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The Austin Scoober
October 2010
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It's been a long season this year for Doublewide and Showdown. In many ways, it's been like 2 seasons. Practices and workouts began earlier this year to prepare for Worlds in July. And with Nationals at the end of October, there was little time to rest before getting right back to the grind. So how do teams survive training so long and how do they get motivated for another big tournament?
More from Tina Woodings, UPLA President
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Upcoming Events:
Death-row Showdown Tournament
Oct. 16-17
One-Day High School Mini-Tourney
Oct. 24
Celebracion Del Espiritu
Nov. 20-21
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Masters Division - Austin-based Team "Jack" Shows Strong
by Rob Seidenberg
Overall, the new Austin-based Masters team, Jack, had a very good Regionals tournament. With the late addition of a few Riverside "youngsters" (Andre Dumouchelle and Will Lafferty ) and Gabriel Fuzat (formerly of Mileage), Jack had a strong and deep roster. On Saturday, in addition to beating the Ozark Hillbillys and WD-40, a grab bag team from throughout the South, Jack took down the number one seed Ball & Chain in a rough, grind-it-out, slugfest [Note, no players were actually slugged].
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Celebracion Del Espiritu is just around the corner!
Celebracion del Espiritu, an Austin Tradition since 1836, is back November 20th and 21st at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. This is that increible torneo where all teams in costume receive una botella de tequila! Los Campeones will receive a pinata stuffed with Mexican candies and even more tequila! The tournament will have the same great taco stand we had at Regionals. The party will be a black/white event en La Calle 6 (6th St.) at the Belmont where you can order a margarita with tequila (plus several other drink specials) but we wanted to stay on theme!
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Austin Winter League Is On The Horizon, Yo!
That's right, playahs... it's not too early to start getting pumped for Austin Winter League 2010-2011, so have at it, haus! After all, it is Austin's premier league to end all leagues. AWL is a league so over-the-top and chock-full of awesomeness that only a fool or a slowpoke would miss it.
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No Break!
by Murph Halasz
Physical Therapist at Catz Austin and guy on the mark
It's the second game of the second day of the tournament. Your legs are fried. Your feet have blisters, and the strawberry on your leg is starting to bleed again. You've been playing ultimate for 8 hours and you want more. You want to win the tournament and you want to be able to show up at pickup on Monday and trade battle stories. You also want to actually play at pickup on Monday, and not just sit on the sidelines heckling. The problem is in your, leg, foot, knee, and ankle - it just won't go away in time.
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Texas High School Ultimate
by Brad Kaylor
Texas State Youth Coordinator for USA Ultimate
Texas High School Ultimate is vibrant and healthy here in Austin and across the state of Texas. Texas is now officially recognized as the 25th state for youth Ultimate by USA Ultimate and has earned the right to host a CHAMPIONSHIP series tournament to qualify for the National title at Westerns.
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Ultimate Photography - It Takes a Lot to Be Good
by Jean Gaetan
Photographing Ultimate is almost as great a challenge for photographers as playing Ultimate is for players. While anyone can grab their camera and snap a couple hundred photos of Ultimate in an afternoon, the question is, would anyone care to look at them? Not if the images are blurred, out of focus, or worse yet -- uninteresting.
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