So considering that I was still drunk until halfway through practice, I think I played pretty well. I had a couple opportunities to bid during the dish and deep drill, but I felt like I probably would've vommed if I landed on my stomach.
My defense is still a tad poachy and I REALLY need to get out of that habit. I fortunately didn't let up any outcut completions and had some solid D's toward the end of our scrimmage. I had one turn during the scrimmage, and it was a high lefty backhand to the dump, but I can't say it was entirely my fault (sorry Sean). I need to make more fakes when I have the disk, but that will come with time. I also need to work on removing the delay in my flick, because it may become blockable against high caliber teams.
I felt that my cutting overall was pretty good but not great...I need to take harder steps in my fakes and need to work on nonverbal communication with the thrower. A couple times during the scrimmage I looked off opportunities for me to continue my cut over to the break side and receive the disk.
Overall, no silly mistakes on O or D, but definitely a lot of room for improvement. The things I need to work on will give me the motivation to work my ass off.
-Fabio
This blog will be a great way for our class to express our ideas, suggestions, and perhaps frustrations with the game that we play in the years to come, as we strive to improve ourselves and others on the team.
Poaching, especially at the college level, is not advantageous in most situations. But if we could coordinate two or three man poaches some success is likely.
ReplyDeleteOne thing McCoy told me last year: "Never look away form the handler and always know where the disc is." Granted, "never" is a bit of a blanket term but he still made a good point.