Harper Garvey runs the length of the field unmarked in the US Nationals 2021 Semi Final to receive an easy after PoNY flow up the sideline and Sockeye fail to switch or poach effectively. Bryan Jones and Felix Shardlow offer their perspectives on the play in this excerpt from a live stream on 25 Feb 2022. Watch the livestream in full here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bryan-jones-pony-63527586
Jimmy Chaudoin analyses the play of Valeria and Manuela Cardenas for Molly Brown at the Pro Champs 2022 tournament held before USAU Nationals, in particular their impact on the offensive flow. Valeria’s flick huck and backhand give-go threats make her impossible to shut down, whilst Manuela’s athletic bids and ability to get separation in small spaces is unmatched. Molly Brown’s method for fielding pulls sees Valeria give-go aggressively downfield, often penetrating the defence.
This possession exercise practices 1v1 and 2v2 situations with extra support from posts (or bouncers) on offence. It’s inspired by the “Rondo” football exercises which Johan Cryff brought to Barcelona – he said “Everything that goes on in a match, except shooting, you can do in a rondo”. Rondos are said to improve player decision making, coordination, team play, creativity, competitiveness, and physical conditioning. Full video here (Training Tier patrons).
Felix compares the play of Masahiro Matsuno (Buzz Bullets) and Marques Brownlee (Pride of New York) in the Quarter Final of the Ultimate Frisbee World Club Championships in 2022.
The following article was written by Lujain Almulla, captain of team Pampered Cats and head of women’s ultimate in the newly formed Kuwait Flying Disc Federation. Lujain discusses the recent grass-roots development of the sport in Kuwait, as well as some of the unique challenges they face trying to grow ultimate as a mixed gender sport in a country hostile to mixed gender activities.
Noah and Felix both talk about 3 key reasons why teams should start training Hex, whilst GoPro & ulti.tv footage from their team playing at the recent Glastonbury Tournament plays in the background. Due to a miscommunication they both talk about the same 3 points, inadvertently harnessing the power of repetition.
Whilst looking at footage from the Final of US Nationals 2021 Felix and PoNY coach Bryan Jones chat about surrounding and how to train it.
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Compilation of the scoring possessions from Goldfingers (Potsdam) against XL Masters. Goldfingers played 100% Hexagon Offence for the duration of the game and the tournament (European Ultimate Masters Club Championships), setting the bar for what good hex play looks like, and earning 3rd place.
In this video Noah looks at the last few points of the Women’s World Clubs Final between the Colombians and the Americans – a thriller which went to Universe Point, regarded as one of the most exciting Finals in the sport’s history.
Everything you ever wanted to know about catching (plus loads of things you never asked for) are covered in this 4-part series from Felix. Available to Training Tier patrons only, this 2018 brain-dump covers the 6 basic types of catching, the variables which affect your catch, what the ‘ideal’ catching technique could be, how to train to improve the consistency and the versatility of your catching, and catching under pressure. Read more…