Are you Playing the Field?

At a recent work function, we were entertained by an early morning game of ‘extreme frizbee’. It’s kind of a combination between frizbee, rugby and touch football.... I also say ‘entertained’ as it was a laugh which was a hard call for a 5.45am wake up call. Note: not really a morning person!
Anyway, the point of my blog is this. How much do you put your ‘best players’ first? How often do you leave some on the bench, unaware of their capabilities? How much does man versus woman change the way you place your players on the field? All of these questions came to mind for me as I ran back and forth across our makeshift frizbee field (ahem... the lawns at the Hyatt Sanctuary Cove. I’m not too sure the other guests loved us at 6am ‘woo hoo’s’ and ‘yeahs!’ were shouted out!)
Anyway, back to my point. As I was running up and down the field, there were a number of times when I was free, no one defending me, wide open to a good shot, only to find the frizbee was passed to another player... don’t get me wrong, I did manage to help get a few goals and I also managed to toss/spin/throw a few good shots. But what amused me most was that the boys favoured the boys and knew who their top players were in order to win. We still won, but there were a few tongue-in-cheek comments about “don’t hurt the HR Manager” and in the scrum “don’t hurt the girl!”... funnily enough, I’m pretty tough and can play as hard as the boys, even at 6am!
So let me ask you: who are your good players and how do you use them? Are they burning out from overuse? What might be your untapped potential because you haven’t given them the right position, given them the right chance or taken a punt?