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Drill - Go To

Skill level:

- Beginner to Intermediate
- 6 players or more
- 1/4 field

Skills Taught:

- Receiving, throwing, conditioning

Background:

This is a good warm-up drill. The main focus is catching while running. The structure of this exercise presents the offense with a clear advantage. Defense should only come into play when the O does not "go to."

Rules:

1. Set up three cones as displayed in Figure 1. Place a stack of discs at the blue cone.



2. Choose a reliable thrower to stand at the blue cone for the length of the drill. This is not a good place to develop throws or throwers. If you keep your throws simple and accurate, your team will be better able to focus on receiving.

3. Form a line at the yellow cone with the rest of your squad, facing the thrower.

4. The first person in line should jog our toward the thrower, plant, and sprint back to the red cone (Figure 2).



5. When that player touches the red cone, he/she becomes a receiver and the first person in line (yellow cone) becomes an active defender. Both players sprint toward the thrower (Figure 3).



6. The thrower should make a flat pass to the onrushing receiver. If the receiver runs through the pass, the defender should have no play. Be sure to adjust the spacing of your cones to make the drill fair: your defenders should only make blocks when the offense slows appreciably while approaching the disc in flight.

7. After the catch (or drop or D), the defender immediately sprints back to the red cone, touches it, and becomes a receiver.

8. The drill cycles onward.

Suggestions:

-Order your line so that players are next to teammates of comparable speed

-If your thrower is able to do so reliably, you may want to vary the height and angle of incoming throws. It's much harder for many players to run through a high or arcing pass.

- On offense, try to use your body to shield the defender from the disc.

- On defense, learn to lay out for the disc (without touching the receiver). You'll be surprised how many drops you can cause simply by creating a distraction.

References

Written by: David Young
Has played for over ten years, first at Williams, then UC San Diego, and then with San Diego Open. Has coached college men, college women, and open men.