The Abyss
Walden: So in-season we would lift 2x per week, and everyone had to do the conditioning, footwork, and frisbee drills (also 2x per week). Plus hard practices or a tournament on Sat/Sun.
Sent at 1:33 PM
Me: So the 3v3 was just on top of that.
Walden: yep
Sent at 1:41 PM
Me: Nice. I feel like a lot of people don't really understand how much work you guys put in on a weekly basis. As in, people don't really realize how much work it would be if they made it.
Walden: Haha I mean, how would they know? That was part of why we wanted to align with Chicago Club.
Me: That's not exactly what I mean. I mean that the workload expectation isn't consistent with the goals.
Walden: Right, but that's a hard thing to gauge accurately.
Sent at 2:07 PM
Me: Yeah. It has always been a pet peeve of mine with how Chicago Club went. It felt like people were uninterested in really making the jump and working hard. Maybe it was an issue of understanding what working hard means, or maybe it was a misalignment of the workload expectation and goals setting.
Walden: Haha yeah. It's possible people thought that that's what they wanted, and then the abyss was too scary.
Me: "The Abyss". I think it's more like a skydive. Like you have a parachute but you still have to gather your nerve and make the jump.
Sent at 2:26 PM
Walden: Nah, a skydive is too easy.
Me: What about a skydive, but you think you don't have a parachute, although you do.
Walden: Still too easy. Because after you jump, you know you have the parachute.
The Abyss though, you have no sense of direction, you have no idea what's there, no idea how long you have to keep going, and going back would be easier but you have to somehow find the strength and conviction to keep going forward.
Sent at 2:31 PM
Me: So it's like a cave and you don't have any equipment or lights of any kind.
It seems you have to have a reason for entering The Abyss though. Like you want to be great, or you're doing it for yourself/your team.
Sent at 2:33 PM
Walden: I mean of course, you're not going to enter The Abyss for no reason.
Me: When you said "somehow have the strength and conviction to keep going" it kind of makes it seem like having those things would be unusual. I suppose having those things in the absence of a team would be pretty unusual.
Walden: I mean, it IS unusual. A lot of people give up or get discouraged, decide they can't do it, and back out of The Abyss.
Walden: So in-season we would lift 2x per week, and everyone had to do the conditioning, footwork, and frisbee drills (also 2x per week). Plus hard practices or a tournament on Sat/Sun.
Sent at 1:33 PM
Me: So the 3v3 was just on top of that.
Walden: yep
Sent at 1:41 PM
Me: Nice. I feel like a lot of people don't really understand how much work you guys put in on a weekly basis. As in, people don't really realize how much work it would be if they made it.
Walden: Haha I mean, how would they know? That was part of why we wanted to align with Chicago Club.
Me: That's not exactly what I mean. I mean that the workload expectation isn't consistent with the goals.
Walden: Right, but that's a hard thing to gauge accurately.
Sent at 2:07 PM
Me: Yeah. It has always been a pet peeve of mine with how Chicago Club went. It felt like people were uninterested in really making the jump and working hard. Maybe it was an issue of understanding what working hard means, or maybe it was a misalignment of the workload expectation and goals setting.
Walden: Haha yeah. It's possible people thought that that's what they wanted, and then the abyss was too scary.
Me: "The Abyss". I think it's more like a skydive. Like you have a parachute but you still have to gather your nerve and make the jump.
Sent at 2:26 PM
Walden: Nah, a skydive is too easy.
Me: What about a skydive, but you think you don't have a parachute, although you do.
Walden: Still too easy. Because after you jump, you know you have the parachute.
The Abyss though, you have no sense of direction, you have no idea what's there, no idea how long you have to keep going, and going back would be easier but you have to somehow find the strength and conviction to keep going forward.
Sent at 2:31 PM
Me: So it's like a cave and you don't have any equipment or lights of any kind.
It seems you have to have a reason for entering The Abyss though. Like you want to be great, or you're doing it for yourself/your team.
Sent at 2:33 PM
Walden: I mean of course, you're not going to enter The Abyss for no reason.
Me: When you said "somehow have the strength and conviction to keep going" it kind of makes it seem like having those things would be unusual. I suppose having those things in the absence of a team would be pretty unusual.
Walden: I mean, it IS unusual. A lot of people give up or get discouraged, decide they can't do it, and back out of The Abyss.
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