Cutting,Offense,Practice 29 April 2011

Cutting is the art of getting free from a defender at a time and in a position that enables the cutter to be thrown to.

There are a few fundamental points that a cutter should remember:

• Firstly, a cutter should ‘know the thrower’.  This means knowing what the thrower likes to throw and what they are capable of throwing: it is no use being 10 metres free on the break force side if the thrower cannot complete an inside-out or hammer!
• Secondly, a cutter should know what the thrower is expecting to throw (as determined by the team’s offensive structure)

 Hucking,Offense,Psychology,Systems,Throwing 15 September 2010

A general rule of thumb I like to follow is this:

Huck from Zone A; don’t huck from Zone B. In Zone A, use shallow/deep cuts (ie horizontal stack); in Zone B, use break side/open side cuts (ie vertical stack).

Several factors affect this general rule:

1. What the Defense is running against your Offense – if they’re running a zone then maybe you want to try and work it up the field. Or maybe you want to huck right away for field position so you don’t turn the disc over close to your end zone.

 Defense,Featured,Offense,Practice,Psychology,Training 28 August 2010

I’ve done a lot of reading of other blogs, books, and I’ve talked to a lot of people for many hours about ultimate. In all of that time, I’ve come up with a bit of a quick reference checklist that I think will help any level of player, captain and team before going into a practice, game, and especially a tournament.

Let me know what you think of my list of tips. What ones should I add?

1. Shake the confidence of the other team by scoring on hucks

 Catching,Offense,Videos 10 May 2010

In ultimate, it’s important to attack the disc since if you stand and wait to catch the disc, there’s a greater chance for a defender to D the disc. Also, it’s good to attack the disc so you can get the disc moving more quickly in a zone and get the disc moving more quickly in general.

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 Offense,Systems 20 April 2010

With the summer ultimate season fast approaching, many teams are starting to get together for practices and are working on the different types of offense (horizontal, vertical, zone, split stack, german, etc). However, what type of offensive system is right for your team?

There are several ways to approach this so I will offer a few ways to determine which system works best for your team: