Frisbee. Great sport. It's probably as "life-time sport" as you can get, when you think about it. You can play ultimate when you're 20 and standing-still when you're 80. You can play in the park, you can play in the field, you can play at the beach. You can play with your friends, your family, your dog.
Unless you're me, in which case you do not play at all.
I think I somehow missed frisbee training as a child. I'm not sure how, since my brothers and sister are frisbee champions, but I missed it. Most likely, I recognized my lack of talent from the beginning and compounded my weakness by taking off when the frisbee came out. Little did I realize how much this would later affect my young-adult life. "Everyone can throw a frisbee," they say. Not the case, I assure you. While other people are busy working on the finger-flip, thumber, and over-hand wrist flip, I'm trying to master the basic backhand. Several kind coaches and attempted-trainers have volunteered their services over the years, but I've driven them away one-by-one with my hopeless cause and finger chafing complaints. I've even played by myself at time or two, throwing the frisbee from one end of the yard to the other in my own private game of fetch.
But perhaps I'm not alone. If you or someone near you suffers from this affliction, please contact me and we can work through this together.
Or maybe just play ping pong.
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3 comments:
Wendy,
seriously, stop complaining. You're competent. You can easily learn, you just give up too quickly because you expect perfection. If I recall correctly you played at the castle lawn in HD and did just fine. So go pick up a frisbee and play with some Spaniards or something...
I think had you gone to a "lesser" school, say, UI, you'd have picked up some mad skillz, because there would have been little else to do. No beach, no perpetual warm weather, unless you like driving trucks thru mud or studying, you would've occupied your random free social time w/ the disc. Did you know there are "special" discs for "disc golf"? Crazy. Anyway, I am thoroughly enjoying your blog; I'm always entertained. :)
-C-
I don't suffer from this frisby affliction...but...I do suffer from the Bird Flu.
Viva la Bird Flu!
I won't try to teach you frisby...I'll stick to los trucos de magia for now.
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