El Diablo 3/23/2022 – Better late than never…
As YHC was heading to El Diablo that fine morning, the plan was to introduce a few new routines that had bounced around my creative brain yesterday, together with some Fast Tax favorites. However, as YHC walked up to the flag and saw the 15 other PAX in attendance, that plan got tossed as YHC realized, with a little prodding from Rudy, that we have never had a 16 PAX game of Battle Frisburpee. Time for an audible…
With disclaimers being said, we headed down the jogging path toward the rock pile pausing every 30 yards or so for warmups, consisting of:
SSH
Hairy Rockettes
Swan Dives
Crab Merkins Plank
Once we arrived at the rock pile, and unwilling to jump right into the Battle, YHC began the day’s festivities with Fee Fi Fo Fum: PAX selected medium rocks then starting on a line with your rock, each PAX performed the following sequence OYO: Squat, double arm shotput rock, broad jump toward rock, lunge the remaining distance and repeat the sequence until Q said stop. Repeat back to the rock pile.
Welsh Dragons were next.
Remain in plank position the whole time. Bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, and tap the BACK of each shoulder 1 time. Repeat adding 1 rep to each exercise each time – bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks, 2 sets of back of shoulder taps… etc. Go until you get to 10 reps each, you’ve covered 30-50 feet, or until your arms fall off – whichever comes first.
Next event was Wall of Fire: While PAX are doing People’s chair, take turns doing 10xmerkins 10xLBCs and 3 burpees. YHC quickly realized that 16 in a circle may be a little too much to hold people’s chair 3 times around…Time for Battle Frisburpee
Battle Frisburpee:
After laying out the cones and a quick recap of the rules for PAX in attendance, we divvied up into teams and began to battle. YHC later realized that with 16 people, the field should have been at least 5 yards wider. Thus, the new width guideline is 15 yds for 10 or less people, 20 yards for 12 – 14, and 25 yards for 16+.
Team 1 (Shirts): Vagabond, Hawgcycle, Rougarou, Left Coast, MacGyver, Pilsbury, Bogie, Hand Grenada
Team 2 (Skins): Hokie, Scantron, Rudy, PVC, Gabrielle, Boo Boo, Mahatma, Fast Tax
The battle was hard fought and close. The “last one touched” rule (strategically hit opposing team members that guard too closely) was used effectively and often by both sides. The potential of the Baller to dole out punishment (vis a vis penalty burpees when the ball hits you) was best epitomized by Hawgcycle, who was by far the most promiscuous Baller in history. Also notable was Team 1’s (and maybe Team 2 once or twice) utter lack of regard for the 3-burpee contact rule.
However, the most noteworthy was MacGyver’s expansion of the game into a full contact sport in a way that would have made War Eagle proud.
In the end, Team 1 could not overcome Team 2’s superior strategy and execution.
Team 2 carried the day with a final score of 5-4.
With game over we headed to COT for name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and prayer.
Followed by Coffeteria and a discussion/clarification of the rules at PJs (See below).
Rule clarification:
1) If the Frisbee goes out of bounds in the air and then back in without touching the ground, it is still considered out of bounds and a turnover at the point it initially went out.
2) If a PAX catches the Frisbee in the opposing team’s goalie box and is hit by the baller at the same time, THE TIE GOES TO THE FRISBEE RECEIVER.
3) There is no interfering with the other side’s ball.
Thanks for the fellowship! SYITG
