Zeke wrote:Sunday was a good old fashioned squares session. Good games, great plays, lots of laughs. Nathan and I had some epic duels while at the lake and played strong during 4S at Welles. Ronnie continued his solid play But Andre really impressed me the most. He did a good job of keeping the bag in the court and killing others instead of taking himself out. The work he did on his left back kick payed off as well. What was really great was the fake at the line catching more than a few of us off guard on many occasions
My play was a little streaky throughout the afternoon but when my game was on, it was straight brutal. I landed more than a few Sweep & Screens right near the line, dinks from the back court, careful use of axe kicks, power shots and even my Praying Mantis killed just about every time I used it.
Shot of the day was set up when Josh booted Andre and got the kill. Andre got some payback with a boot of his own on Josh. While I was in ksq, Josh wound up for a boot from 2sq and I jumped to the right to avoid the blast and he calmly dinked to my left corner for an easy ace. I stood there stunned as he pointed at me, smiled and walked into the next square. I gave him props.
But since this is my entry, I'll end it with one of my own. For the last play of the day, I served game point to Nathan in 3sq we exchanged a few volleys before I ended up kicking it up and out of bounds, about 4 feet out of Nathan's left side. Determined to get it back in for the win, I chased after it. Nathan, determined to stop me at all costs hit me with a solid check. But I already had my right foot extended when the hit came and I managed to get a decent contact on the bag and kicked it right into the empty 3sq for the win. I never saw where the bag landed but judging from the reaction from squares 1 & 2 I knew I got lucky and landed it. I think instead of watching, they should have covered Nathan's back.
Frank_Sinatra wrote:I've got to give you props, that was an awesome win. I kinda felt bad about the check afterwards, cause it was mostly elbow into your ribs.
I grew up rough-housing with 2 brothers so don't even sweat it, it was a good check. I might have been more disappointed if you just let me get to that bag uncontested.
EDIT:
Notable plays
--Intense 4S early in the day with a barrage of power shots
--Ronnie charging into Marty's square, only to be kicked in the shins
--Andre faking Marty at least 3 times
--Perfect double team from Nathan and Ronnie
--Me flipping the bag off my shirt from out-of-bounds towards Nathan, who in tun, shanks it and gets himself out.
--Kicking the bag high into the sun and predicting the kill
