http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss gbuhl@math.rutgers.edu © Geoffrey Buhl Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:59:24 -0400 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:28:49 -0400 iBlog 1.4.5 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E1806704016/index.html Wed, 04 May 2005 01:43:41 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E1806704016/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C462129105/E1872004734/index.html Brian and I chatted about tonight's scrimmage. Here the important stuff: ]]> Wed, 04 May 2005 00:27:51 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C462129105/E1872004734/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C29602007/E1271962071/index.html I hit the track for the first time this year, which gives me roughly six months to get into shape for nationals.

...There were two parts to my workout tonight: 300s and sprint jogs.... I ran the 300s in 55 seconds and jogged the curve in 55 seconds, and repeated this 4 times. This is a sprint jog: sprint 50m, jog 50m, sprint 100m, jog 100m, sprint 200m, jog 200m, sprint 100m, jog 100m, sprint 50m, jog 50m.

...The sprint jogs are a good workout for you guys this time of year. ]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2005 07:22:43 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C29602007/E1271962071/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C462129105/E422404989/index.html 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. ]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2005 17:17:39 -0400 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C462129105/E422404989/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E202833368/index.html That is, you should not let your emotions vary wildly from point to point or moment to moment.... If you let you emotions swing too much, they will become a stronger influence on your actions than is worthwhile. Keeping an even keel is something this team struggles will a great deal, and as a result the consistency of the team's play varies. I am not saying you should be nonchalant about each point, but you should approach each point with the same intensity and focus regardless of what has happened up until that point of the game. I think that the veterans on this team need to do a better of job of maintaining a more consistent emotional state through the course of a tournament.

...However one sweet play will not win you a game, just as one error will not lose you a game. This team needs to treat each point like it is important and not require emotional stimulus to excel. If you can not reasonably control your emotional responses to external stimulus, that is a sign of mental weakness. ]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:26:22 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E202833368/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E42471240/index.html A few months ago, a good friend of mine, and a coach of mine at Santa Cruz asked me, "Geoff, how come you get D on guys that are better athletes than you?"

...The offense has such an advantage in ultimate that invariably when you are on defense you will get beat by a cutter.... The thrower can make an errant throw, and the receiver can miss read or have some other sort of lapse. I think that I get some of my Ds because I don't give the thrower and receiver too much credit.... At the very least you will be in excellent position to put the mark on. Beyond the required physical skills to play good defense, mentally you need to put your ego away, be tenacious, and a little indignant.

Another guy I had the pleasure to play with for a few year who was a sick sick defender always said, "Play defense like you're on offense." If you have good field awareness, you can anticipate the type of cut the receiver can make. ]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 21:38:50 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E42471240/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E494335263/index.html This means making the opposing teams offense work for each one of their goals, not allowing easy scores.

...You set up far enough behind the goal line so that you can be at a sprint at the goal line, as the pull is released. If you are covering handlers setting up in the pull play, you must continue this sprint until you are in good defensive position. If you are cover other players you do not need to sprint all the way, but you need to get into good defensive position as quickly as possible.

Pulls need to be inbounds, but also must have enough hang time to allow defenders to be into position at the same time the disc is caught. A 65 yard pull with good hang time is better than a 75 yard pull that the offense can play quickly.

We work on our mark extensively in indoor practices because the mark is the foundation of any man to man defense.... If you are covering someone man to man and they are thrown to you must decide immediately if you can get the D or not. If you can lay out and get the block, if not you must concede the completion and move to the prevent the next throw.... Contain the next throw, but moving to the area the person will want to throw through, and then close the distance between you and him quickly, to set an aggressive intimidating mark.... We will work on setting the mark in the next few practices.

...For example, in our straight up defense, the risk of allowing an upfield throw to a handler out weight the risk of over playing the backwards dump cut. In the straight up, dumping the disc backwards, and setting the mark plays into the general strategy of the straight up mark.... If a team is successful against one type of defense we can change our strategy, but unless be stick to our defensive plan, we won;t know really if the D is working or not.

