NP Ultimate

Sunday, July 19, 2009

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Hi guys!

It's been a long time since I've been up here, likewise to training sessions; But I'd like to share with all of you what I saw on the fields yesterday.

Ultimate - the intensity, the trust, the flow, the team, the game.

It all clicks as one, to make up what's really the essence of Ultimate. You've gotta trust your team mates, and only then, will the disc move in one flow. But what's the disc without the team? Moving in one team, the whole spirit balls up into one huge intense strength, forming the game - Ultimate.

So what did I see?

On the fields, I saw trust. It's like how the trees trust the Earth for rain, or how the Earth trust the trees for oxygen. And it all goes in one smooth flow.

Handlers put the disc, and deeps catch them - even when it is seemingly impossible. The thing that made it possible, presented for all: trust.

Especially the one Wenjie hucked, and Gabriel caught. Epic trust scene.

The team?

I've been away from trainings for so long, but I sure can tell how much each and everyone of you has improved, as individuals, and as team players. And only you know yourself how important that is - self, and team; because it shows, it shows. Especially on the fields. Even if you're just cutting - you don't get the disc at all? That doesn't count as no effort, because it is - in itself - a job well done.

Perhaps you might not see it that way, but did you consider it as creating an opportunity for your team? For as important the end is, the process is too.

Everywhere else I looked yesterday, it was Ultimate, Ultimate, and only Ultimate. The purest essence, from the seeded matches to pickups in between.

Good job, NPU. You guys have grown, intensively. Keep up the good work, alright?

Celebrate what is right with everything, not dwell on what is wrong. Because only when you celebrate what is right, you find the energy to correct what is wrong.

Lets go, NPU. See you all on the fields.

posted by NPU at 9:04 AM