deb_ng
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Re:Women's Premier League? - 2008/09/23 13:12
I love this forum, so much fun that we are actually putting in the effort to discuss this (and I'm NOT being sarcastic!).
We all essentially agree to the same thing - We want competitive Women's Ultimate in WA.
Simple. As pointed out before, there is currently no issue with turning away SUL/beginner players as none are registered.
As Gill rightly points out that any beginner player who is confident enough and is willing to commit an extra night to Ultimate, they should be welcomed - this kind of commitment is hard to find and it demonstrates that they are passionate about women's Ultimate and I believe would play just as hard/competitively/intense as more experienced players. Skill you can learn and develop, but not attitude and passion. Therefore, SHOULD it be required to assess "beginners", a selection process should occur to allow a limited amount of "beginners" to join if they are deemed 'ready' for the challenge. But no point going in circles until this is required.
On a different topic - trainings (probably should be in a different thread...)
I whole-heartedly agree with Gill on players taking ownership of their game. This involves commitment to attendance and punctuality, concentration, self-belief, determination and sacrifice. I did find it very hard to prepare for the worlds training camps but it was up to ME to lift MY intensity. Luckily I'm engaged to a very intense Ultimate player and we had our own trainings - some would end in tears!
I am competitive to no end, I'd sell my grandmother to win a game. When I decide I will train for Nationals, I expect myself to give up luxuries like Sunday sleep-ins. So when I see girls not turn up to training because they're hung over (or play like crap because of it) or they have a movie to see, it frustrates me to boiling point - where are you priorities??? You let yourself down and more importantly you let your team down. I don't want to know if you had a bad day, if you can't leave your baggage on the sidelines then please have a moment away to pull yourself together then return to play with a clear head. Excuses lead to failure.
Once cleats are on, nothing else besides Ultimate matters. I define "having fun" as catching every disc, connecting my throws, not being broken, out-cutting my defence, seeing myself and teammates improve, watching a teammate take a great grab - this may or may not result in a win, but at least I know (and hopefully my teammates could see) I played my best. Chatting, catching up, mucking around - I can do that BEFORE and AFTER training, not during. As everyone's definition of "having fun" is different, players should assess which league/tournament/team suit their idea of fun.
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...I have practiced for the last two nationals seasons with Primal and there isn't one woman on that team who gave 110% in each and every practice. When we tried to have the last womans league it was taken VERY lightly by a lot of women, a lot of whom didn't even show up half the time. 
