Contrary to what I thought I heard in the DMXS chat room during A2, there IS a race this weekend!! I guess people were talking about how the LITES guys will have a week off and I assumed they meant EVERYONE had a week off. I was worried because that is usually when I forget to pick my teams and my dream of winning that MotoSport.com 2008 KX450F turns into a nightmare faster than you can say “bonehead”. However, don’t despair, fellow absent-minded ones, for there IS a race this weekend!
Round 4 of the series is actually round 1 for the East coast Lites class, which is actually now called the 250 class . . . I think. Considering they went away with the Semis in order to make it easier for the average fan to keep up with what was happening and to make it better “for TV”, it’s surprising that they haven’t done away with the whole East-West coast thing and gone to a combined series in which the champion would be recognized as a genuine AMA champion. It seems to me to be the only “logical” thing to do, but what do I know?
For those of you new to fantasy racing, the first round of the East coast series is always a “make-it or break-it” round for many of us. Just like at A1, there are lots of chances to make up big points and just as many to lose any lead you may have over the other team managers. Many riders are on new teams, coming off of injuries, or new to supercross in general and are therefore, big question marks when it comes to predicting how they will finish. Remember to utilize some of the logical techniques I have presented in previous reports and you should have a reasonable chance of moving up in the standings significantly.
Besides logic, another area of concern that is often neglected by many fantasy team managers is physical fitness. One cannot stress enough the importance of proper physical training and dieting if one is to expect one to be successful in this demanding sport (and yes, I did just use the word “one” three times in one sentence). If you listened to the webcast of A2, you probably heard Davi Millsaps discussing his new training regimen that he feels will surely propel him to the front of the pack soon. After hearing of his decision to “take some time off this week” and “play some golf”, I realized that he obviously understands both the use of logic and the importance of being in shape to race supercross. The same principles apply to fantasy racing – especially fantasy SUPERCROSS racing, which is much more physically demanding than motocross since there are less weekends off during the season. However, as Millsaps pointed out, sometimes it takes a less conventional approach to fitness if you really want to stand out from the competition.
There is no single “most effective” method of training for fantasy supercross racing. Instead, the most efficient way to obtain results is to use a variety of techniques. I’m not going to share all of my training secrets today since I’m trying to win the championship, but I will tell you that playing golf at least once a month does a great deal for your eye-hand-mouse coordination. You’ll soon be scrolling back and forth from the chat room to the Live Wire and back to the MotoSpace message board like you born to do it. Also, golfing helps to improve your patience because it is very, very, VERY boring. If you can walk around a grassy park for 2 or 3 hours carrying a crooked stick and chasing after a ball that you just hit yourself, you can easily sit in front of the computer monitor scouring over the endless amount of information available to us all. When other team managers get bored and leave to do selfish things like work, parent their kids, or have a life, you’ll be content to just sit there staring at the glowing screen in front of you for hours and hours and hours. In fact, if you can fit golf into your schedule once per week like Millsaps does, you’ll be moving up in the standings faster than Reed flying the pack after falling in turn one. So grab your plaid pants and goofy shoes and get to training!
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