"born in the year 1989 or earlier" Hi Liam
I was born earlier than '89, quite a lot earlier actually. See you there! Jack GB Masters On 11 Jan 2008, at 17:45, Liam Kelly wrote: > This email concerns any Ultimate player born in the year 1989 or > earlier, who lives in Great Britain. > > > > Please read all of this email. > > > > The Great Britain Junior Open squad is having open try-outs on the > Saturday February 16th, In Birmingham. > > > > The date was chosen because transport links run more often on a > Saturday. > > The location was chosen because Birmingham is easy to get to and is > in the middle(ish) of the country. > > > > The days training will start at 11am. > > By this I mean the running part of the warm-up will start then, so > you should be there, ready to go no later than 10:55, I would aim > to be there at 10 / 10:30 if you want to throw around and faff with > boots and plasters, knee braces and ibuprofen. > > > > The day will break at 13:00 (ish) for lunch, for 30 minuets. I > would advise brining food to snack on, and eat at lunch. Training > at this level all day will quickly use up your energy stores and > you will become unfocused and tired quickly. > > > > The day will end at 16:00, if you need to leave any earlier to > catch a train, then please inform me (by email or text) before the > day, otherwise I will hold it against your as poor preparation. > > > > Attendance at this training is, required. Not coming because of > another reason proves you have the wrong attitude for this team. > There are no exams on a Saturday, injured players can stand on the > sideline, and there is plenty of time to book low cost travel. So > let's hope no one dies and you don't get so sick you can't make it > out of bed to the toilet. This IS the event that we make our > choices based on. > > > > What to expect; > > The trail will consist of a number of tests, drills and games. We > will be testing your ability to perform the most basic of tasks and > show your levels of fitness, your ability to decision make under > pressure and when you are fatigued. > > > > Expect drills that will show us your strengths and weaknesses in > throwing. > > (An analogy I often use is; you wouldn't find a football player who > couldn't pass a ball to his team mates, so you shouldn't find an > Ultimate player who could not do the same) > > > > Expect fitness tests that will show us your stronger and weaker > aspects of sports based fitness. > > (Players who are willing to give everything they have is who we > want to be a part of our team) > > > > Expect games where you can show us what you're made of, by playing > safe and working hard. "Heroes don't make teams, teams make heroes" > > > > You will also be tested on your knowledge and more importantly your > UNDERSTANDING of the rules. Ultimate Frisbee is a self officiated > game, and knowing the rules to use them fairly is the reasonability > of every player. So print your self a copy of the rules and make it > your bed time reading. > > (http://www.wfdf.org/index.php?page=rules/wfdf_ultimate_rules.htm) > > > > Here is a list of things we will be looking for in players; > > Attitude. > > Fitness, and a high level is expected. > > Ability to be a part of a team, working for and with one another. > > Ability to execute throws in all weather conditions. > > Willingness and ability to learn, (this is important because how > you play ultimate in your club, will probably differ to how we want > you to be playing) > > > > Training Information > > Start time: 11am > > Finish time: 4pm > > Location: Birmingham, exact location to be announced shortly. > > > > Bring With You: Light and Dark Top, Plenty of Water, Food, Studded > Boots, Your £20 (contact Dale for more information about the > money), 1 Disc, Waterproofs and bin bags, the rest of your stuff > that your take to trainings and tournaments, etc. > > Light tops are White or nearly white. > > Dark tops are Black or nearly black. > > > > So on the day, I should be able to see you all in a white and black > top, with a disc in one hand, a water bottle in the other and £20 > in your pocket. Failure to do this proves you have the wrong attitude. > > > > Accommodation: If you need to stay near the training on the Friday > or the Saturday night, then please email or text me ASAP. I won't > be able to help you 3 days before the event, but 3 weeks is no > problems. > > > > Liam Kelly > GB Junior Coach > ---------------------------------------------- > tel: 07903379384 > mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CONTACT DALE: > GB Junior Head Coach > --------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
