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please comment on any content you think may be missing, as some users have already been doing. Thanks!

Very interesting information. I am a phys. ed. teacher and this is very helpful. Thanks a lot.

Is it normal that teams stand in lines or stacks?

Chris

Hi – looks like couple broken links? Link for Long Cut seems to go to Short Cut page and link for Berkeley cut seems to go to Stack motion page.

this site is awesome, but a few of your flash demonstrations don’t exist anymore. the berkeley cut is one of those.

I think a few animations on clearing out would be helpful

in response to chris- yes. the default, beginning playbook is a vertical line(aka. the stack). when more advanced players are on the field, they might make it slant/diagonal to exploit some features of this offense. club/college teams might stress ho-stack or a horizontal offense.

drills for a team would be exceptionally helpful to all involved in ultimate.

What the regulation specifications for an Ultimate Frisbe disc? That is what you left out of the BASICS link.

I know the standards for Disc Golf but not for Ultimate Frisbee.

My sister bought me the “Champion Sports FD-125 COMPETITION (weight 125 grams) Frisbee” and I want to know if this is a disc specifically for Ultimate Frisbee.

Thanks for your time and I hope to hear from you soon.

Hi Kristian,

A standard ultimate disc is the 175g Ultra-Star issued by Discraft (http://www.discraft.com/ultprod.html).

There have been others emerging over the years such as the Dare Devil (http://www.daredevildiscs.com), but by most accounts the Discraft 175g is still the preferred disc.

This isn’t a very accurate set up offense for any good ultimate team. First, you definitely need more than one handler which is shown here. In a vertical stack like this one there are usually three handlers.

That’s true Mike, in most cases you would have at least 2 handlers back.

The main reason behind this setup is to illustrate positioning in the stack without covering placement of handlers.

Although, in a lot of plays like the flood play it is very common to isolate the handler at first. A second one can fill in later.

I have a rules question. If the disc is knocked down by a player’s foot, say, right after it’s thrown, is that still a legal knockdown, or does the throwing team retain possession?

I can see why there would be confusion with footblocks.

Assuming your league doesn’t allow footblocks, it would be a violation to hit the disc with your foot right after release from the opposing player.

On the other hand, I can’t see a reason why it would be a violation if it happened after release when the disc was in mid flight.

On paper though, it would be very hard to define what is a “just released” disc.

Since the rules about footblocks changes with leagues it’s likely something that should be treated by each league individually. As a general rule though, if your league doesn’t allow it, don’t use your foot if you’re still marking your player.

You have videos for zone D, but nothing that I can find for zone O, which is what I was looking for (to send to my team). Am I missing it, or do you not have anything?

Hey just a quick question. I have been going to a couple of pickup games a week now, and whenever i try to cut it seems someone has either just kinda cut infront of me or the handlers have swung the disc. Although there was alot of poaching during these games i am still curious whether or not my cuts are wrong or just off because of the poaching.

M, poaching clogs things up good, of course, but probably the main issue is that you haven’t been timing your cuts well. This is a nigh-universal problem when you’re just starting out. Asking yourself these questions could help:

1)What sort of cut should I be making? (Deep or in, force-side or break-side, etc.)
2)Who should I make the cut for? (You might focus on just cutting for one handler whose tendencies you know.)
3)When should I start the cut? (Longer developing cuts need to start sooner.)

An example: One point at last year’s sectionals I’m the designated deep cutter. My goal was to get open for a huck. We’re running vert stack and the opponent is forcing forehand. Right away I decided that I was going to focus on getting open for a flick-huck from the forehand side handler. I knew he had a good flick and was willing to chuck it. All I had to do then was determine when to cut. After a couple fakes and couple handler re-sets, the middle handler got the disc and looked off to my guy–as soon as that happened I ran a couple hard steps in (suckering my defender) then turned and sprinted for the end zone. I already had 20 feet of separation from my defender when my handler got the disc and put it up.

That’s the key: as soon as that handler looks up from making the catch, you should be open.

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In the example of stackmotion, why is the defence marking the offence players without the disk suddenly changing sides in the last phase of the example? It’s like they are losing their force… .