Deep Fried Tryouts

Jackson, MS (Deep Fried) - 2013 Tryouts for Deep Fried are open and will be in Jackson at the fields near 4660 Manhattan Rd, Jackson, MS at noon on May 11 and May 18. You only have to make one of these dates. If you plan on attending email baskinjones at gmail.com.

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2012 Jerseys

Produced by Breakmark.

Dark: (Either in Yellow or Blue)

White:

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Mudbowl

Deep Fried is headed to Mudbowl in Birmingham, AL. Check out our results here... http://scores.usaultimate.org/scores/#open/tournament/10593

Tournament Schedule

June 16-17	Mudbowl XXXI	Birmingham, AL
July 14-15	HuckFest	Decatur, AL
July 21-22	Club Terminus	Atlanta, GA
August 4-5	Dirty Dell	Slidell, LA
TBD	Texas2Finger	Dallas, TX
TBD	Heat Out	Baton Rouge, LA
TBD	Sectionals/Regionals	TBD

Events

Practice at Chastain at 5:30 on Tuesday. 2012 Tryouts will be Saturday June 9th at 2:00pm and will be held at Liberty Park. Bring a light and dark jersey and plenty of water.

Club 2012

Deep Fried will be making another appearance at Club Sectionals in 2012.

Practices will slowly start gearing up this spring, but make plans to be near the Jackson area if you would like to train with us this summer.

New Schedule

Pickup at Millsaps @ 3 on Fridays.

Pickup at Liberty Park in Madison @3 on Sundays.

Practice Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30

Tuesday workout at Jackson Academy.

Thursday practice at Liberty park.



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Southeast Regional Finals 2011

Tryouts This Saturday

Millsaps Football Stadium 10:00





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Jersey Idea

Practice today at Millsaps 5:30

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Tryouts this Saturday May 7 at Millsaps College lower football field. Corner of West St & Woodrow Wilson 10:00.

Harvest Moon Ultimate Tournament 2010 .

Tentative Schedule

Mudbowl; Birmingham; June 18/19
Saturday Practice Jackson; MS June 25
Huckfest; Decatur, AL; July 16/17
HeatOut; Baton Rouge; July 23/24

Saturday Practice Jackson; July 30
Kentucky Classic; Louisville, August 6/7
Texas2Finger; Dallas; August 13/14
Heatwave; Clinton, MS; August 27/28
Shawn Adams; Chattanooga, TN; September 3/4
Saturday Practice Jackson, MS; September 10
Gulf Coast Sectionals; Huntsville, AL September 17/18
Club Regionals; TBD; October 8/9?

Jersey Ideas

Choosing an offense

Any offense is difficult in the wind, so when conditions are windy a team should play the offense that it has practiced the most. Both vertical and horizontal stack offenses have advantages and disadvantages in the wind and the decision to play one over the other depends on how well your team can be on the same page while running it's O. When my team first made the transition from vertical stack to horizontal stack back in 2005, we struggled in the wind and often would switch back to the vert stack when it was windy and we were having difficulty scoring. However, that was comparing a vertical stack offense at which we were very experienced to a horizontal offense that we were just learning. At the time, I was convinced that a vertical stack was better in the wind because the emphasis on the lateral disc movement of dumping and swinging made it hard for the defense to overplay the open side, allowing opportunities for cutters to get open with timing and handlers to generate movement with break mark throws. It seemed to me that defenses were able to easily front cutters in our horizontal stack when it was windy and handlers were often left without many options.

As my team's horizontal stack has matured and become more dynamic, I now think that it offers more possibilities to advance the disc confidently in windy conditions than the vertical stack. A horizontal offense allows more flexibility for handlers to aggressively attack and get the disc upfield. This not only serves to catch downfield defenders out of position, but it also provides an easy way to advance the disc down the field as the short throws and dishy passes to handlers remain largely unaffected by wind. Additionally, lots of handler motion combined with the coordinated movement of four cutters filling and vacating multiple cutting lanes can find holes in a poaching defense and isolate defenders without help deep. I have found vertical stack offenses to be less effective at breaking down the poachy and clammy defenses that wind invites.

While I would rather play a horizontal offense now, I recognize that its strength lies in the complex combination of coordination and improvisation. I think this may actually take longer for a team to practice before it can effectively execute the offense in any condition than it does for a vertical stack. However, the rewards are greater.

by Gwen Ambler

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