Breaking a mark - quick tips - Flik

Breaking the Mark: Breaking a mark – quick tips by Fiona Mernagh

When it comes to breaking the mark, a lot of people think about fakes. Is bigger better? I don’t think so. Speed & stability are the keys.

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It’s a little cringing to see players acting out huge fakes to nothing. Many of them miss real throwing opportunities because they’re not actually seeing what’s downfield while their brain is focusing on their aggressive ‘believable’ fake. For me there are two key components to what makes any fake successful: You make the mark move the other way to where you actually want to throw from. You throw from a position of stability. This is a classic one side fake […]

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