Niji: Getting Rid of Drops
Drops. Drops. Drops.
Something needs to be done differently in practice, or else this drop syndrome is *going to kill you guys.* Honestly, WM has the worst case of the drops I've ever seen in ANY college team. Even shitty teams don't drop as much as us. So what can you guys do?
1. Running drills seriously (every throw, every catch) and making sure people are focused and putting pressure on themselves.
2. Play elimino: Run a drill (like the 4 corners box drill) with lots of quick movement and throwing, and a player is eliminated when they either mess up a throw or drop a disc. Keep playing until either you hit 100 consecutive throws or too many people are eliminated.
3. Run a catching drill. Have 4 people with a bunch of discs in a zigzag, and just make cut after cut towards each thrower full speed, catch and run the disc to the thrower, and continue to the next person.
4. During scrimmages, make drops a joint liability. What I mean by this is at the end of each point, run a sprint (or a half field suicide) for every drop your side committed.
5. Focus on catching when throwing around. If you're dropping the disc when you're casually throwing around, that mentality *WILL* bite your butt at some point.
6. Think of other stuff on your own, too.
