Think about the kinds of tools you want your team to have in the arsenal--you don't have to have all of them, but you should have a couple--and refine them into effective weapons come game time
Defnsive Adjustments: Downfield - Thoughts.
The Huddle | The Layout Block
You've trained, you've watched film, and you know your opponent. Maybe you've been waiting all game, all season, or your entire Ultimate life to take a layout block from that player in a big game. Like hitting a walk-off home-run. Like marching around your hometown with the Stanley Cup in your Radio Flyer.
Training the lunge for better throwing
I'm not talking the standard step-forward, push back up type, I'm talking stepping at angles and especially stepping sideways. You'll see a noticeable improvement in your pivoting speed, which will in turn allow you to develop more effective fakes and generally become more capable with the disc in your hands.
Thoughts.: Structuring Your Own Training Program, Part 3
Supplemental work, in my mind, refers to work or mini-workouts that you do in addition to your normal routine(s).
This can refer to grip training, for instance--not enough to be called a "workout" in its own right, really, but it goes great as a finisher after a lifting session. Other things you might consider supplemental work...
Thoughts.: Cutting Thought: On Being the Primary Cut, and Not Cutting
...Cutting is as much about fooling your defender as it is about flat-out beating him, and one man's cut is enabled by the work of six others making space for him to have a play.
The value of confusing the defense's expectations is rather large for the offense...
Thoughts: Layout Technique
Oft discussed, much coveted.
The bid. How?
There's a mental side to it (more on that next week). But as with most skills, the mental enables the physical. So what are the fine points of such? I'll try to break it down here...
Thoughts on Cutting
Cutting serves as one of Ultimate's most fundamental and important skills. With well-made cuts, you can win even if your team doesn't have dominant throws.
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