Learning Ultimate without playing
huanga2
college playing experience. What they've learned were picked
up at... pickup.
Also, since most people work full-time, we can only manage
two "practices" per week, and the attendance is highly
irregular. Our goal is to help the less experienced catch up
to speed without having to hold the more advanced players
back by slowing everything down.
Our team isn't big enough to split into two groups. So what
I asking is, what is the easiest way to learn the basic
concepts of the game of Ultimate?
There are a few conditions, assume them to be true.
1. They don't have the time to read too many blogs
2. They don't want to buy Dvds
3. They are set in their ways and will not be easily
manipulated with incentives and consequences
4. You can't kick them off the team
What would you do?
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poaches
having fun instead of being good.
or you can show them those upcoming motion offense videos. i
hear it's unstoppable
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destiny in a totally and absolutely positive way....
WUFF Camp!
seanc
at practice:
dump drills
upfield flow drills
stress the importance of clearing out
stress the importance of what players do when they don't have the disc
at home:
assuming you're an open team, watch this:
http://club2009.upa.org/videos/open-finals
no need to buy a DVD. look for the things you want to highlight and
tell your players to look for them, too. discuss them. put them into
action.
also:
whether they like to read or not, everyone needs to know the rules.
http://www.upa.org/ultimate/rules
sean
Dascher
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> > 1. They don't have the time to read too many blogs
> > 2. They don't want to buy Dvds
> > 3. They are set in their ways and will not be easily
> > manipulated with incentives and consequences
> > 4. You can't kick them off the team
Sounds like you either need to reassess the goals of your team or you
need to find a new team.
To be good at ultimate you need to want to be good. Everything else
comes easily after that.
I ran a team for two years. Practice turn out was poor and no one
seemed to be as into it as I was. The one thing that helped turn the
team around was strengthening the bond and chemistry of the team by
making it "fun" and "cool" to be the best ultimate players you can
be. In my experience nothing works better than a combination of
ultimate addiction and male competitiveness. (Although that too is an
incentive).
If that doesnt work in a month. Hand control of the team over to your
next most experienced player and tryout for a new team. Seriously,
leadership roles are not worth it if you don't have a real team to
lead.
~D.
huanga2
I like the sound of it though.
I do like the idea of a team building weekend, even if we
don't become a better team we could always have better
chemistry.
The great thing about his team is the chemistry off the
field. Unfortunately it doesn't translate into results on
the field. About half the team are dedicated and want to be
good while the other half likes to play and be social. The
hard part is getting everyone on the bandwagon to becoming a
better team.
I do wonder though, is there a linear pathway to Ultimate
success?
Chemistry -> Commitment -> Good practice & attendance ->
Good Ultimate?
Any thoughts?
Frank
> What are these motion offense videos? And who's making them?
> I like the sound of it though.
I'm making the motion offense videos.
There will most likely be a series of at least 12 sessions, each one
focusing on skills and sound fundamentals that every player should
have. Each session will build off of the skills of the last one and
in the later sessions, we'll be putting all of the techniques together
to bring everything into Balance.
We'll be posting these videos as we go so your team can participate
along side us.
Stay tuned to www.z-boyz.org for when these videos will become
available on-line.
huanga2
forward to the videos.