Every Type of Poach in Ultimate
One day ahead of the 2025 World Games Noah looks at all the poach blocks that occurred at the 2022 World Games and categorises them so you can learn all the different ways it’s possible to poach.
Archive for year: 2025
2v2 Facemark Game
This drill trains the offence how to react to being face marked. Simón Ramírez Ortiz (from Furious George and the Colombian WG 2025 team) introduces a progression of exercises which trains your players to be familiar with facemarking, and how to make the “German” pass that beats it. It climaxes with a 2v2 facemarking game that players love, then an extra section about how German passes can be used to initiate dribbling. Full video here.
WUC 2024 Women’s Final Analysis
The Women’s Final of the 2024 World Ultimate Championships saw the two tournament favourites face off in what was the most highly anticipated game of the year. Lu breaks down what happened point-by-point with analysis of the key moments that decided the outcome of the game.
We also teamed up with Fris.DB who estimated the winning chances of each team throughout the game, you can check out more of their statistical analysis work over on instagram @fris.db.
You can watch the full game over on Ultiworld’s YouTube channel
Whitlock Dribbling Insights
Nick Whitlock — longtime Hive patron and recent standout on the Tokay Superteam — is known for his huge throws, insane vertical, and sharp small-space control. In this video, he breaks down a couple of standout clips of his own play, sharing what’s going through his mind and why he believes dribbling is such an effective tool.
👉 Check out his blog: https://substack.com/@bricklock
Hillman Drill
This is a defensive drill that starts off as a simple isolation cutting drill, and progresses to a full vert stack surrounding drill in a way that gives players the chance to practice all the necessary skills to play good team defense. Check it out on Patreon, available to Training Tier members (free disc after your 2nd month!).
Edgezone Keep-disc
This drill is also described in Travis Norsen’s “The Ultimate Resource”, it’s a keep-disc variation designed to get players to bounce the disc off the sidelines quickly by staying out wide and facing inwards, as well as practicing quick disc movement, decision making and throwing under pressure. Full video here.
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.
Forcing Teams to Play Good Mixed Ultimate
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.
Bounce-Dribble Initiation Drill
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.
Countering Handler Sag Defence
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.