J’ai voulu savoir quelles étaient leurs impressions d’avoir jouer les USA Ultimate championship.
Interview de Nicklas Tehler (Suédois) :
Nicklas à participé aux nationals en 2005 avec Furious George.
Il est aussi joueur et l’un des capitaines de Skogs (Goteborg), il a remporté plusieurs championnats d’Europe des clubs et surtout un qu’on a remporté ensemble à Paris en 2008.
Il est le 2ème joueurs de Skogs à avoir remporté les UPA's après Stefan Carlsson avec DoG en 1999.
When did you play nationals? Which number did you wear ?
2005. I had number 8
Which team did you play for ?
Furious George
How did you end up playing in North America?
Was my ambition from the day i started to play. Showed interest to Mike Grant during worlds 2004 and Paganelllo. I got invited the year after.
How have you felt the first training? How was the level of the game?
Felt really good. I came to the team in june. So i got a free spot and didnt have to go to tryouts. I was a little bit nervous just because of that,
How many trainings did you have per week? And how many practices a
month before nationals?
We hade 3 or 4 practises a week. Some weeks both saturday and sunday. The last month we had 4 a week. Practises were between 3 to 4 hours.
Which position did you play on your team? D line or O line?
Cutter in O-line
Was it hard for your team to qualify for nationals? I 've heard
that the North West region is very strong and that it is hard for the
teams there to qualify for nationals. Is this true?
At the time i was there Northwest was the hardest region by far. Sockeye, JAM and Furious were the best teams at that time. Ya it was hard. We won 15-13 against Sockeye in semis.
Then we beat JAM in finals with 15-13 i think. First time for the season we won against them.
Let's talk about Sarasota:
I've heard that Sarasota is the best place to play Ultimate? Is this true? Why?
Ya it is. Nationals is the most competive tourney in the world and with that the hardest tourney to win. The climate is good and the fields are really good.
Can you tell me something about your first time there?
Ya i saw a shark when we hang out at the beach the day after the final.. I played my best game ever i think against Sub Zero in the quarters.
They were upp 14-12.. Game to 15.. We won 16-15...
How is the the level of the competition? Are all the16 teams really good?
Highest competition you will get as an ultimate player. All 16 teams are good but not all of them re really good. I would say it isnt alwayd the top 16 teams from Northamerica
which participtes. That becasue some regions are much better then others.
What was your final ranking?
We won. Beating Sockeye in the finals with 15-13.
Do you think that a top european team could finish in the top 8?
Ya for sure. Double wide reached quarters at nationals last year and they lost agaisnt Viksjöfors at worlds in Prague. Skogs have beaten many top northamerican teams in the past as well.
I think Clapham have beaten some top teams as well during all their trips to US.
What did you like best about the tourney in Sarasota?
That we won of course and that i scored in the final. But i loved the weather and playing with observers.
Next interview Adam Holt Sockeye
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