I remember a long time ago reading an article of Parinella’s somewhere where he explained a better way to toe the line is to only keep one foot down to maximize your reach rather than trying to dig both feet in. Such a simple tip, and it reminded me of my days before ultimate. Before frisbee, my …
To follow up on my post Checking Your Shoulder – Buttonhook, let’s talk about when to throw to those cuts. In general, you want to put the disc up as early as possible. There are a lot of factors involved in decision making, but in an ideal world, you want to be releasing your throw …
Last example for now. Give Go. Handler’s at the brick with the disc. Ho-stack setup with 2 dumps and 4 across. A few cuts get looked off, open side dump’s defender sags into the lane. Handler swings to the poached dump and immediately runs up line for the give go. Give go handlers in this …
Ok, another example. Check your shoulder on buttonhook cuts. When cutting away, look back at the thrower (aka “check your shoulder) before you plant to come back or even start to slow down. You see it all the time when you set up a drill that involves a buttonhook cut that cutters run toward a cone …
Let’s compare two similar players with the same quantifiable skills and dimensions. One of the intangible differentiators is experience. We’ve all seen those tall, fast kids who are always open at the wrong place or wrong time… or the squad of youngsters who can’t keep from throwing into the lazy old guys’ poaches. We often …
