Before Katie and I started the Badassilisks I played dodgeball on the lower east side for Downtown Dodgeball. I quickly became friendly with Adrienne and Rob the couple who started the league and even played on Rob's team Pepe's Cheese Bitches for 2 seasons. During my third season Rob and I went to play for another team Dodge a bro, Hug a Ho. Then the unthinkable happened Rob decided to put Downtown Dodgeball on hiatus for a while. I kept in touch with Rob first asking his advice on starting a league and I even tried unsuccessfully to get him to play beater.* I mentioned all of that to tell you this. For a while I would message Rob to see when Downtown Dodgeball would return. He eventually told me he wasn't sure. He started playing for Party Dodgeball on Thursday night and he enjoyed being just a player for now. Of course I'm disappointed but I understand.
Since the beginning of the Badassilisks I've always been the coach and I've always watched the game through that filter. While I enjoy playing I feel that I always have to keep my eye on everything. Last weekend while we let the pitch recover Chris, Irvin and I went to play for Stony Brook in a 3 team tournament against Hofstra and NYU. I can't tell you how amazing just being a player feels even though we lost all 4 games. I didn't have to haul equipment, write a practice agenda or pay attention to the time. I was just the keeper. It truly gave me a fresh perspective so when we practice next I can contribute more as a coach and player.
*I had this crazy dream of this unstoppable beater duo of Greg Strong and Rob.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
A dilemma of content...
Lately I have been having trouble deciding what to put in this blog. Hence no blog to speak of...
The problem lies in what I think is interesting enough to read. The blog is supposed to be about how Quidditch is affecting my life and you would think that would be a broad enough brush to paint with but it's harder than I expected. As quick as everything came together everything is still in it's infancy and I feel like a tired sleep deprived mother trying to adjust to this new addition in her life. Has it been worth it? It definitely has been but this whirlwind we created has knocked me on my ass.
Right now there is little in the way of actual Quidditch going on right now. Most teams are on winter breaks from their respective schools. The Badassilisks (though they didn't want to) even have to recognize the holidays as a difficult time to get together so we have been on another break (that will end this week I promise). I should have used the holidays as a time to take care of some of the administrative stuff that I needed to handle for the team but I didn't. For some reason, I crashed and didn't want to handle anything Quidditch related. My only explanation is that mentally and emotionally I tried to keep up the dizzying portkey pace that this team was put together under and it got the best of me. Even now after the crash I want to rush right back into things. Part excitement to get back out onto the pitch, and part anxiety of the things we need to get done. I realize that this we're no longer under a time crunch but it's hard to relax.
Ok Jared...Breathe.
The problem lies in what I think is interesting enough to read. The blog is supposed to be about how Quidditch is affecting my life and you would think that would be a broad enough brush to paint with but it's harder than I expected. As quick as everything came together everything is still in it's infancy and I feel like a tired sleep deprived mother trying to adjust to this new addition in her life. Has it been worth it? It definitely has been but this whirlwind we created has knocked me on my ass.
Right now there is little in the way of actual Quidditch going on right now. Most teams are on winter breaks from their respective schools. The Badassilisks (though they didn't want to) even have to recognize the holidays as a difficult time to get together so we have been on another break (that will end this week I promise). I should have used the holidays as a time to take care of some of the administrative stuff that I needed to handle for the team but I didn't. For some reason, I crashed and didn't want to handle anything Quidditch related. My only explanation is that mentally and emotionally I tried to keep up the dizzying portkey pace that this team was put together under and it got the best of me. Even now after the crash I want to rush right back into things. Part excitement to get back out onto the pitch, and part anxiety of the things we need to get done. I realize that this we're no longer under a time crunch but it's hard to relax.
Ok Jared...Breathe.
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