US Fistball Schedule: Summer 2014

The following information has been sent to every corner of the global faust community! US athletes were blessed to be visited by high level Brazilian club Guarani in 2013, and there are expectations that our 2014 events will reach more teams, more countries, more athletes. Thank you for spreading the word and growing our beautiful game!

US Women's Training: Saturday, 12 October!

Drizzle or no, we'll be meeting at Phoenix SC for Team USA practice (3:30pm). Lads are welcome -- join us in support of the women's training (and give them a few spirited games)! Come out, and let's get 3 hours better / 100 sets better / 50 approaches better -- let's get 500 touches better than we were last week!

Massive USFA Announcement!

Dear readers, do take note of this exciting news:
The United States Fistball Association will be publishing the details of its 2014 summer fistball schedule on Sunday, October 13. In 6 days, our events calendar will be sent to every major fistball federation in the world -- be ready when the news drops!
Your faithful if inconsistent author,
Mat

Three Weekends, Three Exciting Events!

The tournaments are upon us! Whether you have been able to attend twelve practices or two, we would love to see you this Saturday at SSC (Flanders, NJ) or next Saturday at Phoenix SC (Feasterville, PA). Contact me for additional event info and carpooling options! You can refer to the blog calendar for specific times, and I recommend that you check with me to confirm everything. I'll be updating here as often as possible!

This Weekend and Progress Moving Forward

The home team is shaping-up nicely with athletes from Jersey and Penna training together regularly! I'll be at volleyball nationals for the next week, scattering the fine streets and public areas of Louisville with short, concise information cards with our contact information. With luck, we'll get just a bit of exposure among the hundreds of teams and thousands of volleyball players and spectators. Training will continue at Phoenix SC, as always! And Todd doesn't know that I'm suggesting this, but you should reach-out to him for South Jersey meetings.

My biggest project at present is assembling a team or two for training and competition in Wisconsin (5-7 July). We'll work with you to find the best fit for flights, driving, food and lodging. Let me know if you can set-aside those days! US head coach, Gastao Englert, will be organizing these practices, and you'll be sure to take your game to the next level!

Updates: Local Television Spot and Training

Today's weather calls to mind that damp Friday in April when Kay and I lumped into Todd's Sonata, destination Allentown, PA. After several scheduling conflicts, SECTV crewmen (the '2-crew,' to local viewers) would be wrapping their camera and equipment in clear plastic bags and meeting us on the fields at Cedar Beach Park for an interview and tekker demonstrations.

Appropriately, I recently received word that SECTV would begin airing the SportsFest preview shows this week, but there has been no specific announcement regarding the fistball segment. Should this footage ever surface, I can tell you that I recall being preoccupied--the weather, the spirits of my friends after a moderate-length drive in moderately-jammed traffic, what to do with my hands, divining the depth to which my interviewer Really wanted me to delve, shouting passersby, and so on... Good for a chuckle or good for recruiting, it is immaterial at this point. We showed-up and we did our best!

Skill demonstrations went well, I believe (but then, I had the advantage of being a spectator to Todd and Kay as they ran-through first touches, setting, attacks, serves and some combination techniques). The shaggy grass was no help, but the cameraman was persistent: we shot and re-shot from different angles until he expressed satisfaction. He took close-ups of the US shields on our uniforms while we rambled off-the-record (I hope!) about our adventures and misadventures since finding the sport.

A good day, mates, made no less so by our stop at a Spinnerstown tavern.

I hope that we are able to meet today! If the weather is not permitting, though, we can look to Thursday and this weekend as ample time to train together.

Cheers!

TV Shoot

We're excited to meet SECTV today to shoot an interview, and Kay and Todd will demonstrate fistball technique. We plan to introduce the game, show proper tekkers and encourage athletes to register for SportsFest 2013 (I added the url to the fistball page on our 'links and media' tab). We'll be messaging heavily about the US women's program, naturally, and I'll provide information for companies or organizations that might be interested in sponsorship opportunities. Thanks for the support, all!