Wed - May 4, 2005

Tuesdays Scrimmage


Brian and I chatted about tonight's scrimmage. Here the important stuff:

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Wed - April 6, 2005

Practice 4/6/05


New Plays: Subaru and Dodge End zone offense 9 shots each Fight club Aborted double play stop disc play scrimmage.

...The final scrimmage was quite good, with some of the younger guys cutting deep aggressively, and the starters moving the disc to exploit poaching.

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Tue - March 22, 2005

Practice 3/22/04


The pull play defense we talked about was the force stack defense, and the poach in the lane for one throw.

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Tue - November 16, 2004

Practice 11/16/04


When Sicard street is away, Machine will play, and play well. We had 12 or so at practice, not including the the RUTV people there to record us. After a some throwing and a thorough warmup, the we did the triangle drill.... So after my exhortations to work harder, we did the comeback drill, two sets of two times through.... Throughout the drill people improved their timing, and throwers did a better job of moving the disc quickly. The next drill was plinko, followed by some 3 on 3, make it take it.... After practice Steve and I answer some questions in front of the camera.

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Tue - November 9, 2004

Practice 11/9/04


As the temperature dropped below freezing, the 13 or some guys who braved the cold had one of the most fun practices of the year.... The first drill was the Triangle Drill which was followed by the some M-Drill SAQ work.... We finished up with some 3 on 3 make it take, in which the team of Chris, Tim, and Tim won 4 in a a row to lay claim to the title: Champions of the Universe.

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Tue - November 2, 2004

Practice 11/2/04


After warming up with the triangle drill, we split up and worked on endzone offense (pg.... We still need to improve on cuts form the back of the stack in endzone offense. Running was done for failed end zone attempts, since it's no good to turn it at the endzone.... Hopefully that drill help you get a better feel for when you have an advantage on offense, and on defense what you need to do to stop an in cut.... One group did the most dangerous man drill, which simulates what a receiver should do after he dumps the disc.... We are not getting enough cuts from the back of the stack. Part of this is because people want to know which side to cut on before they cut.... The best cuts are the ones set of for the next thrower, not the guy who current has the disc. Get out of the habit of cutting for the current thrower, and get into the habit of making good hard cuts when it is your turn to.

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Thu - October 21, 2004

Practice 10/21/04


We worked on endzone offense (pg. 44) and the pull play (pg. 29)a little bit before the rain caused the fields to get closed. Some of the drills we did: comeback drill, out and in drill, and the butterfly drill.

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Fri - October 15, 2004

Practice 10/14/04


The three things we focused on were receiver cuts (pg.... 22-23), and force forehand (pg.... Some of the things we did were the Butterfly cut drill, one on one defense drill, dump drill, and fight club.

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Tue - October 12, 2004

Practice 10/12/04


We started off the practice by working on the dishy pass (pg.... We did the Dishy drill and the Dishy flow drill.... It a regular back hand, throw flat to the space to the side of you and slightly behind you. The earlier you throw the dishy, the easier it is to complete.

...This focus on making out and in cuts, and making an out cut, after you are looked off on an in cut (pg.... The key is for the cuts is moving at full speed, and using good footwork to make a sharp change of direction. In cuts are straight back at the thrower, and out cuts are to the back corner of the endzone.

...After that, on Justin's urging, the team was introduced to fight club. If I remember correctly, Chris taught Dan why it's called fight club. Finished off with the thrower maker drill.

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Thu - October 7, 2004

Practice 10/7/04


Today's practice we warmed up with the triangle drill, and then did a modified out and in drill. After that we talked about zone offense and worked on zone offense a little bit.

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Tue - October 5, 2004

Practice 10/5/04


Kudos for all of you who endured the chilly evening, I though today's practice was quite productive. The first part of the practice focused on the two of the receiver cuts: 'out and in' and butterfly. The important thing to remember is that after you make an in cut, you shouldn't fade into the stack. You should change directions and cut deep to the opposite site back corner, turning your out and in cut into a butterfly cut.

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Mon - October 4, 2004

Practice Plan for this week


Tuesday: Receiver Cuts (pg 9-10) Subaru (pg.

...Thursday: Dump cuts (pg.

...Page numbers are from the playbook, which can be found below.

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Thu - September 23, 2004

Practice 9/23/04


This practice we introduced our endzone offense and the force middle defense. The endzone offense can be found on pages 44-47 of the playbook.... He said that in doing the Go To drill, you should be pushing you ability to catch the disc, as you accelerate to and lunge for it. Make sure you accelerate the last three steps into the catch.... It's your opportunity to push beyond your comfort level, and show throwers that you are a receiver that can be trusted to go and get the disc when it is in the air.

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Tue - September 21, 2004

Practice 9/21/04


Tonight's practice we tried some advanced skills: cutting from motion and timing cuts.... At the end of the scrimmage, in the game to 3, all but one of the goal were score on well executed pull plays.... Hopefully, the playbooks will get printed out soon (Raj, I'm calling you out.), and you all will be able to see the big picture for the offense. The PDF of the playbook is available on this site, in one of the earliest posts.

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Thu - September 16, 2004

Practice 9/16/04


The basic concept of the straight up defense is this: The marker prevents the thrower from throwing good huck. Any huck that is thrown against the straight up mark must be blady or floaty.... The straight up defense is a team defense, which means each player either down field or marking must do his job for the defense to be successful.

Specifically we worked on three skills this evening: fronting, setting the mark, and defending hucks. When you are down field you want to front you player, taking away the in cut to the wide side of the field with your body positioning.... One, the player you are defender may make a horizontal cut to the strong side of the field.... If the pass is completed, it will be for a minimal gain, and you must set the mark.... Take the right pursuit angle, seal off the up the line throw, and then close into the man you are marking. Two, the man you are defending my cut deep, assume he is cutting in, until you hear an up call, then it's time to sprint, find the disc, and defend it. The pass will either be uncatchable because it is blading, or it will be floating so you will have time to catch up to it.

...Within 15 yards of the endzone, you should switch to a force middle defense, in which you are still fronting.

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Practice 9/9/04

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