coaching

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 5

Firstly, I’m not sure how I feel about this new Blogger format. Shit is fancy. But I also hate all of the new GMail buffoonery, so maybe I’m just like that.Secondly, after an embarrassing but mostly hilarious incident whilst coaching at CUJO, I sustain…

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 4

I didn’t know that I had no idea what the hell I was doing on an ultimate field until I played my very first tournament.Similarly, I didn’t know that I had no idea what the hell I was doing as a coach until my first tournament.Chicago Invite for the hi…

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 3

*big girl sigh*There were times this week when I felt like the Mike Leach of high school ultimate.I would love to think that I’m a tough coach with a heart of gold, but sometimes I’m pretty sure the guys just think I’m a douchebag.On Monday, I ran our …

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 2

Tryouts are in the books and we have a roster of 19 guys, no seniors. We’re building something over here… But I’m getting ahead of myself. I wrote a little bit last week about the practice conditions we have to deal with — inclement weather, lack of…

Put Me In Coach, Vol. 1

As I mentioned, I’ve started to help out with a Chicago high school ultimate team. Since most of my posts aren’t even ultimate-related and are mostly about how sad my life is (which, *foghorn*, but I’ll still post some of those so you can laugh with/at…