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No Surf - a D line perspective.

Saturday

Game 1: vs. Flying Pig.

First half was rough. Handlers were not comfortable with each other. Cutters seemed to be cutting off each other, with some confusion in some of the plays. We ran Sailboat a couple of times early, and that seemed to work, but there were no continuation cuts. Second half was much better as we helped pull us back into the game with a couple of breaks. We as a team and on the D line became more aggressive both on the mark and in the lanes, stopped poaching on the dumps which lead to the other team throwing stuff away. We tried switching forces and running a 3-3-1 without much success, and finally settled on the flick force with a no under policy and a hard mark. Endzone O we ran the T when we needed to, and I personally thought it looked good. We could do with more handler movement. First Instance of a bad Vertical Stack was in this game.

Game 2: vs. Nemo Pickup Team

We went down early as they decided to play the hucking game. We managed to fight back after adjusting the defense slightly, and getting some huge plays on D. ‘Pike’ Defense was introduced, and after a couple of early adjustments, we made it work a number of times. I’ll post a full summery of the Defense soon. On O, Handlers after practicing the Magnum in the break, seemed to be getting on the same page, and were hitting the cutters, who while bunched some of the time, were making space deep/on the break side (symptom of the creep), allowing for some deep shots and breaks. Endzone looked pretty good as we moved the disc from one side of the field to the other.

Game 3 vs. Bear Proof

We came out strong, getting a quick D and score. However, injuries and tiredness caught up with us. They put on a zone which I grossly mistreated and did not adjust to, and we had difficulty breaking. We got through a couple of times when we moved the disc all the way across the field and to our cutters. On D, we tried out the 1-3-2-1 Wall Zone (aka, what Too Bad will run against us) with varying success, as long as we weren’t broken to the home side of the field, we forced them to turn the disc.

Sunday

Game 1 vs. Steamboat

D comes out strong in the first point, gets 2 D’s but can’t capitalize. We really need to work on the Vertical Stack. After that, the wheels fall off a bit as we can’t get the disc moved past half/get the D. I got frustrated, and apologized. Second half we seemed to step up the intensity on D, again turning to something new, adjusting to use Brackets in the stack leading to a couple of huge D’s (one by Oliver, one by Mark K). A huck later to Harlow, and we were on the board. They started zoning us after a while, and after an adjustment with the handlers, and some really quick movement, we started to view that zone like Swiss cheese. Full of holes. After Glen had a chat with the cutters, it really seemed like the whole line came together with some good flow to score those points.

Game 2 vs. Midnight Meat Train

We were 0 for 2, but came away with 5 chances to score. I am confident that we would have blown this team out of the water given another chance. Good D by Oli, Sham and Harlow (all making the highlight reel).

‘7 on the line’ points we can learn from the weekend :

1) We adjusted to different Offenses well, which is very important. Setting up Pike, Brackets and the 1-3 Zone, helped.

2) We need to work on Zone to Man transition and Zone’s in general.

3) Our O needs work. Cutters need to be more aware on the field and Handlers need to move, and take control of the game. We had our most success when we were throwing and going.

4) Bombs looked good when we took them.

5) Zone Handlers need to be dynamic, D line runs a different O when compared to O line, and it showed this weekend.

6) We need to work on Vertical stacks.

7) In a T endzone, the back three need to move to keep active.

Practice Locations

Roy practices twice a week at the following locations:


Tuesdays

• Midland CI

Glen's post :

So I just did a quick check of the GO train schedule since that area seems unusually well served (three stations within about three blocks). Sure enough, you can take the Northbound (Stouffville train) 6:00pm from Union and it gets into Kennedy station Eglington just west of Midland at 6:20.

Return's a
bit trickier and may require a bit of a post-practise cool down run a block
south. 9:22 at Scarborough Station (on Scarborough line) about 800m south of the
park. Anyway, for those coming from Downtown, that might be a good option. Since I'm coming from Hamilton...I'm seriously considering it.

Thursdays

• Monarch Park CI

Defense and other things

From Rahil's post on the Roy forums

http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages/Advanced/advancecut.html

Lots of good pages with this link.

Jay's video from the weekend...Eddy being the greatest videographer in the world.

Roy at No Surf 2008 from jaleel p on Vimeo.

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