Ultimately Good

My first forays in ultimate frisbee was in high school as a gangly 6'5", less than 170 lb. supporting actor. I didn't do too much besides throw and catch and my diving skills were nowhere near where they are now. and then 1 or 2 catch games were rare and I hardly ever held on for Touchdowns. Fast-forward to my days playing Ultimate Frisbee the last five years or so, and you have a different story altogether. Though the defense is up-and-down these days, when I'm on, I'm on and I've made a catch in almost every game where I made more than a cameo appearance. I have more Touchdowns in that time and I also have several dives in this past few years alone. Ultimate has become a very exciting hobby for me, one that I can do on a semi-regular basis and when I lose the time to spend on it, I can come back and do it well again when I get back to it. One of my all-time favorite games was when I played with the club team and had 10 catches, 6 completions, 4 dives, 3 touchdowns, and great D. my autism has made me confused sometimes when I haven't played it for a while, but I feel like this kind of excitement can carry on despite that and my autism makes me excited to continue to use this not only as a physical workout but also a social one (some of my besties including my close friend Cam I've met through Frisbee). a token? sure, for the most part, but certainly more than that. My autism will not let me get in the way of doing activities and excelling at them and Ultimate Frisbee is yet another example of that. Stay tuned for next week's installment of this blog series: yoga- the ultimate healer.