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This pattern is a staple in ultimate, and worth practicing. Often referred to as a ‘V’ cut due to the sharp change of direction.
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Learning to "go to" the disc is an important step for beginners. This drill emphasises the importance of "attacking the disc"; running all the way through the catch, to secure possession.
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Allows the cutter to either cut deep or under on the open side, and teaches the thrower to react quickly to opportunities
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This pattern is a staple in ultimate, and worth practicing. Often referred to as a ‘V’ cut due to the sharp change of direction.
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This drill provides a second cutting option if {B} is not able to get open on their first cut.
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This drill provides a second cutting option if {B} is not able to get open on their first cut.
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This drill emphasises gaining yards by challenging the thrower to break the mark early
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Making a break mark drill more difficult will vastly improve your throwing ability; here, we force the thrower to hit a precise point on the field.
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This drill provides a second cutting option if {B} is not able to get open on their first cut.
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Show and practice the basic concept of "clearing" out of one part of the pitch in order to make space for other team mates to run into and catch a pass.
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Breaking the mark is often seen as one of the most important skills in ultimate, so this drill should be a staple for any team.
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One of the simplest movements in ultimate, and a frequent option in any offence
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This drill replicates a straight up mark while the disc is on the sideline, with a cutter heading towards the sideline
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Dish moves can be used to move the disc to the break side without ever directly breaking the mark
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Learn how to defeat poaching defenders effectively with this drill
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An additional rule to encourage players to make space for each other.
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Extra rules in a match to encourage receiver to make longer runs in specific directions.
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A fun game that will help you to keep kids engaged in a race to the finish!
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This can be a difficult throw to execute as there's little margin of error for the thrower, but it is ideal in small areas such as in the endzone
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Since throwers can not move, receivers must. This introduces simple movement and throwing to space.
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Allows the cutter to cut under either on the break side or the open side, and teaches the thrower to react quickly to opportunities
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This drill provides a second cutting option if {B} is not able to get open on their first cut.
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This drill provides a second cutting option if {B} is not able to get open on their first cut.
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Practice your pop passes and lead passes while chaining together multiple short throws and improving your timing
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Use this drill to teach your team to move downfield in vertical stack early and effectively in order to maintain flow
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This drill works on repositioning the vertical stack in response to disc movement across the field.
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Chicago Machine's Brett & Goose bring together multiple cutting options to show the power of the vertical stack formation
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A simple yet effective mechanism for generating and maintaining offensive flow
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The idea here is to get three or more cutters working together, all running the Triangle Cutting patterns, to provide lots of options to throw to in a short space of time.
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Timing deep cuts is a vital part of being a good receiver; it rarely gets much attention but when you time your cuts correctly, throwing away becomes much easier (and you'll catch more goals!)
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A well timed under cut will allow a thrower to pass into the field to an open player shortly after they have changed direction, gaining maximum distance down down, and into the centre of the field. All of this would happen as the thrower establishes a pivot foot and looks up field.
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Practice timing continuation cuts for maximum gain and to ensure that your offence continues flowing downfield
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Defenders can often read what a cutter wants to do in advance to re-position themselves to deny an option. When cutting, it is therefore good to be able to make split-second decisions about where you want to cut.
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A simple combination of cuts that can be used to provide three throwing options - away, open side and break side - in quick succession.
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This dynamic drill brings together a multitude of cutting options, and is good for teaching cutters how to exploit one-on-one matchups.
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This is a simple movement useful whenever a downfield dump is being fronted
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Allows the cutter to either cut deep or under on the open side, and teaches the thrower to react quickly to opportunities. Ideal for continuation cuts.
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A flood play used to create space for an isolated cutter in horizontal stack
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This is a coordinated cutting pattern aimed at moving defenders to create an undefended under cut.
