Sunday, January 31, 2010

1/31/10

one thing i'd like to try to do more this season is to pay attention to what gives me problems on offense/defense and apply them on the other side. for example, if you're having trouble getting open against someone, what exactly is the reason? is the defender in a position that makes you feel like there aren't any open cuts? look for things that s/he is doing differently from other defenders and try to use them on your next defensive possession. learn the techniques that give you trouble, and use them against your opponents.

when you're on defense and someone is constantly getting open underneath or getting you off balance with fakes, what is he doing to trick you? is he just faster than you, or is his strength in deception? if you are having trouble guarding someone, it's probably because he's doing things that you're not used to seeing. rather than get frustrated about getting beat, learn from it. if you learn how to use cuts that would fake yourself out, i guarantee you will be able to use them against someone else. you will also get a better understanding of how to defend those cuts when you see them again. the same goes for the other side: if you learn the best ways to defend yourself, you'll be able to defend other people better, and you will eventually figure out how to cut effectively against it.


[link] - upa - the new score reporter
[link] - thinkulti - throwing around a defender: the 11 yard throw

matt lane - upa club championships 2009 photo gallery











Saturday, January 30, 2010

defense part 2

next week: marking

[link] - force flick - handler defense
[link] - thinkulti - marking the dump
[link] - adam raty - defending the dump
[link] - the huddle - defending a hucker
[link] - thinkulti - sophisticated forces
[link] - the huddle - team defense
[link] - the huddle - the up call
[link] - the huddle - using defensive matchups
[link] - gcooke - disguising your defense
[link] - frisbee spew - defense in the air
[link] - cultimate - baiting strategies
[link] - ultimate thoughts - using your best D players effectively




Sunday, January 24, 2010

1/24/10

to make up for the lack of links today, i'm going to go over some rules. i reread them today (you should too), and here are a few things that people seem to forget pretty often. also, please comment if i miss anything important or if i'm wrong about something. but first, a couple links:

[link] - ultimate thoughts - combining crossfit and ultimate training
[link] - shubbard - some notes on teamwork and being on a team

[link] - upa - 11th edition rules

II.R.2 - A disc is live when players are allowed to move and the disc is subject to a turnover, but the thrower cannot make a legal pass (e.g., walking the disc to the spot where it is to be put into play). For a live disc to be put into play, the thrower must establish a pivot at the appropriate spot on the field, touch the disc to the ground, and put it into play.

- when the disc is live, you have to ground tap (or have the defense check the disc in) before throwing. failure to do so is a travel. this applies when momentum takes you out of bounds after a catch, if the disc goes out of bounds on a turnover, or if you are taking the disc out of either end zone. and in case you forget, it's in the rules twice (XIII.B).

II.H - Incidental contact: Contact between opposing players that does not affect continued play.

- some people treat incidental contact like they do in football, but if your feet tangle on a play that would have been a completion, it is a foul on whoever initiated the contact (II.E). however, some incidental contact is allowed (XVI.H.3.b.1)

XIII.A.5 - If an offensive player unnecessarily delays putting the disc into play in violation of rule XIX.B, a defender within three meters of the spot the disc is to be put into play may issue a delay of game warning instead of calling a violation. If the behavior in violation of rule XIX.B is not immediately stopped, the marker may initiate and continue a stall count, regardless of the actions of the offense. In order to invoke this rule, after announcing delay of game, the marker must give the offense two seconds to react to the warning, and then announce disc in before initiating the stall count.

- if the offensive player is standing over the disc waiting for people to set up, you can call delay of game, wait 2 seconds, then call disc in. you don't have to pre-stall 10 seconds if the offense is unnecessarily waiting to pick up the disc.

XIV.A.5 - If a stall count is interrupted by a call, the thrower and marker are responsible for agreeing on the correct count before the check...

- just read the rule. try to remember the ones that come in at 6 if over 5: contested foul or violation, picks, offsetting calls, and unresolved calls. it also comes in at 6 if there is more than one contested stall on the same possession, but only if they are contested due to a fast count (XIV.B.1.b).

XV.A - A player may bobble the disc in order to gain control of it, but purposeful bobbling (including tipping, delaying, guiding, brushing or the like) to oneself in order to advance the disc in any direction from where it initially was contacted is considered traveling.

- the purposeful bobbling rule only applies when bobbling it to yourself. so go out there and start macking it to your teammates.

uhl - lei out 2010 photo gallery












matt lane - upa club championships 2009 photo gallery



Saturday, January 23, 2010

defense part 1

more defense next week

[link] - ultfris - fundamentals of man defense
[link] - mit ultimate - defense before the disc moves
[link] - thinkulti - your defensive mindset
[link] - ultimate thoughts - on defense
[link] - ultimate thoughts - on your toes
[link] - ultimate thoughts - using your hips
[link] - ultimate thoughts - defensive spacing
[link] - ultimate thoughts - defensive anticipation
[link] - ultimate thoughts - using peripheral vision
[link] - ultimate thoughts - defensive adjustments
[link] - ultimate thoughts - downfield adjustments
[link] - ultimate thoughts - defend smarter, not harder







Sunday, January 17, 2010

1/17/10

sorry for the lack of posting lately, not much happened last week and i had a tournament this weekend. here's a short post for now.

[link] - upa - 2009 membership release
[link] - the huddle - 2009 year in review: best posts of 2009
[link] - ultimate thoughts - new years to do list
[link] - ultimate thoughts - charting progress for workouts
[link] - ultitraining - core training
[link] - ultitraining - steps to being a sustainable handler
[link] - ultitraining - 8 weeks to an 88 yard pull
[link] - shubbard - the problem with self officiation
[link] - shubbard - nonstandard drills

Sunday, January 10, 2010

laying out

some tips on laying out, including the mental aspect. and don't forget to yell 'jambalaya'. next week: defense

[link] - ultimate thoughts - layout technique: a great post on how to layout
[link] - ultimate thoughts - mental components of layout training
[link] - without a prosthetic - laying out
[link] - ultimate thoughts - the bid: phases of laying out
[link] - ultimate thoughts - layout grabs and when to catch the disc
[link] - the huddle - the layout block





























Sunday, January 3, 2010

1/3/10

[link] - ultfris - top 10 plays of the decade
[link] - ultfris - top 10 games of the decade
[link] - best ten - best ultimate superhero dream team
[link] - frisbee bob - throwing errors
[link] - frisbee bob - why do you play ultimate part 40

[video] - ultitraining - ultimate ankle strength

devo - club nationals 2009 photo gallery


















frisbee bob


Saturday, January 2, 2010

endzone offense

next week: laying out

[link] - the huddle - endzone offense
[link] - ultimate thoughts - response to the huddle's issue on endzone offense
[link] - adam raty - endzone cutting
[link] - parinella - the coop cut
[link] - ben wiggins - endzone offense
[link] - disc thoughts - the red zone
[link] - marshall goff - problems with endzone plays