Apropos of Nothing

Last Thursday, I got a call from a fellow supervisor from RU-info. She called to tell me that I was no longer needed to help lead mentor training that took place on Sunday. Bill has a free weekend?? Solid. So, within about 45mins I already made arrangements to visit Juniata for the first time since Fall '07. It had been awhile. Friday night I excitedly arrived to South Hall to an excited Jordan, Mike (Steigro), and Claire. Three of my best friends there. I was only there for a few minutes before a drink was put into my hand. I hung out with mostly just them and a view others, mostly just acquaintances I knew from Freshman/Sophomore year. The night was a good time. The next day Jordan, Mike/Streigro and I all decided to go hiking around the local mountains, since it was a high around 50. The weather was gorgeous! I ended up waking around in a T-shirt at one point. We hiked past the railroad and followed the river for about a mile or so. There was still ice in the river ...

Last Saturday I traveled up to North Jersey with some of my teammates (all of which are officers on the team) for a coaching clinic. The clinic is designed to give members of the Ultimate Frisbee community the necessary knowledge and tools in order to do basic coaching, specifically at the Youth [High School] level. The clinic was lead by a well known player/coach in the Ultimate World. Upon completion, all attendees are considered level I certified. The clinic was broken up into two parts; ethics & performance. The morning was designated toward understanding the ethics and basic structure to building a program, specifically at the high school level. This section was very interesting to me. I never knew, nor thought about, anything that was discussed about building a program, recruiting, fund raising, parents, traveling, etc. Being one of a very few players on my team that did not play in high school I never experienced most of what everyone else had experienced in high scho...