Tonight was the last bout of the playing year for SCAR -- not that SCAR ever takes much time off. We just end the offical public playing season. Every year we end and start with intraleague bouts, where the league is divided up into home teams that play each other. These tend to be more intense than bouts that we play against teams from other leagues, believe it or not.
Anyway, tonight I jammed. I'm reasonably happy with what I did, which was win lead twice and lose it twice, but work with my team to ensure the losses were minimal. As a blocker and pivot, I think things went better -- we seemed to understand each other tonight, and to play as a cohesive team. I did, however, end up pulled off the bench at the end due to an asthmatic flareup.
Looking back on 2015 as a season, it's been one of my most challenging. I've felt all along that I was frustrated at the difference between what I know and how I perform. To put it summarily, the theory didn't match the actuality. But I have made progress -- I have learned things I didn't think I could learn and gotten better as an individual player and teammate. Now as we head into the off season -- the very brief offseason -- I'm going to just keep skating and cross-training, and get treated for my shoulder injury (annoying and painful, but not really limiting my derbying) as well as my asthma. And here's to 2016!
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