Jen Pashley started playing ultimate at a small college in upstate New York and spent three years on the East Coast playing for various Mixed club teams before moving to Tucson, Arizona. There she played two years with the University of Arizona’s Scorch and assisted coaching in 2010 and 2012, played three club seasons and attended Club Nationals with Barrio, captaining in 2009, and founded and captained Venom, the Arizona women’s club team in 2011. Although she’s a resident of Yosemite, she’s currently training and living in Tucson.
Have you ever had to convince your parents that all the pain and expense of playing ultimate was worth it? Jen Pashley reflects on what it took to get her British parents to understand her passion.
What does it take to start over? Jen Pashley examines her feelings for the game post-injury, providing a very realistic narrative of every player's internal tug of war after a serious letdown.
We all know it's important to practice, but are we using our practice time and energy as well as we could? Are there habits and norms that we could change to make practice even more worthwhile?