Training Downfield 1-to-1 Defence

This document provides a collection of training ideas for 1-to-1 downfield match defence. Access via the Training Tier on Patreon – free disc after your first 2 payments.
This document provides a collection of training ideas for 1-to-1 downfield match defence. Access via the Training Tier on Patreon – free disc after your first 2 payments.
In this video, Noah takes a look at GB vs New Zealand at U24s back in 2023. New Zealand displayed a potent deep game at the beginning of this game and throughout the tournament, particularly with impressive receiver Finn Collins. If you look at the stats it’s clear that New Zealand’s male matching players ran the show; GB recognised that, and adjusted by having a female matching poach in the deep space. This completely destroyed New Zealand’s offensive flow, and is a good lesson in exploiting teams that play disproportionately through just a few players on their team – which is especially prevalent in mixed ultimate.
This drill trains players to initiate flow after receiving a pass. They catch, throw a break, beat their defender, receive the bounce off their teammate, and start a dribble. Access via the Training Tier on Patreon – free disc after your first 2 payments.
Mexico U20 Mixed played Hexagon Offence at WJUC 2024, and in this video Felix takes a look at some highlights and then breaks down and analyses a full point played against Austria’s handler-sag defence.
Noah breaks down this visionary poach block by Mica Glass for Rhino in the USAU 2024 Club National Championships.
Patron-only video (any tier): Noah talks through the nuances of poaching in indoor ultimate – “Poaching occurs more frequently and differently compared to outdoor ultimate. I initially made this content to share with the university teams I’m coaching indoor ultimate to – specifically I wanted more people to understand the threat of players occupying or cutting towards the endzone, and show how high level indoor players recognise these threats and give up easier options to protect easy scores.”
If you’re not familiar with indoor ultimate, it’s a really fun watch, you can check out this full game here.
Simón Ramírez Ortiz from team Colombia talks us through one of the best sequences of dribbling ever seen on the biggest stage in the world – the Semi Final of World Games 2022. For content on how to drill these skills, see Sai’s Training video on Patreon – 2-line Up-line Drill. We have more content recorded with Sai coming soon. Follow him on Instagram @sairamirezortiz
Simón Ramírez Ortiz, a player on the Colombian National teams and Furious George, introduces a throwing exercise (throw’n’go focus) and the 2-line Up-line Drill at a snowy session in Vancouver, Canada. This content is available to Training Tier Patrons only.
Simón Ramírez Ortiz, a player on the Colombian National teams and Furious George, introduces a throwing exercise (throw’n’go focus) and the 2-line Up-line Drill at a snowy session in Vancouver, Canada. This content is available to Training Tier Patrons only.
Harper Garvey shares his insights as he analyses several clips of his in-game deep throws – what was the game context, what was going through his mind at the time, and what he thinks of them now.
In this video, Noah looks at how Portland Rhino Slam! used switching and poaching to disrupts PoNY’s side stack flow by exploiting the inactivity of the 3rd handler or shallowest cutter.
For more on back to the attacker marking check out the previous analysis video
For more analysis of PoNY’s big ball woes check out this analysis from LT