Living Life at 11

This post was triggered by Steven’s post on Using Video for Ultimate Stats and Analysis . Long have other sports used video for analysis and training while Ultimate Frisbee (being as young as it is) seems to be lagging. You’re probably had somebody record a game or two of yours but what if it was an off game? Or an easy opponent? Are the stats gathered still valid? In order for video stats gathering to be effective you need to record an entire tournament.

Not even one week in and I’m already wrong! Something didn’t sit right with me about Jack’Suns and a bit of investigative reporting (dusting off my French and actually reading the stats) shows why they deserve their first seed. The top four Open teams in France are: Jack’Suns, Friselis, Ultimate Vibration, and Iznogood. The seeding was determined in the first round which was played at the beginning of April (I don’t know how this slipped my mind as I was in the area and considered watching it live).

It’s here! The website at least. Asian Beach Ultimate Championships are being held in Boracay with the wonderful Dragons playing hosts. The Dragons were amongst the most popular teams at Paganello and I’d love to attend this tournament just to play amongst friends. Speaking of which, I am working on a way to get to the tournament and if I do you’ll get plenty of coverage. Karen (the TD) has also pointed out that the tournament will end on October 31st which means a massive costume party.

Those reading over the roster lists from the past few days will notice that Firebird’s roster was conspicuously missing. It appears that Firebird has folded and will not be playing this summer. It might be too early to discount them entirely but with Firebird missing there may not be an Ontario Open Regionals needed.

It has been pointed out to me that I failed to mention Jack’Suns as favourites to win the title. While Jack’Suns are the number one seed they have been defeated in the Indoor Championships going into the tournament and most everybody seems to be discounting them. We’ll know more shortly as results should filter in soon.

The following is an unofficial roster: Andrew Carroll Shawn Chua Dan Dantzig James Donovan Colin Green Cam Harris John Hassell Lowell Hepner Dave Janssen Malcolm Johnston Mike Jones Sam Kennedy Jeff Lindquist Jonathan Martin Taylor Martin Thomson McKnight Patrick Mooney Inian Moorthy Scotty Nicholls Kirk Nylen Andy Ouchterlony Andrew Parker Evan Philips Jesse Robertson Steve Tam Brett Taylor Tolya Vasilyev Phil Watanabe Graham Withers

Andy Corey – Captain Jamie Craig – Captain John Haig – Captain Reynaldo Arteaga Ryan Bauer Mat Berg Brent Gerhart Mat Goodkey Luke Phelan Bryce Ring Scott Westwell Ken Alexander Paul Cobb Matt Cole Adam Ellis Colin Froats Ewan Reid Rob Schmidt Ramsey Wright Carson Turner Jeff Moloney Derek Alexander Keilan Way [source: John Haig’s forum post on OCUA]

As provided by Craig Hyatt with a note indicating that they’re trying to add a lady or two in the future. Andrew Higgins #50 – Captain Dan “Blue” Yanke #9 – Captain Bryanne Root #10 – Captain Craig Hyatt #13 – Captain Andrew Rae #27 Ashley Snow #11 Ashley Morrison Brae Anne McArthur Chris Sanderson Cory Galloway Eric Blanchard Gabriel Hennessey Jamie Galloway Jan Gorski Kate Barrie #6 Matt Snow #14

Jenna McBride – Captain Marie-Andrée Imbeault – Captain Anne Mercier Carly Bassett Cassie Berquist Chantal Mayotte Cheryl Wadasinghe Danielle Fortin Jaime Boss Janique Diba Kaylee Sparks Kate Cavallaro Kate Crump Kathryn Pohran Liz Love Meghan Kane Paula Saliba Sandra Shaddick Samantha Morris Shannon Becker Shannon Watt Sonia Komenda Viviane Bartlett