-The team in general (including myself) made waaay too many drops. We need to sharpen that up.
-ALSO, Iso defense needs to be clarified! Way tooo many mistakes going on. The OUT needs to cover the out. The IN covers the Iso in! And the Second defender in stack needs to cover the second in. Big issues there, especially when SS Iso was run.
-Poach (sp?) D:
Our team was having major issues with this. First of all, Fickley is trying to make sure we all stick to fundamental (hard-man) defense unless a poach play is called. I'm guilty of this a little (haha I learned from Niji), but we need to have a team consistency, otherwise the good teams will tear us apart.
Our offense suffered when the other team poached though, so we need to learn how to deal with that. The problems occurred mostly when the handlers were on the sideline. Cutters need to clear out fast, recognize the poach, and yell. However, even when cutters did everything right, handlers would fail to recognize. Therefore, handlers should look for the dump-swing if trapped on the sideline. Too many turnovers occurred yesterday with poaches.
-I REALLY want to win CAA's, so let's step this up! How sweet would it be to win our first tourney with our friends watching? Answer: really sweet.
God, sounds all too familiar... Something needs to be done differently in practice, or else this drop syndrome is *going* to kill you guys. Honestly, WM has the worst case of the drops I've ever seen in ANY college team. Even shitty teams don't drop as much as us.
ReplyDeleteSo what can you guys do?
1. Running drills seriously (every throw, every catch) and making sure people are focused and putting pressure on themselves.
2. Play elimino: Run a drill (like the 4 corners box drill) with lots of quick movement and throwing, and a player is eliminated when they either mess up a throw or drop a disc. Keep playing until either you hit 100 consecutive throws or too many people are eliminated.
3. Run a catching drill. Have 4 people with a bunch of discs in a zigzag, and just make cut after cut towards each thrower full speed, catch and run the disc to the thrower, and continue to the next person.
4. During scrimmages, make drops a joint liability. What I mean by this is at the end of each point, run a sprint (or a half field suicide) for every drop your side committed.
5. Think of something else.