TopJLax's "Bro's!" & "No's!" of the week 08/30/2010
This week we take a look at how best to spend a summer evening, and the ultimate no-bro act of undermining your opponents achievements. We also discuss a version of the sport often misunderstood and that cheeky topic of flow makes a reappearance. That's right folks, it's our slightly perturbed and weird weekly look at what's hot and what's not across the World.
Bro!!!
Now we realise that this isn't necessarily going to be the easiest Bro of the week to put into practice, but for arguments sake let's just say you do happen to have a friend who resides in a luxurious country manor not too far of a drive away. Well once that slight speed bump is circumnavigated then proceed to checkpoint deux. Loads of bros, a beer pong table emblazoned with your favourite lax team's insignia, swimming pool, girls, a dash more alcohol, beats, and an endless summer evening. That's right folks partying your night away at a massive house party in the country might not be our most inventive of suggestions, but this week it is certainly our favourite.
Now we realise that this isn't necessarily going to be the easiest Bro of the week to put into practice, but for arguments sake let's just say you do happen to have a friend who resides in a luxurious country manor not too far of a drive away. Well once that slight speed bump is circumnavigated then proceed to checkpoint deux. Loads of bros, a beer pong table emblazoned with your favourite lax team's insignia, swimming pool, girls, a dash more alcohol, beats, and an endless summer evening. That's right folks partying your night away at a massive house party in the country might not be our most inventive of suggestions, but this week it is certainly our favourite.
No bro!!!
A record breaking eighth wicket stand of 332 runs between Stuart Broad and Jonathan Trott, a continued show of steel by Trott, and Broad beating his Dad's highest innings; these were the stories that we were hearing up until the allegations of match fixing that surrounded Mohammed Amir and Mohammed Asif, two of the Pakistani bowlers. Now as great as Broad & Trott's achievements are, they will forever be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the Test as property developer and sports agent Mazhar Majeed is investigated into his involvement paying the players to fix the game. If there's one thing we don't like here @ TopJLax it's competitors undermining the achievements of others. It's one thing being a bad loser, but to dissolve all legitimacy to ones achievement is another. That's just not bro.
A record breaking eighth wicket stand of 332 runs between Stuart Broad and Jonathan Trott, a continued show of steel by Trott, and Broad beating his Dad's highest innings; these were the stories that we were hearing up until the allegations of match fixing that surrounded Mohammed Amir and Mohammed Asif, two of the Pakistani bowlers. Now as great as Broad & Trott's achievements are, they will forever be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the Test as property developer and sports agent Mazhar Majeed is investigated into his involvement paying the players to fix the game. If there's one thing we don't like here @ TopJLax it's competitors undermining the achievements of others. It's one thing being a bad loser, but to dissolve all legitimacy to ones achievement is another. That's just not bro.
Bro!!!
Now here is something that we have that our US cousins are slightly short of, and that is the version of the sport that is often controversially misunderstood and receives a certain amount of haterade. It's not supposed to be taken too seriously, and if you look at it with a magnifying glass then it probably does deserve to be indexed north of field hockey and south of ultimate frisbee. However, in the balmy summer weather, with the sun warming your shoulders, and a plethora of girls in tight hot pants on your team, lounging about at a mixed lacrosse tournament is a very acceptable way to spend a day. After all you're playing the sport you love, with another of favourite past times in abundance (ladies), and your stick skills are probably getting better too. You do the math.
Now here is something that we have that our US cousins are slightly short of, and that is the version of the sport that is often controversially misunderstood and receives a certain amount of haterade. It's not supposed to be taken too seriously, and if you look at it with a magnifying glass then it probably does deserve to be indexed north of field hockey and south of ultimate frisbee. However, in the balmy summer weather, with the sun warming your shoulders, and a plethora of girls in tight hot pants on your team, lounging about at a mixed lacrosse tournament is a very acceptable way to spend a day. After all you're playing the sport you love, with another of favourite past times in abundance (ladies), and your stick skills are probably getting better too. You do the math.
No bro!!!
You may have noticed that we launched TopJFlow this week, a series of articles aimed at breaking down the flow of a lax player, and importantly helping everyone to eliminate bad flow from their lives. Now it's not so much that we don't have respect for people who choose to differ than the norm, wearing old school helmets or odd socks n' the like, because after all it's how you play that's important; but at the same time so much of bad flow is so easily avoidable. Adjust your chinstrap and tilt the helmet down, pick a pair of white matching socks, buy a pair of shorts that go over the knee, and no matter what your mum says, wearing tracksuit bottoms to a lacrosse game is NEVER acceptable. Unless of course they are grey, one leg is rolled up to your knee and you're perched in goal. Don't see a six by six steel structure around your head, then put the tracksuits down. You heard.
You may have noticed that we launched TopJFlow this week, a series of articles aimed at breaking down the flow of a lax player, and importantly helping everyone to eliminate bad flow from their lives. Now it's not so much that we don't have respect for people who choose to differ than the norm, wearing old school helmets or odd socks n' the like, because after all it's how you play that's important; but at the same time so much of bad flow is so easily avoidable. Adjust your chinstrap and tilt the helmet down, pick a pair of white matching socks, buy a pair of shorts that go over the knee, and no matter what your mum says, wearing tracksuit bottoms to a lacrosse game is NEVER acceptable. Unless of course they are grey, one leg is rolled up to your knee and you're perched in goal. Don't see a six by six steel structure around your head, then put the tracksuits down. You heard.
Disagree with our suggestions for the week? Well feel free to sound off below and air your grievances. After all it's better out than in right?!
Comments
Coach Dave
08/30/2010 8:45pm
Mixed lacrosse is not Bro, not Bro at all.
Bo
08/30/2010 11:23pm
If you were a tad better at it you might re-evaluate that statement mate!
Coach Dave
08/30/2010 11:47pm
Ah, online trash talking, about as Bro as mixed lacrosse.
Kael101
11/02/2010 10:32pm
After training some freshers and playing with a team of youngsters back at home i can confirm that the bad tilt is most certainly not bro. The other thing that is not bro is kicking off when i tell them about the bad flow and help them rectify it.
