Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Trying to Understand...

Quick Note: Track workout last night.
Leaned towards quickness and agility training. We did the typical round of calisthenics, mixed in some sprints, plyometrics, and then finished off with a T-drill. Last variation of the T-drill mixed in a bear crawl, somersaults, and a crab walk. Turns out one of our guys could quite possibly be the bear crawl champion of the world. I've never seen 12 people bust into applause after seeing the quality of someone's bear crawl. It was impressive.

We're doing a drill in practice tomorrow that I think might help solve our lack of using the full field, so I wanted to touch on the movement of the disc...

Why don't players look to dish the disc off quickly?
-Lack of confidence in throws
-Lack of options
-Concentration on catching the disc narrows their window for delivery to the next receiver
-Lack of trust in their receiver
-A desire to advance the disc rather than dump it

Why should they dish it?
-Forces the defense to adjust to the location of the disc
-Allows them to get back upfield and make another cut
-To take advantage of defensive poaching in the early counts of the stall
-Give it to a better thrower who is already looking upfield

I can understand why we aren't moving the disc quickly and effectively. Here are a few things we don't do well:
-Clear back to the stack as a cutter.
-We break off our cuts too late.
-The stack gets too spread out (Vert. Stack) eliminating good deep looks.
-Sprint off the disc (we stand and watch it. Might be a trust issue.).
-Give swing options when the disc is dumped.
-We don't create space as a handler, we set up our dump cuts too close to the disc.
-We don't push up when the disc is moving (this kills our flow).
-Our handlers need to constantly work to be in line with the disc.

Bunch of things to think about. I'm sure there are more. Just thinking...

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