Preparing for the Future: Making Faces

It's very important to plan on being a professional ultimate player in the future. Perhaps the best in the world. And when you become this excellent, your image will be of incredible importance to you. Everyone will see you on the news, on sportscenter, etc. So, just as in any other sport, you should begin to work on the faces that you make when you play. When you're a professional, photographers will want to take pictures of you just as you're releasing the disc, or just as you're pulling down a huck. And in those pictures, they will capture the silly face that you are making at the time. When these pictures are on posters in little kids' rooms, they will see your silly face every day. If you're simply making a normal face at the time, you probably won't be famous. It is well known that the atheletes that are making the silliest and ugliest faces at times of intense concentration are far better than those that don't.

See: Michael Jordan. Any snapshot of him dunking will show a really silly face. Notice how he uses his tongue to direct the basketball. Good technique.

I recommend working on stretching the muscles in your face in front of the mirror to train. Find the ugliest face that you are capable of making, and they try it out in a few games. Try it on your friends and co-workers until you get it perfect.

Without a silly face, you'll never be able to be among the best in the world. You'll thank me later.


http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/pd--10202322/Michael_Jordan_Bulls_1_Photofile.htm

http://seekingalpha.com/wp-content/seekingalpha/images/JordanMichaelTongueOut.JPG

http://www.soleredemption.com/pics/2006/04/magic_jordan.jpg

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/empics/3705195

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42404000/jpg/_42404763_tennis_416.jpg

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/1177883023056607211fapNyD




Now that's a really easy way to get better at ultimate without really trying really hard at all, really.