BananaCut

There are a handful of drills that I frequently use while coaching but none of them do I use more frequently and that have a higher return on time spent than the three-person marking drill.

At the risk of helping out my opponents play better ultimate, I have decided to reveal the secret to endzone cutting. I like to think of this as my way of giving back to the ultimate community. So here goes...

We asked a group of very successful endzone cutters to describe their habits. Be it pretty, ugly, efficient, patterned or random; a goal is a goal, and only scoring matters.

Sockeye teams with Seattle University's Sports Science Department for athletic testing.

Great weather today for the Northwest; just about 60 degrees, a thrower’s wind (8-ish MPH, just enough to allow only good throwers to hit the endzone from anywhere, but not enough to make them shy), and very little rain.

The cardinal rule when stepping out onto the field is almost always: No turnovers. If possession is continually held, then eventually the disc will find its way into the endzone.

When you do drills (from your warm-up jog, plant, jog/run/sprint back, to 1v1 cutting), make a conscious effort not just to use your non-dominant foot, but to do so even to the point of exclusion of the other foot. Limit yourself for a league game, or mixed pickup at practice (hi, Dartmouth!), and try to maintain effectiveness. Does it work?

With the World Championships mere weeks away, the Seattle Sockeye are training hard to represent the United States well.

Local background story of a Seattle youth team playing exhibition at Worlds.