sucks about hype. have you done a postmortem with yourself on why you got cut?
good luck with the abstentions, seems like a good call.
Lots of things. LOTS:
1. I'm kind of out of shape. Notice myself getting tired too easily during points. My throws, vertical and decision making have a hard drop-off when I'm tired. Harder drop-off than most people, I've noticed. Or maybe I run too hard right away and don't manage my energy well enough.
2. My offensive cutting needs more awareness and variety.
3. My first 0-20m speed is considerably worse than my 20-40m speed. First 3 steps are way more important to Ultimate.
4. I suck at throwing to girls. I overthrow my hucks to fast dudes, you can imagine what my hucks look like playing mixed.
5. My in-game break throws tend to be high release which is not good. Not enough faking.
6. Unless I'm feeling reaally in the zone, on cutter defense I play a step-off deep which essentially gives the other team free 5-10 yard in-cuts unless I outrun my guy hardcore. I HAVE TO STOP DOING THIS.
7. My in-game awareness of the wind is pretty bad.
8. I'm really bad at making friends. Honestly my biggest weakness, cause Ultimate is all about chemistry and trust. My biggest strength is probably winning 50-50's (high vert+great hands) but fat load of good that does me if no one trusts me enough to throw hucks. I don't think I got thrown a single deep shot during the Hype tryout that went bad. Or maybe my cut timing is really bad or something. I dunno.
interesting. getting into better shape is simple (run more) and improving cutting nearly as simple (drills, with a partner if you can swing it -- look up football route running tips). but the easiest fix from a tryout perspective might be your throws. i had to learn from harsh criticism in college that my hucks were not reliable enough to be attempting as many as i was. it was embarrassing but good advice. a couple years into club my throws improved somewhat and i started handling more. and even then i was fairly conservative.
so, some unsolicited advice (which i know you love hearing from me): next time you have a tryout, when you get the disc focus on completing every single pass, no matter how conservative. no hucks unless someone is open by 15 yards and there's no wind. get it to a handler or at the very least let someone else turf it! if you make a couple of standout plays on O or especially D, and don't make glaring mistakes, you've made a good impression.
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