Pickup is Shitty- 5/28
Basically, I played in a really shitty game of pickup yesterday, good news is i got my brother playing for the first time, and although the vert stack we were running was complete shit he realized how cool real frisbee could be, now i just need to teach him to play cause he honestly kinda sucks (not an indictment of him, he just started, definitely could have some potential and hes starting far earlier than a lot of people). There were a few cool things to take away from the game though
1) Don't play too far off of your man at the back of the stack even if you can beat him in on an incut to either side from where you are. I realized this as this guy threw up a 50 yard hammer bomb that connected just in front of the goal line and was indefensible from where I was standing, i haven't seen this throw before and it was impressive to say the least and although im not sure most people could pull it off its something to be wary of, a break backhand huck could probably achieve the same effect
2) Had a SICK poach bid D at chest level in the endzone it was awesome, a guy said, "that was inspiring" haha sorry to brag but its a funny story i think maybe you needed to be there, on other bids i needed to bid just a step earlier need to readjust my mindset on how far i can get extension/explosion through the disc
3) People kept commenting on my speed which was nice, but i was neutralized in a way by an inability of my teammates to throw big hucks so i couldn't cut deep and people not clearing out was pissing me off, i could get open underneath at will if noone was in the way but the level of disorganzation/ lack of communication was bullshit, I prefer playing with non-noobs
4) Need to work on getting a quick read on the disc when playing D and retreating on a huck
5) My Mark still sucks a big one
6) Want to face better opponents as I could break the people in this game at will/ was getting lazy on in cuts and got run through when i stopped coming in
7) Better concentration needed too many stupid throws and dumb ass drops
8) Left this for the last cause its the most important thing I got from the day, I got to experience the world through Niji's eyes a little as I had NO cuts coming for me the entire day kept looking for hucks and noone ever gave me that cut which was awful (finally just threw one away in frustration) also like no in cuts, it is very challenging and frustrating to play handler when no cuts are coming, keep this in mind next year
Now for a quick question to our venerable Sensei: Is cutting deep on the breakside out of the middle of the stack if the lane is open a good idea? I feel like in general as it can cause confusion if the other team switches leading to poaches and your man will not be expecting it
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1) Yeah. Just watch out for that. Just keep experimenting with the spacing you give, but also remember this always changes depending on who you are playing and *who has the disc*. -> Does this person have the throws? How likely are they to put something that's tough or even crazy? Are they conservative? Do they like their hammer? Do they like their backhand? Do they like to throw to this person? etc...
2) Sweet. 'nuff said.
3) Find the space. Sometimes not cutting is the right cut. Sometimes taking over the field is the right thing.
4) yeah.
5) def.
6) should never happen. ever.
7) you idiot.
8) yeah, it sucks.
Seisei says: It depends. There absolutely could be a situation where this is a superb cut. Other times, it might be useless. Factors to think about: wind, how far the stack is from the thrower, match ups, how alert/heads up the other team is, who has the disc, and a bunch of other things.