Coaches: Jodie Palmer34 items
Take a look through the theory, drills and videos from Jodie Palmer.
Jodie has been playing Ultimate for 11 years and has represented Australia 5 times as a player at the Under 19, Under 23 and senior levels. Domestically she has played for Ellipsis for the past 3 seasons, and was a member of the top-10 finishing Ellipsis women’s team at the 2018 World Club Championships. For the past 7 years she has also been coaching at the club, national and international levels. Coaching highlights include being the assistant coach for the Australian U19 boys team in 2016, and the head coach for the Australian Mixed Beach team at the World Beach Championships in 2017. Her coaching expertise lies in defence which stems from years of playing as a defensive specialist.
theory
drills
The 3 box drill allows wings and deeps to practice prioritising threats and containing offensive flow as a unit.
Players practice setting up as the mark and adjusting their positioning to shut down the throw to a moving dump.
Practice stopping continuation passes to the break side and containing break side offensive flow.
Defence practices prioritising and switching onto the most dangerous offensive threats while they are outnumbered in order to contain the offensive flow.
3 handlers on offence attempt to swing the disc across the field while the mark and break use body positioning to prevent the throws.
A cup aims to stay together as a unit and shut down their respective priorities as the disc moves back and forth across the field. Later, open and break side wings work to prevent the disc being advanced after swing passes.
7 v 7, zone defence, on a full sized pitch. Defensive players focus on their individual roles and work as a team to contain the offence's options.