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Loren
Feb 6, 2012, 5:10:05 PM2/6/12
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I attended the Bluegrass Revolution combine to see what was
going on with the AUDL. I have played off and on for the
past 12 years, and am a huge ultimate enthusiast and love to
see people pushing ultimate to new levels: Gwen Ambler,
Michelle Ng, Mike G, Tiina Booth, Nextgen, and now the AUDL.
Here's what I saw. The combine information was posted
approximately 2 months in advance. I showed up at 8:30am
for the 9am start. There were signs on the road pointing to
the event. There was a registration desk where registrants
signed a waiver and received numbers to attach to their
shirt. The owner took headshots of the 48 participants. Then
the participants were broken into 5 groups. 40 yard dash,
agility drill, throwing accuracy drill, pull
hangtime/distance drill, and vertical.
The 40 yard dash was measured by a volunteer standing at the
finish line. She would signal to a volunteer at the starting
line then that volunteer would signal the start. There is
definitely room for error due to the levels of signaling,
however, i saw 5 people repeat the drill and all received
times within a tenth of a second of their original time.
Not the highest accuracy but the precision seemed to be
there.
Agility drill was a 40 yard dash that led to a series of
cuts around cones and ending with a layout. From my thoughts
a good measure of what an ultimate player is required to do
on a field.
Throwing accuracy- this could have been done better. Each
participant was given 3 discs to hit stationary targets
(approximatley 3ftx3ft)at distances of 10, 20, and 40 yards
for both backhand and forehand without a mark. I saw a few
people with less than perfect form hit some 40 yard targets.
Basically better at assessing a disc golf thrower than an
ultimate player.
The pull drill- consisted of 3 pulls (only event outside)
where the hang time and distance were measured. This
particular day there were gusts of around 20mph, so it would
be difficult to evaluate people off these results.
The vertical- an adjustable pole was fitted with a string
and a magnet. A disc with a magnet affixed to the underside
was attached to the magnet/string and adjusted to various
heights. The disc tended to tilt to one side throwing off
the measurement. Each participant was allowed a 8-10 foot
approach to jump and pull the disc off the string. I can
almost touch a basketball rim, but was able to touch and
nearly "catch" the disc at the ten foot height. I would
assume that the height was probably off by 2-4 inches.
Again the accuracy might have been a little off, but
precision was close.
Both the coach and owner were there and willing to answer
any and all questions. A few things I asked about.
Home field: a 3500 seat high school (can't remember the
name) in lexington, KY with a turf field and lights.
Game times: every saturday evening home game starts at 7pm
and every sunday afternoon home game starts at 2pm
Player compensation: I was told players would receive
uniforms (shorts, practice jersey, home and away sublimated
jerseys and other gear: hats and such), travel from KY to
the city with the team (if traveling without the team, you
cover your own bill), $100, and a share in the profit
sharing system. If the team makes money through tickets,
concessions, and sponsorships, a player's profit also
increases.
Refs: they make every call.
I didn't ask the owner about initial investment costs. One
thing I would be curious about, but didn't feel appropriate
asking.
The event was one of the most well-run ultimate events I had
ever been a part of (yes, I've been to one of your events
Mike), and there was a great deal of transparency from the
coach and owner. I am excited for the Bluegrass Revolution
and the AUDL. I hope the ultimate community gets behind this
because there is currently no other option for high-level
ultimate directed to fans. And I didn't make the team.
Loren
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going on with the AUDL. I have played off and on for the
past 12 years, and am a huge ultimate enthusiast and love to
see people pushing ultimate to new levels: Gwen Ambler,
Michelle Ng, Mike G, Tiina Booth, Nextgen, and now the AUDL.
Here's what I saw. The combine information was posted
approximately 2 months in advance. I showed up at 8:30am
for the 9am start. There were signs on the road pointing to
the event. There was a registration desk where registrants
signed a waiver and received numbers to attach to their
shirt. The owner took headshots of the 48 participants. Then
the participants were broken into 5 groups. 40 yard dash,
agility drill, throwing accuracy drill, pull
hangtime/distance drill, and vertical.
The 40 yard dash was measured by a volunteer standing at the
finish line. She would signal to a volunteer at the starting
line then that volunteer would signal the start. There is
definitely room for error due to the levels of signaling,
however, i saw 5 people repeat the drill and all received
times within a tenth of a second of their original time.
Not the highest accuracy but the precision seemed to be
there.
Agility drill was a 40 yard dash that led to a series of
cuts around cones and ending with a layout. From my thoughts
a good measure of what an ultimate player is required to do
on a field.
Throwing accuracy- this could have been done better. Each
participant was given 3 discs to hit stationary targets
(approximatley 3ftx3ft)at distances of 10, 20, and 40 yards
for both backhand and forehand without a mark. I saw a few
people with less than perfect form hit some 40 yard targets.
Basically better at assessing a disc golf thrower than an
ultimate player.
The pull drill- consisted of 3 pulls (only event outside)
where the hang time and distance were measured. This
particular day there were gusts of around 20mph, so it would
be difficult to evaluate people off these results.
The vertical- an adjustable pole was fitted with a string
and a magnet. A disc with a magnet affixed to the underside
was attached to the magnet/string and adjusted to various
heights. The disc tended to tilt to one side throwing off
the measurement. Each participant was allowed a 8-10 foot
approach to jump and pull the disc off the string. I can
almost touch a basketball rim, but was able to touch and
nearly "catch" the disc at the ten foot height. I would
assume that the height was probably off by 2-4 inches.
Again the accuracy might have been a little off, but
precision was close.
Both the coach and owner were there and willing to answer
any and all questions. A few things I asked about.
Home field: a 3500 seat high school (can't remember the
name) in lexington, KY with a turf field and lights.
Game times: every saturday evening home game starts at 7pm
and every sunday afternoon home game starts at 2pm
Player compensation: I was told players would receive
uniforms (shorts, practice jersey, home and away sublimated
jerseys and other gear: hats and such), travel from KY to
the city with the team (if traveling without the team, you
cover your own bill), $100, and a share in the profit
sharing system. If the team makes money through tickets,
concessions, and sponsorships, a player's profit also
increases.
Refs: they make every call.
I didn't ask the owner about initial investment costs. One
thing I would be curious about, but didn't feel appropriate
asking.
The event was one of the most well-run ultimate events I had
ever been a part of (yes, I've been to one of your events
Mike), and there was a great deal of transparency from the
coach and owner. I am excited for the Bluegrass Revolution
and the AUDL. I hope the ultimate community gets behind this
because there is currently no other option for high-level
ultimate directed to fans. And I didn't make the team.
Loren
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Loren
Feb 6, 2012, 5:10:06 PM2/6/12
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Swag King
Feb 7, 2012, 8:36:42 PM2/7/12
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WHO ARE YOU?!
seanc
Feb 7, 2012, 10:32:04 PM2/7/12
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sean
Swag King
Feb 8, 2012, 6:20:40 AM2/8/12
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IM DEAD SERIOUS. ARE YOU ME?
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