Way to go Elvis!

You're right James, going .500 for Saturday, and going .500 for a
tourney is all new for D.E. Your zone scheme sounds pretty awesome.
If the other team can't really recognize what you're doing, it's
going to be tough for them to beat it! I hope you brutalized some
other teams with it too!

Sounds like D.E. made some strong come-backs too. That shows a lot of
mental toughness, too. Good stuff!

Congrats to all y'all for doing so well! Hope ya' go over .500 in
your next tourney!

-Dennis



--- In discoelvis@yahoogroups.com, james hong <jjhong4ash@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> NYF didn't start off so well from my perspective when
> I was pulled over for speeding on our way to Tempe,
> Arizona. Yipes!! (Don't ask me how fast I was
> driving. 92 mph, so the officer claims, subject to
> dispute, of course, lol.) To make the matter worse,
> when we arrived at the Olive Garden Restaurant that
> same night, there was a 45 minute-wait to be seated!!
> Preposterous!! (All that time I spent researching
> online to eat at Olive Garden...down the drain.)
> Discouraged, we proceeded on to Chili's Restaurant
> nearby. Food was decent, except for our darn waiter
> who kept forgetting our drinks. AO was so incensed
> that he actually went up to the bar to get the drinks
> himself.
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> Our first game saturday was against a team from
> Minnesota called Dingwop (#2 seed from our pool; Disco
> Elvis was seeded #4). As always (lol), half of our
> team lazily strolled in for our first game at 10am
> while the other team was already running the endzone
> drill. And as expected, Dingwop jumped all over us
> right from the get-go and we really didn't recover
> from the early onslaught. I always say, there is a
> direct correlation with how we prepare for the game
> (being on time, intensity of pregame drill) and the
> outcome of the game. And sadly to say, it was right
> on the money.
>
> Our second game was against Freaks from the Peaks
> (Flagstaff reunion), the #1 seed in our pool.
> Although we were more cohesive as an unit for our
> second game, the number one seed beat us pretty
> comfortably. (Although, if we had few additional
> players from Red Army bunch, I think we would've gave
> them hell.)
>
> We then had a bye. This was actually good for us
> because it gave us a chance to regroup and refocus for
> our next two games. Our third game was against #3
> seed, a team called Hanta Virus from Univ. of New
> Mexico. Hanta Virus was coming off from a
> heart-breaking loss to #1 seed, Freaks from the Peaks,
> in which they lost 15 to 14. During our bye, we
> decided to really commit to running our zone defense
> that we have been working on. We really didn't want
> to run with these guys and we wanted to dictate the
> pace of their offense. Their team had 3-4 really good
> handlers that can pretty much run all day. The rest
> of the team was so so.
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> Our "modified" zone really screwed up their offense.
> We quickly went up on them and never looked back. At
> one point, one of the handler that I was guarding
> asked me, "Are you guys playing a zone?" I just
> didn't say anything, lol. They made a "mini" comeback
> before the half, but we close the first half up 7 to
> 6. If my memory serves me correctly, Hanta Virus did
> not score any points in the second half and we won
> easily 13 to 6.
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> I think there were many factors that contributed to
> our first win of the tournament. First and foremost
> was our zone defense and how we dictated their
> offense. (And the wind was pretty much non-existent
> throughout the tournament.) Second, we cranked up our
> intensity in both offense (Romance!!!!!!!!) and
> defense. Third, I think the other team just couldn't
> recover from the earlier, heart-breaking loss to #1
> seed team.
>
> Our fourth and last game of saturday was against the
> college team, Diablos from ASU (#5 seed).
> Surprisingly, they went up on us pretty quickly and we
> were down like 3 or 4 to zero. However, we mounted a
> comeback of the century and took the half 7 to 6. We
> elevated our intensity even further in the second half
> and ended up winning 13 to 8.
>
> I think this was first time in Disco Elvis' history of
> going .500 on the first day of NYF Tournament. We
> were like kids in a candy store, hi-fiving and hugging
> one another in glee. But once the jubilation
> subsided, we immediately addressed the most serious
> matter on hand--the team dinner. After deciding that
> showering before dinner was a good idea, Mike Bristol
> came up with an ingenius idea of ordering pizzas to
> our motel and eating out by the pool. (Way to go,
> Mike!!) I was so happy about going .500 that I let
> loose and had a beer with my dinner (GASP!!).
>
> Disco Elvis had a "Boat Race" showdown with
> Penultimate at the party. Unfortunately, Mike
> couldn't handle his drinks and he let the team down
> pretty badly. (It's alright, Mike, we still love you,
> man. Sob, sob.) For the record, I am only kidding.
> I've seen him do the boat race and he's always the
> anchor for a good reason. We'll get them next year!!
>
> Our first game on saturday was against a master's team
> from Tucson called Hustlers. This time, the other
> team lazily strolled in for the game while we were
> running the endzone drill. And according to my
> theory, we easily beat them--guaranteeing us of going
> .500 for the whole tournament!!!
>
> Our next game was against our old nemesis, The Hammer
> of the Gods (Case Western Reunion/Phoenix). They have
> beaten us for the past 3 or 4 years in a row. We
> exchanged few points in the beginning, but they then
> threw a zone on us. Their strategy was to force the
> disc to the sideline and to trap us. For some reason,
> we started making a lot of mental mistakes. We even
> put 4 handlers back, but instead of swinging the disc
> back and forth, we tried too hard to jam it into our
> poppers, causing turnovers. In the second half, we
> made a valiant effort to comeback, but we fell
> short--losing to them 15 to 10. I look forward to
> beating them next year. We can do it!!
>
> Overall, we were extremely satisfied with going .500
> for the whole tournament. (We played against
> Penultimate afterwards, but that was just for
> fun--"Beer Game". We lost, but both of the teams had
> tons of fun playing the game.) That may sound strange
> to a lay person, but this was first time in Disco
> Elvis' history where we went .500 at NYF Tournament.
> Congratulations to everyone for a job well done. I
> look forward to having a blast next year at this
> tournament....minus the speeding ticket.
>
> James
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