Just came back from Gentle practice and been thinking about one thing (well , actually one frisbee related thing amongst many many others, but hey..) : As far as I can guess about 90% of all defenses done are due to a bad judgement by the thrower.
So , as a defender you still did a good job by being where you should be to intercept the disc , but mainly it is the thrower who makes a mistake or a misjudgement (by not being able to think about your position in relation to the person he or she is throwing to)
It's easy to say that if you only throw certain passes , that you won't turn over ; but it has a certain truth in it.
If anybody agrees or even totally disagrees with me , just gimme a shout in the comment box.
For reallllly experienced players this might seem peanuts , but it was something that crossed my mind while practicing my in-game-throws tonight.
And for those of you who couldn't care less about this , I'm not gonna post naked women as asked before , but I'll just give you a little indoor video in the next post (in about a minute).
Hey Bloggie, i kind of agree, but i think you should elaborate a little more on the factors that influence a thrower to make a bad decision. E.g. the marker does a great job, the rest of the team does the infield marking perfectly thus limiting the space/ teammates to throw to, also are you only talking about a defensive block on the person you are marking or also a poaching block?, ...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAnother way of viewing this stuff, is that if you have a few very good throwers in your team, i believe you sometimes have to allow them to throw the tight long hucks for maximum yardage or score, even if there's a big failure percentage.
But, in most cases, hard (team) work is the only thing that will get you blocks. Together with experience and skill, it's a very good combo.