So we had our first game as the new Happy Creature for the second winter league. We lost 17 to 8 I think; with the emphasis on lost. I think we essentially threw away the game, one we could have won with a bit of effort, and I played a large part in the in that loss.

First, as a team I think our defense was weak, especially in the zone. We did have some very good defense, but on the whole our opposition got clear of us often in the zone and we often got beaten to the top of the zone.

We generally we lazy in our running on defense too.

In offense we had some very good sequences of play where we played hard, passing quickly, cutting fast and moving the disc up to court quickly. We scored some good point this way. But generally our cutting for the disc was lacklustre. When I was handling I was frustrated that it seemed like no-one was open and hungry for the disc. When I as receiving I was just as lead footed as anyone on the team.

We also had some very good long plays, but we threw it away doing this more than we scored off it. I think our short to mid game is stronger and we should focus on that.

The other thing that Mas pointed out was that when people were cutting they were often not looking for the disc, this meant people missed passes they would have gotten if they were watching for it.

Overall I just didn't feel that we gelled well as a team.

But, as I said, we had some good sequences of play. I think we actually a strong team and the capacity to play togeather. At this stage, I think our first game was anomolous. I know we can do better, and I think we will.

Now to my performance. I take most of the above criticism on myself. I made several errors as a player and as a captain. The main error as a captain was failing to recognise that the offense has the right to enforce the new "two women on the court rule". given that we were losing for most of the game we should have been more relaxed in how we fielded our team. Would it have made a big difference? I don't know, some I think, but not a great deal.

As a player was lead footed as a handler, passed poor options, slow in cutting and offense. Honestly I feel like I had the worst game I have had in months. I contributed directly to the opposition scoring 4 or 5 points by giving a turnover they scored off. Over all I think I was a liability to the team.

I find this particularly frustrating because last week at the hat tourney I proved that I play very well. I had a great night, playing 2 hours worth of ultimate over the course of the night, scored about 8 points, passed 7 or 8, defended well, cut and passed well. Sure, it wasn't a perfect series of games, but it was definitely was my best so far. Tonight I played like a n00b. Worst on the team in my opinion.

At least starting from here there is only one way for me to go ^_^