The ingredient for a good defense are basic: in bounds pulls, coving the pull, good marks, discipline, and effort.

...If everyone can answer positively to the questions most of the time, we will improve out defense. ]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:16:09 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E494335263/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C462129105/E1521383447/index.html The pull play defense we talked about was the force stack defense, and the poach in the lane for one throw. ]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:47:15 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C462129105/E1521383447/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E2066087163/index.html At Terminus you should focus on man defenses flick, backhand, and straight up. If any team is successfully hucking on you like Mary Washington, try a backhand force. On the straight up mark, remind people to slightly shade the flick, and to protect the sideline.... Also I'd like to see our dump defense get tighter. Don't sag of your man early in the stall count. Don't over react to backwards cuts, stay at home, and push the dump backwards.

...Handler focus should be to run the right dump cuts.

...Team needs to get into the game and make up calls, and follow the play on the sidelines.

Triangle drill endzone offense, 7 on 7 each team gets ten shots. ]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:05:08 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C1617830710/E2066087163/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E920313707/index.html Offensively, there are many things, but I want to keep it simple.

...Defensively, we will work on our directional marks.

...As for plays, I'd like to run Opel, which is a sideline play, which is basically the up and fill, works great on a end zone trap as well. Let's try to run Subaru as well, which is similar to Mazda. If we can do this we'd have 4 plays (MOTS, TOMS, MOTTOS), so we can rock the anagram options, and work on our mental game as well.

Recap: Subaru, Opel, Hard cuts, hard marks, Up calls. ]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:04:59 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E920313707/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E239813148/index.html The error in execution, I believe, will get smoothed out the more we run the offense. We will work on the fast break, dump cuts, and endzone offense, and get better at those things. As long as we try to make the offense work, our execution will steadily improve.

...Only in the first game did you come out hard. Good teams set the tone of the game early on. They go for the throat early, and don't let go. So many time teams will go down early to a team they perceive is better than them and fold.... It is a skill to be able to motivate yourself to go out and give it your all on the first point.

...On Sunday, you were able to apply consistent defensive pressure to JMU by keeping you pulls in bounds, covering them, and marking aggressively.... We can still improve in all of those areas, and we'll need to. Part of the reason, the Mary Washington game was a blow out is that you did not pressure them on defense.

...We still need to get people cutting more frequently and harder.... Remember if you are not cutting move away from the disc to create space. ]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:31:46 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E239813148/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E1110402004/index.html As you may already know, or will soon come to find out, I like to emphasize three areas to focus on at a tournament.... I know many of you are excited about our number one seed, as well as the opportunity to play outside for the first time this year. I am too, but to often teams coming into the tournament with a one seed, focus on winning a tournament.... For receivers this means active cutting to the dangerous areas in the outside lanes of the field. For handlers this means following your throws, and moving the disc quickly.

...It's out first tournament of the year, and there will be many mistakes made.... All that I ask is that you learn from these mistakes, and figure out how to limit them in the future. As always, this tournament will be a success if we come out of it a better team than we started it.... Take this weekend's tournament as an opportunity to learn, improve your play, and improve the teams play. ]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:01:15 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E1110402004/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C29602007/E873717705/index.html As you prepare for this weeks tournament, you might want to check out Chaney's notes on eating and nutrition. ]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C29602007/E873717705/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C29602007/E245193586/index.html Tim Chang bounds away from a longingly looking Bill Keiffer.

Just a reminder to come to the indoor sessions on Friday. ]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:17:27 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C29602007/E245193586/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E1408826664/index.html I would like the team to be able to run the stop disc plays Mazda (pg. 37) and Toyota (pg. 42) at the JMU tournament. Make this happen. ]]> Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:07:50 -0500 http://homepage.mac.com/gwbuhl/cc/C656493578/E1408826664/index.html