Ultiworld Interview: Doublewide's Alex Thorne
Doublewide's Alex Thorne opens up about his experience playing with a new team in this exclusive interview. As a Handler, he discusses the challenges of adapting to a new system and navigating the fast-paced world of Ultimate. Thorne shares his initial doubts about his role on the team but has been pleasantly surprised by their positive and supportive environment. Thorne highlights the similarities between Doublewide's systems and those he's previously played with, allowing him to quickly pick up the team's playstyle. He also touches on upcoming competitions, including mini-camps, Pro flights, Nationals, and regionals, which promises an exciting season ahead for Doublewide. With a focus on rest and recovery, Thorne discusses the importance of staying loose and relaxed as the team prepares for the grueling season ahead, navigating tight travel schedules to reach key events.
Join Ultiworld for an exclusive interview with Alex Thorne of Doublewide, discussing his competitive disc golf experiences and insights.
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um I knew that I was going to be playing a lot of offensive points I didn't know exactly what I was going to be doing but I assumed that they would have me at a Handler position I know that um I I did cut some on pit but when you got a team of six4 dudes realistically I figured I was going to be handling so I didn't know how many how many touches I would realistically get but glad to be out there you know it's been working out all right it's been surprisingly awesome their systems are very similar to what I've been used to on pit and other teams that I've been on and they're just a bunch of super fun guys super easy to talk to it's really easy to just like you know after every point if I have any questions they're all super nice like just getting me into the system getting me every piece of information I can get and they've just been super easy to JW with and feel like I'm fitting in pretty all right already which is awesome um it's not set in stone yet but we are planning on making it to at least two of the long weekend mini camp practices which is I don't know exactly the schedule but it's a double practice Saturday Sunday so fly down to Austin for two of those and then definitely going to go to the uh Labor Day whatever that's called Pro flight something Pro flight finale Pro flight finale and then um Nationals obviously and then hopefully we might have to choose between regionals and Colorado cup just MoneyWise just cuz it's starting to get a little bit expensive but right um but definitely obviously Nationals California and then too many camps at least um we just got to rest up just get ourselves back to the hotel on on plan on taking a nice nap get some food in us um obviously we're kind of low on numbers so the legs are a little bit a little bit tight at this point but we just got to rest up stay loose and we got a long time what like 8 hours now so just relax get it to get to as close to 100% as we can you know it's absolutely just a faster game you...
