Halloween Practice

If you missed today's practice, you missed.....the afformentioned cupcakes, abbs, pushups, singing total eclipse of the heart while enduring timed armed...um..things. things that hurt. I don't know what to call them. Also a lot of throwing, gradual throwing with a mark, and a SWEET cutting and defense drill. Those are the things to work on if you missed out.

Here is a quick run down of the very effective cutting defensive drill:

we set up cones in the shape of pattern running, as if we were one player on the field starting in the stack, making an out an in cut, running for a huck, coming in for a huck, then clearing back to the stack. We marked every place where we chopped/cut in with cones. We first sprinted through it, concentrating on chopping, getting low, exploding, and sprinting 100%.

Next we added field awareness, with Heather (who was sick and still came out!) standing with the disc giving us fakes. We worked on running hard while giving quick looks behind to see where the disc was.

Then we added defense, jogging slowly through it to work on body position.

Then we upped the speed, and added a thrower.

Lastly, we did a mega-quick tutorial on getting a clean, safe lay out D.

Then we scrimmaged, 6 on 6. Everyone played hard. Sabba and Debbie remarked that it was easier to cut, and they understood cutting more, when there were less people on the field.
Marisa had some beautiful break throws, and Niki broke out some incredible forehands. Rita was the MVP of the game, in a couple of points she was every other throw, threw an effortless high release backhand for a score, and showed well developing defense. Amy d'd every huck Lina put up, and Lisa got 4 handblocks, on the same person, who may or may not be writing this.