Stalling/ One Month

STALLING
OK boys, it is time to be brutally honest with ourselves. We have kind of been stalling out the last couple of weeks; the team which grew so drastically in the beginning of the season seems to have hit a brick wall. The last few games we have played were not pretty. Old problems continue to persist.
The last three games really haven’t been quality. We just haven’t risen to our highest level or (as we all hoped) grown at all. Now these games were victories, and yes, in the end the win is all that matters (that and having fun of course), but we have a string of tough games ahead of us, and if we played like we did in the past three weeks (shooting ourselves in the foot) we will be crushed… and it will not be fun. The game against Go Pre was lackadaisical, and it began the rocky streak. I think most of all that has bugged me. We should not be a lazy team. We pride ourselves on being fast, on being fit, and on wanting it more than anyone. So why are we jogging around the field casually? Why are we letting them throw five easy upfield passes off the pull? So many of our problems- getting beat to the force side, not attacking the disc by running through, throwing it away or dropping - can be contributed to a lack of focus and effort! I have seen it in myself and I personally refuse to let it happen again. We can have fun and try hard, the two things aren’t mutually exclusive.
The game against Tator Touts was especially evident of the lack of intensity. We came out slow, they made it close by making great plays and pushing hard, and we suddenly realized “oh we have to run now”. We actually started playing our game second half and did really well.
Screw that. We should come out wanting to show our best from the first play.
The game against Final Boss proves how all of these close games weren’t merely the result of our problems. Captain Casey and I basically called this near upset because we knew this team was itching for a surprise victory. We let them get into our heads after they were being douches and we started freaking out and making really dumb mistakes (just like last year). We should be proud that we got it together, but our goal should be to not let it happen again.
ONE MONTH
OK enough of my stating the obvious problems. Now we go about fixing them. We have one month until the final tournament of the season. That gives us a whole month to improve on everything we need to, to up our game so that we are playing at a top notch level, so that we can accomplish our goal of doing well at the end of the season tournament. To do that we need to really push ourselves these next few games, showing the Untouchables and Moustache Moonshine that we aren’t some weak high school team that will crumble under pressure or will kill itself with mistakes. Let’s be the ones who do the upsetting this time.
And we need to come to practice! I can’t emphasize this enough. Casey, DP, and I have come up with a lot of ideas to improve our game (fixing our mistakes) but they involve drills and team practice. Show up and play as hard as you would in a game. I’m tired of scrimmaging with five people.
Alright let’s go.