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Details for the open mixer / hat tournament / tryout on Saturday

Thanks to everyone who’s already signed up for the mixer this Saturday.  We’re excited to kick the season off this weekend with some good, high-level ultimate with friends!

Details:
When: 10am – 3pm Saturday, April 7th
What to bring: cleats, a disk, a light shirt, a dark shirt, enough water for yourself, and maybe a snack (if that wasn’t clear, food and water will not be provided)
Approximate schedule:
10am – arrive, get cleats on
10:10am – bring it in, introductions, logistics, break up into teams
10:25am – warm up in teams
10:40am – let’s get playing already!
3pm – high fives, enjoy the rest of the day
What to expect:
The format will be a round-robin, and we’ll randomly distribute people to teams captained by Revolver players.
Information for tryouts:
There will be representatives from several bay area open teams at the mixer, including Boost/new team, Wolf, and the Journeymen, so you’ll get a chance to showcase your stuff to several teams at once.  The captains for each team will ask to see who’s trying out at the beginning of the day so we can pay more attention to those people.
Revolver is primarily interested in players with the following abilities, in this order:
– athleticism and speed
– defensive skill / ability to generate Ds
– ability to set and break good marks
– on O, conservatism with the disc and ability to get open on athletic defenders
Questions?  Comments?  Suggestions?  Let us know and we’ll try address them.
Thanks,
Revolver 2012 leadership
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Recap: youth clinic a success

The future stars of Revolver and Fury emerged for a sunny Sunday of Ultimate in the foothills of Pleasanton on April 17. The first thing the kids learned may have been one of the most important lessons of the day: how to get fired up! With the classic Revolver refrain to remind everyone what it takes to reach the top, captain Robbie Cahill lead a slow building roar into the call and response: “What is it?” — “Not enough!”

The youth split into groups by age and learned ability and rotated between four stations: marking, throwing, offensive tactics, and defensive tactics. A midday scrimmage preceded lunch and later in the afternoon the hosts played a fast-paced exhibition that featured Mike Payne’s sarcastic PA announcing and Mac Taylor tripping over a hurdle and falling into a lacrosse goal after toeing in a score at the back of the endzone. The kids may have been more interested in the raffle for Revolver, Jam, and Fury jerseys, hats, and shorts up until that point of the exhibition…

(Cree Howard of Fury and Robbie Cahill of Revolver instruct middle school students at the defensive tactics station.)


Thanks to Allen Thoe and Jordan Rose for logistics, Jon Levy and Mike Payne from Revolver, and Lakshmi Narayan and Alicia White from Fury for preparing the agenda. We look forward to our next opportunity to work with the Bay Area youth!

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Bay Area Youth Clinic by Revolver & Fury – April 17th

The Revolver guys love being part of the Bay Area Ultimate community, and one of our team goals is to support and enhance that community as much as possible. As we all know the kids are the future (that’s why Kanner is on the team, not because he’s good now!), so we’re combining with Fury to run a boys and girls Ultimate clinic on April 17th. best places to visit . The clinic will run for about 5 hours, and will include teaching, practice, scrimmages, and exhibitions (plus some good food!). We are anticipating 100’s of kids, and most of Revolver and Fury will be there. If you’re a youth player interested in participating, please reach out to Allen Thoe at allenthoe@gmail.com.