strongest. Furious woke up and began running a little harder, and turned the game around in the third quarter with four points in a row to tie up the game. Oscar Pottinger showed off his reflexes and reads with some stunning endzone catches as Furious took the lead. We traded out the rest of the game to win it 15-14.

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As much as complaint is fashionable, I feel obligated to say that the Washington/B.C. Sectional Qualifier is not that bad a tournament. Obviously, the calibre of play is not elite from top to bottom. Furious and Sockeye stand on a tier above Voodoo and Blackfish, and after that, the remainder of the field tend not to take the game quite as seriously. Still, it stands as a test of focus. You have to prove you can unflinchingly dominate your pool against a variety of skills and styles, and then that you can still bring your A-game to the final. Well, we didn’t do that this time, and Sockeye did. That’s the uncomfortable truth, and it’s the foremost reason why we still don’t have the right to complain about sectionals being in our tournament calendar.
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Link to Tournament Results

Saturday, Game 1: Furious 13 Pride Rock 6
Our first game of Sectionals was against these unknowns from Washington somewhere. Right from the pre-game cheer, there was a stark contrast in our attitudes: Our cheer was “Prison Rules” (the name we’ve given our highly addictive 3vs3 warmup game), while theirs was “Hakuna Matata.” Despite their lighter take on the game, they battled through the game and minimized the number of breaks we were able to score.

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Even at the score of 13-11 (in GOAT’s favour), in a game capped at 14, I still thought Furious would come through for the win. One had to admit, though, that it was looking like a tall order.
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