Practice,Psychology,Throwing
5 February 2012
*Having good fitness will help but ultimately frisbee skills are more important
Far too often, I read about players spending all of their time in the gym and barely any on the field spent practicing. I don’t mean being at practice with your team. I mean going out on your own (or with a partner) practicing throwing and catching. Throwing and catching are a huge part of the game. If you are the fastest player on your team but you can’t throw or catch, then you won’t be very useful.
Practice,Psychology
11 January 2012
I think this is a very important point to make. People aren’t born good ultimate players. Good ultimate players are made out of people who are willing to put in the time to practice, those who are willing to travel to tournaments to challenge themselves to get better, those who are willing to learn from others and those who have the right attitude.
We’ve all heard the story of how Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team. So how did he end up in the NBA and become one of the greatest basketball players of all time?
Too many times in a game, the disc will be thrown, the player on offense will catch it, the defender will turn to their team and shout “Where was the up call?”.
However, it’s not up to your team to tell you where the disc is. Sure, an “Up” call will help, but you should also be aware and know where the disc is, where the offensive player is and be ready to make a bid on the disc.
Since the receiver already has the advantage, you must work on your field awareness in order to increase your chances of getting a D on the disc.
Excellent throwing drill for intermediate and advanced throwers. Visit scandalultimate.com to learn more about the team and its players. You can get these awesome reversible practice pinnies (modeled here by Opi and Allison) for your team at http://breakmark.com!
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Leadership,Main,Practice,Psychology
27 August 2011
Most of us have played other team sports since we were kids so we have gotten used to the initial period when you first join a team and you get to know the other players.
However, no matter the sport you play – hockey, baseball, basketball or ultimate – there are many commonalities between the sports as far as team dynamics go. I’ve been a member of teams since I was 10 years old and I’ve also gotten to coach sports teams so I’ve seen both sides of the coin and with that, bring a perspective that a lot of players don’t have.
