Andy, Shakey, Mason, Shimoni, James, Jake, Eric, Nockels (late)
We did: warmup, quick-throws, quick throws + running, cut drill, endzone O off stoppage, endzone fast break, scrimmage
I'm digging the quick-throw drills. I like the idea: Catch, turn, throw, all as fast as you can without rushing. Good drill, and good warmup. The cut drill is kinda boring and repetitive, but it simulates the Ho stack SO WELL that we have to keep doing it. Some famous baseball player once said, "Baseball should be called 'Adjustments.'" For some reason that quote reminds me of this drill. You learn from what you did last time, and use it to your advantage the next time. If you get burned deep last time, don't let it happen the next time. etc.
Endzone O was a little hairy. Both teams had trouble scoring. We could chalk it up to amazing defense, but the real story was that we made bad decisions and poor execution. Of course, we don't have an Official Endzone Strategy yet, much less any Set Plays. So our struggles weren't unexpected. Some things we can do better next time, both from a stopped disc, and on the fly:
1) Get the disc off the line. From the corner cone, we spent too much time looking for cuts that weren't there and not enough time looking for our dump & swing.
2) Communicate. Sure, the defense knows our names, too, but if I call "ALLIE!" then everyone knows it's her cut, and things can develop from there. If there's no call, no one cuts or everyone cuts and it can get sloppy. Let's look to make a call.
3) Try to break, but make a good decision. It's really hard to stop a good break throw for a score. We had some really nice one-throw scores in this drill, which are great for the offense. But some of the attempted breaks should not have been thrown. Low percentage.
Oh yeah: on defense: Nice job holding the mark. Could communicate more, too ("Strike!" "Up!) and "No Break!" calls especially).
The scrimmage was pretty one-sided, but nice job on both teams fighting through. We won't always play evenly matched games. When we're playing a crummy team, we have to stay focused and play up to our level, not down to theirs. And when we're getting blown out (yes, it will happen), it's up to us to keep the competitive mentality and focus on one point at a time.
Sweet. League starts soon. We gotta talk about that.
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