A Brief Overview: Catching, Defense, Strategy, etc.

Posted December 14th, 2008 by Mackey and filed in Defense, Offense, Site Overview, Strategy, catching
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(Cu & T) (Fitness)

Catching

Work to change your catching instincts

Types of layout grabs

Receiving Under Pressure

a response to the Huddle’s issue on catching

Layout Technique, complete with several pictures

on Head Stability

Defense

the (potentially false) dichotomy between “smart” and “emotional” D (another old one)

mind the Hips

Spacing

toes, toes, toes

the Outside Shoulder for fundamental team D (but see the comments)

Mental Training for Layouts

Anticipa-a-tion

Jumping form, and Skying (I’ll revisit this in more depth someday)

Why Marks Matter

Mobile Marking (and Improving Mobility)

Defense means “Dicate”

close the Holes in the mark

Spacing on the mark

On Balance

consider the Periphary

Strategy

Focus and Mental Toughness for your team. See also Talk in Positives, Ways to Talk to Encourage Cont’d Performance for more applied use.

How should you deploy your D studs?

Play to your strengths or their weakness?

Subbing. How would you sub yourself? Make yourself into the kind of player you want to play in tight spots.

The Importance of the Dump

Endzone O. How does your team practice it?

Process vs. Outcome Focus

Etc.

Cultivating Focus

Read the Inner Game of Tennis

Ultimate is a Biathlon

Observation & Imitation

Phase 3 of the mass-linking is the other aspect of this blog: fitness and training-related info. Check back on Thursday.

Related posts:

  1. Catching Thought: What’s your first instinct?
  2. The Huddle is a Gold Mine. (Response to Issue No. 8, "Catching")
  3. More on Emotional Defense
  4. A Brief Overview: Cutting & Throwing
  5. Catching Thought: Focus on the spin

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