Practice Recap
Practice started with a bit of wind and rain. But, the conditions did not deter Illinois from having a meaningful practice. After the 20-minute warm-up, the captains decided that the team could use some more practice with cut-to’s in bad conditions. After brushing up on throwing in the wind and rain, players split into Fall-Out teams. A three way split meant two teams worked on defensive sets, and the other team did more throwing drills on the side before their turn to practice defensive sets. As Denis prepares for his nationals glory, he was not placed on a Fall-Out team. This left him clearly confused and possibly upset.
The focus of defensive work involved 23, 21 and a little trap zone. After going through the stations, Illinois Y played Illinois Z in a play-in game. The winner facing Illinois X in the finals. Meanwhile, Illinois X played an intense intrasquad scrimmage evidenced by the Max-Joel collision in the endzone. Eventually, Illinois Z beat Illinois in a game featuring plenty of up wind goals. In the finals, Illinois Z rode phenom to an easy victory over X.
Key Notes-
Cut-to’s- It seems some rookies have trouble throwing because they make too many movements with their hands when making fakes. Maybe some veteran throwers can comment and I hope they do. But, when I try to throw I like to throw a hard pivot, but while pivoting I try to be a threat throwing. If I do not have the disc in a good position to throw the pivot is wasted. Keep the pivots simple, but make a good solid fake. Then, pivot back and make a throw. I think a simple motion is best. Try to visualize Pat’s throwing motion. His pivots gets his defender to the backhand side, then he has a simple forehand shot up-field. Simply, to many hand motions do not confuse defenders plus it creates a bad throwing position. Secondly, know where you want to throw and pivot to get your marker away from that area.
Defensive Sets- I did not get a great evaluation because there seemed to be turnovers on throws and catches rather than good bids or defense. One area of improvement for the team would be on defensive handlers. We need to stop the upline cuts first. I know it is frustrating to let dumps get the disc on a reset, but that alternative is better that an up line cut. I think we can use more work on marking and instructions with the man defenses.
All and all it seemed like a good practice and people are excited for Fall-Out. Hopefully, Illinois will come home with another trophy.
7 comments:
Hey, Bloggerman. I like how you are trying to create confusion by sending emails to a couple people signed with one name, another email to other people and signing with another name and so on.
you cheeky bastard!
really good stuff about throwing, tho. all throwers should strive to be threats at all times. a fake should look identical to a throw in order for it to be convincing to the marker.
And if you aren't sure if your fakes are convincing enough, you can usually tell if the person marking you yells "UP!" and you still have the disc in your hand... Good fake
It is easy to forget about pivoting during the intensity of a real game. Many times I find myself just stepping out during a game and throwing that upfield pass. When you get the disc, actively concentrate on making those pivots in order to throw your defender off. Cut-tos can only do so much. This is another area where we really need to apply drill concepts to the game.
The blogger has gotten lazy...I want more posts!
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Blogger, I'm putting you on notice. I want more posts.
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