01/25/2020 - Dark Tower - Snow Football
AO: Dark Tower
When: 01/25/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 22
Pax Names: Ann Arbor, atat, Baby Hands, Belichick, Blueprints, Cousin Eddie, Face Plant, Goldberg, hot box, Nacho Libre, Noonan, Padre, Pizza the Hut, Quarter Cart, Rainman, Rooney, TBD, Trailer Park, Turner, Twinning,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 1
FNG Names: Disclaimer
QIC: Smokey
Introduction
Snow, football, and snowballs. Maybe a workout breaks out at some point.
Warm-O-Rama
Switzer in the DT lot at 0630. Q and Site Q fell on our faces and forgot the 5 core principals. Instead PAX were told the plan for the day and moseyed to a football field setup at the base of the tower.
For the warmup, PAX lined up on the goal line and performed the following movements down to the 50 yard line and back:
-High knees. -Butt kicks. -Knee pull to chest. -Walking quad stretch. -Walking straight legged toe touch. -Bounding jumps. -Karaoke. -Backpedal run. -Sprint.
Final warm up for footwork and a leg burn:
-PAX partnered up. 1 PAX got into an athletic stance and backpedaled with a nice base as his partner walked side to side (Imagine an O linemen pass blocking). Each PAX did this the length of the field, then they switched and returned to the goal line.
The Thang
Thang 1: Pursuit Drill
-PAX divided into 2 groups. Setup on the goal line with one PAX as the QB, one as the RB, and all others in a defensive position. Each PAX rotated through each position. QB would pitch the ball to the RB, who ran a sweep down the sideline to the goal line. Each defensive PAX would take a good pursuit angle to try and get to a spot along the sideline before the RB passed.
Thang 2: Ultimate Football.
-PAX divided into 3 groups. 2 groups play ultimate football (same rules as ultimate frisbee to keep everyone moving) while the 3rd group completed a lap around the river bridges, stopping to do squats, merkins, pull-ups, and knee raises along the way. When the running group returned, the groups would swap out so each team got multiple games (essentially 7 on 7) and multiple laps.
Circle of Trust
-At CoT prayers were lifted up for Spork’s brother Dan, Rusty’s brother, my Father in Law Dan, Wet Wipe’s Father in Law, and many unspoken. Padre also offered to all that if they or someone they know need to connect with the church and don’t know where to start/turn, he would be glad to help.
-FNG Disclaimer was named because he is a lawyer and the dynamic duo of Smokey/TBD being the ‘responsible’ parties clearly skipped that step.
-CoT: I originally signed up for this Q spot as a shout out to my dad on his 69th birthday (currently in California with mom- hoping their flight doesn’t get cancelled…and TBD couldn’t stop giggling at his age…). As I started planning what to do for the Q, I kept coming back to gratitude. I recently went through a pretty intense review/interview process and was selected for a promotion at work. It’s much more of a leadership and influence position than I ever thought I would be in during my career. During the review and interview, it was not lost on me how much of my leadership philosophy has grown in the last year and a half I have been around you men. Freed to Lead, Grow School, Q Source, coffeetoria, and daily Q’s have shaped and re shaped how I behave as a leader. I firmly believe I got the position only because of F3 and you all. This Q- of us getting out in the snow, playing like a bunch of kids, was my way of trying to say thank you. That and no burpees.
-Prayer- Thanked God for allowing us the ability to come outside and play with our friends, lifted those mentioned and unmentioned.
Naked Man Moleskin
Belichick arrived early as I was lining the field. He took the liberty of writing “BROWNS” in the end zone. Snowballs flew literally the entire time. As each group returned from the running/workout loop, a storm of snowballs flew at the PAX on the field (usually aimed directly at Nacho Libre). Ann Arbor was itching for contact and took quite awhile to understand we didn’t have pads on. But at least he figured it out…Baby Hands never quite figured out that he’s not Lamar Jackson and you don’t get to scramble in Ultimate Football! Padre ended the day by catching the winning touchdown. Overall, it was a great time playing in the snow and no one got hurt. Thanks for coming out and playing guys!