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Drills
Articles on drills
The 3 Disc Partner Throwing Challenge
This is a great drill/game to work on your quick release, catching, throwing, disc awareness, eye/hand coordination, and timing of your throwing & catching.
Training Hex offence with your team
Hex is a new offence which most of your team will not have seen or played before – introducing it can be both fun and exciting, but will certainly come with its challenges. I’ve had experience introducing the offence to a variety of teams and players, from primary schools through University level teams to …
Freestyle the “Ultimate” Edge
(A fast-freestyle playing exercise/guide for learning and practicing disc handling skills used in ultimate) In the early days of Frisbee before disc sports, the original attraction was just to watch the Frisbee fly. At first, this was enough; the sheer joy in watching the Frisbee fly, not at all like a ball. Then, learn more …
Indian National Youth Camp – Day 3
25th May 2014 Day 3 was spent in preparation for the upcoming tournament which starts in a day. The teams had two session of Ultimate as usual. The morning was spent doing the drills that was part of the curriculum. In the evening however the coaches had the freedom to devise their own training plan …
Effective Coaching of Drills
As an intermediate player I used to wonder why our captains and coaches insist on running the same drills over and over again. Frankly, I found it boring! I assumed drills, like warming up and stretching, was a waste of time. I used to be all about the scrimmage at the end of the training …
Throwing Drills To Do On Your Own
For me, I approach throwing practice for ultimate much like practicing hitting balls/putting for golf. You want to focus on repetition, different throws (forehand, backhand, hammer, scoober, etc), different lengths (short, medium, long, hucks and pulls) and different situations (like inside out/outside in). A few drills I love doing are: Go to a field that …
Eye-Hand Coordination Drills
Improving your eye-hand coordination will help you with throwing, catching and marking. Here are 2 drills which can help improve your eye-hand coordination. You can buy the Whiz Ring here: http://www.wrightlife.com/flying-disc-sports/whiz-ring-fpa. The shirt I’m wearing is from my official SAVAGE store at http://www.savageultimate.com.
3 Cone Speed and Catch – Drill of the Week
The Playspedia drill of the week is called 3 Cone Speed and Catch. This drill is executed with full speed, it works on agility, change of direction, speed and catching on the run. Setup Sprint from 10 to 11 Hard cut to the right, sprint to 12 Hard cut to the left, sprint into the open field; …
Zen Throwing Routine Video
The Zen Throwing Routine, developed by Ben Wiggins, is a combination of a group of exercises that he found to help develop his own balance and versatility in throwing. He was inspired to put this into a cohesive form as a partner-slash-alternative to Lou Burruss’ Kung Fu Throwing, which is a very effective plan with …
Lane Cutting Drill – Drill of the Week
The drill of the week is called the Lane Cutting Drill and comes from Playspedia. This is a great drill to work on cutting, recognizing open space and defending a cut. Along with this week’s Drill of the Week from Playspedia comes a huge feature update. You can now add a video to a play you have …
Timing Horizontal Cuts – Drill of the Week
The drill of the week from Playspedia is all about Timing Horizontal Cuts. I find this drill especially useful since running the horizontal correctly is all about cutting to space and this drill will help your players understand where the space exists and how to move there. Set up in 3 lines. 4 sets up …
Hustle Drill – Drill of the Week
The drill of the week is called the Hustle Drill and comes from Playspedia. This is a great drill to work on cutting, catching while tired, running through the disc and throwing while tired. This is an enlarged display of the drill’s setup. Cones = Red 1-7 and Blue 6-7. The thrower is Blue 1 …
3 Person Weave – Drill of the Week
The 3 person weave drill is great for faking, handler movement, cutting to open space, resetting and seeing the field. The progression is as follows: 3 handlers line up horizontally 2 cuts up the line, 3 moves in, 1 fakes the pass to 2 1 passes to 3, 2 cuts across the field 3 passes …
Low Release Throwing Drill
Excellent throwing drill for intermediate and advanced throwers. Visit scandalultimate.com to learn more about the team and its players. You can get these awesome reversible practice pinnies (modeled here by Opi and Allison) for your team at http://breakmark.com!
Marking Drill
Marking drill that requires markers to change angle of mark and positioning, as well as approach to the thrower and requires many repetitions. Presented by Doug Huseby.
Horizontal Offense Cutting Drill
This drill is designed to simulate coordinated cutting by 4 cutters in a horizontal offense. Cutters move from point to point among three lines of cones forming multiple diamonds. Being careful not to run into each other and cut in coordinated fashion, the cutters make their way across the field.
Lane Cutting Drill
Dan Cogan-Drew shares a great drill with us that works on not only defending a cutting, but also on beating the cutter to the disc. The way the drill works is that it’s focused on practicing defender positioning and agility as well as the cutter juking and working on the quickness of their feet/cuts. Link to …
How to Layout – All About the Landing
I get asked by a lot of people about laying out – namely how to do it, when to do it (which may seem obvious) and how to practice laying out. This post will be focused on the landing and how I think it’s best to learn. The first thing I will recommend is that …
Handler Cutting Drill
In this video, I talk about the basics of cutting and relate it to a quick and easy handler cutting drill. As a handler, it’s important to get use to cutting a few steps each time in order to get open for the disc. Too many handlers will just stand in place and not move …
Improve Your Faking and Marking With the 3 Man Drill
One of the best drills I’ve done is called the 3 Man Drill. Basically, it involves one throw, one marker, one catcher and one disc. The flow of the drills works as follows: mark, throw, go. As you’ll see in the video below, it’s all about the thrower trying to fake out the marker, and …
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