Last example for now. Give Go.
Handler’s at the brick with the disc. Ho-stack setup with 2 dumps and 4 across. A few cuts get looked off, open side dump’s defender sags into the lane. Handler swings to the poached dump and immediately runs up line for the give go.
Give go handlers in this scenario tend to watch the thrower expecting the disc back. Good handlers will still take off immediately after throwing the swing, but will take a quick look over their shoulder at the lane while they’re in motion. Check your shoulder! Why?
This drill is designed to simulate coordinated cutting by 4 cutters in a horizontal offense. Cutters move from point to point among three lines of cones forming multiple diamonds. Being careful not to run into each other and cut in coordinated fashion, the cutters make their way across the field.
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Ok, another example. Check your shoulder on buttonhook cuts.
When cutting away, look back at the thrower (aka “check your shoulder) before you plant to come back or even start to slow down. You see it all the time when you set up a drill that involves a buttonhook cut that cutters run toward a cone facing away, then plant and whip their head around all at once. Perhaps the thinking is that by running deep and facing deep that looking back will tip off the defender that you plan to cut back… or maybe this comes from timing routes in football.
Dan Cogan-Drew shares a great drill with us that works on not only defending a cutting, but also on beating the cutter to the disc. The way the drill works is that it’s focused on practicing defender positioning and agility as well as the cutter juking and working on the quickness of their feet/cuts.
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Cutting,Psychology,Throwing
27 May 2011
There are a few things to keep in mind going from a cutter to a handler:
