I wrote up some short instructions for Smaug after this weekend. Our sideline D talk can be much more productive. These are few of my favorite ways of helping. If you know of any other ways to help from the sidelines, please let me know in the comments section.
1. The most important thing is to just be saying something. Even just yelling to run hard is better than saying nothing.
2. Tell your guy where the disc is on the field. Tell him whether it's far side from your voice or near you. This is a good thing to do when your defender is on a cutter so he knows how to adjust his positioning. He knows to play tighter or to sag off a little bit because the disc is not in a threatening position. You can yell "HOT" at the person when he is clearly the focus of the handler or when you can see a dangerous situation developing. eg FAR SIDE, FAR SIDE. MIDDLE. NEAR SIDE. HOT.
3. If you are talking to the dump defender, tell him what the handler is doing. The most important thing is to tell your guy whether the guy with the disc is looking at his offender or not. Echoing the stall count is helpful, and also saying where the disc is going (up, break, etc.) eg: NOT LOOKING, NOT LOOKING, STALLING 4, 5, LOOKING, LOOKING.
4. If your guy is on the mark, be sure to tell him where the receiving threats are on the field and where his marking emphasis should be. The words INSIDE or AROUND are the standard. Also, as you see the stall count get above 5, remind the person on the mark to shift his emphasis on taking away the around and pressure the dump throw.
5. Old school: yell "UP" calls. Yell HUCK or BREAK if it applies. Also, if a person is in power position, yell "POWER, POWER"
6. If there is one dude who is hucking a lot, every one should echo the call "HUCKER" when he gets his hands on the disc.
7. Special situation: If a team is being very successful with their huck looks, 1 person should stand at each of the front cones of the endzone that we're defending and help out the defenders as they come into the deep area. Make sure to tell them where the huck is going when it goes up. ie: LEFT LEFT or RIGHT RIGHT or SHORT or BLADEY. This is the only situation in which you are excused from following the play on the sidelines.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
SB Invite Preview
Tomorrow morning we drive up the 101 to Santa Barbara. The tournament is notorious for having bad weather. This year, it rained for a week straight, from sunday at Leiout until Friday night. Weather reports say that there is only a small chance of rain over the weekend, but I know better than to believe them. I'm bringing all my tights and trash bags in preparation.
Black Tide lost all of their grass fields because of the week of rain, so only 12 men's teams are playing this weekend. Fortunately, we were seeded high enough to make it in, but CSULB got screwed over again, getting un-invited from their second tourney this year. That really sucks.
Because they're going to have to shoehorn in all the men's and women's games onto the artificial turf fields, the schedule is going to be pretty wacky. We're playing Colorado and Davis in pool play, with cross over games until 10 PM at night. One nice thing about losing the fields, at least, is that we get our first game at 10:40 instead of 8 AM.
Colorado and Davis. I'm excited about playing both of them, but they will be tough games. It's time to see what we've got.
Black Tide lost all of their grass fields because of the week of rain, so only 12 men's teams are playing this weekend. Fortunately, we were seeded high enough to make it in, but CSULB got screwed over again, getting un-invited from their second tourney this year. That really sucks.
Because they're going to have to shoehorn in all the men's and women's games onto the artificial turf fields, the schedule is going to be pretty wacky. We're playing Colorado and Davis in pool play, with cross over games until 10 PM at night. One nice thing about losing the fields, at least, is that we get our first game at 10:40 instead of 8 AM.
Colorado and Davis. I'm excited about playing both of them, but they will be tough games. It's time to see what we've got.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Lei Out 2010: Success
Mah Na Mah Na! rocked Lei Out. Definitely the best one I've been to. Im still recovering.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Back on the Horse
Sorry for the long break between posts.
Finals hit, then Nicaragua, then the holidays, and then a whirlwind trip to San Francisco for new years. I didn't think much about ultimate from mid-December until now, and the rest was pretty rejuvenating. This semester is going to be a lot of work, and it was nice to pretend I'm a normal person for a little while.
We're practice and one track workout into the season so far. The SB Invite is three weeks and I'm really excited about our pool:
http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=122&id=7110
We have Tide, Stanford and SLO, in that order. Tide and SLO are good regional match ups, and Stanford is a semis team from last and we will get to play with nothing to lose.
First, though, is Lei Out, one of the highlights of the year for LA ultimate. We're debating whether to move up into the A pools for a second year in a row. It worked out OK last year, but we will see.
Anyway, here are some pictures form Nicaragua:
Finals hit, then Nicaragua, then the holidays, and then a whirlwind trip to San Francisco for new years. I didn't think much about ultimate from mid-December until now, and the rest was pretty rejuvenating. This semester is going to be a lot of work, and it was nice to pretend I'm a normal person for a little while.
We're practice and one track workout into the season so far. The SB Invite is three weeks and I'm really excited about our pool:
http://www.upa.org/scores/tourn.cgi?div=122&id=7110
We have Tide, Stanford and SLO, in that order. Tide and SLO are good regional match ups, and Stanford is a semis team from last and we will get to play with nothing to lose.
First, though, is Lei Out, one of the highlights of the year for LA ultimate. We're debating whether to move up into the A pools for a second year in a row. It worked out OK last year, but we will see.
Anyway, here are some pictures form Nicaragua:
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