True! Those rounding-the-corner travels are SO common, plus they indicate poor mechanics/mentality. I'm all about putting more weight on your pivot foot from the moment you catch, and only transferring weight to the non-pivot foot in special occasions where you need to release really wide & relatively late.
Love your stuff, Hive. Should be exciting to watch team defense accelerate from this type of offense. I think we''ll see more of the high-risk high-reward style of baiting and switching with improved team defense. You may see more teams trade not getting roasted for a higher likelihood of generating a turnover. Handler rolls are more common team defense these days, but there's potential for even more switches downfield and during give and go's. I could see teams having switch calls for dropping a low-threat offender or even swapping the force. Some kind of secret communication for "I am selling out for the under, please help me if I get roasted deep". Or "my player is in a give and go, I'm going to try and take away the next throw and delay setting my mark". Or a secret call for "they're dancing in the open side and I'm getting cooked, swap the force to disrupt that lane of attack". Imagine on a dump-swing after the sideline mark gets broken... instead of the dump defender trying to rush to set the mark, the swing defender goes to set the mark on the dump and then the dump defender goes to play defense on the swing. It sounds ridiculous but it would be unexpected and eliminate a free breakside look forcing the offense to win a brief 2v2 zone look. 👀
Love it, yes many things like this are possible once the 1-to-1 tether is broken and players are looking to coordinate with each other to gain advantage. Looking forward to seeing / hearing what comms people come up with to aid coordination
To stop a good offense in ultimate is hard. I think to stop truck stop, you need to take away the continue and play on your toes. Everyone needs to play honest defense.
By honest you mean 1-to-1? Loads of teams have tried this and they only got one turnover with it in the three games I watched for this video! In this video I have a lot of examples of attempts at poaching failing, so it's understandable to feel it's not a good plan, but the reality is that 1-to-1 quietly fails constantly - it's just easily forgiven because it's the status quo. To play effective 1-1 defense against Truck you'd need to be around 130% more athletic than them, to take away an adequate number of options. Thanks for the comment!
@@HiveUltimate I think honest means a few things: For me, it means honest on the mark/no easy breaks, it means square your hips and don't give up the easy dump, and it also means try and take away something consistently (i.e., if you are no unders, then stick to no unders). A lot of great teams just find the person slacking in one of these areas. Although easier said than done! I also think effective switching can stop quick give goes, but only with practice and great communication on defense. Great video!
at 6:43 that's a big travel that definitely helps him out because it puts his mark completely out of position to try and put pressure on that throw
True! Those rounding-the-corner travels are SO common, plus they indicate poor mechanics/mentality. I'm all about putting more weight on your pivot foot from the moment you catch, and only transferring weight to the non-pivot foot in special occasions where you need to release really wide & relatively late.
I like the cat.
Love your stuff, Hive. Should be exciting to watch team defense accelerate from this type of offense. I think we''ll see more of the high-risk high-reward style of baiting and switching with improved team defense. You may see more teams trade not getting roasted for a higher likelihood of generating a turnover. Handler rolls are more common team defense these days, but there's potential for even more switches downfield and during give and go's. I could see teams having switch calls for dropping a low-threat offender or even swapping the force. Some kind of secret communication for "I am selling out for the under, please help me if I get roasted deep". Or "my player is in a give and go, I'm going to try and take away the next throw and delay setting my mark". Or a secret call for "they're dancing in the open side and I'm getting cooked, swap the force to disrupt that lane of attack".
Imagine on a dump-swing after the sideline mark gets broken... instead of the dump defender trying to rush to set the mark, the swing defender goes to set the mark on the dump and then the dump defender goes to play defense on the swing. It sounds ridiculous but it would be unexpected and eliminate a free breakside look forcing the offense to win a brief 2v2 zone look. 👀
Love it, yes many things like this are possible once the 1-to-1 tether is broken and players are looking to coordinate with each other to gain advantage. Looking forward to seeing / hearing what comms people come up with to aid coordination
To stop a good offense in ultimate is hard. I think to stop truck stop, you need to take away the continue and play on your toes. Everyone needs to play honest defense.
By honest you mean 1-to-1? Loads of teams have tried this and they only got one turnover with it in the three games I watched for this video! In this video I have a lot of examples of attempts at poaching failing, so it's understandable to feel it's not a good plan, but the reality is that 1-to-1 quietly fails constantly - it's just easily forgiven because it's the status quo. To play effective 1-1 defense against Truck you'd need to be around 130% more athletic than them, to take away an adequate number of options. Thanks for the comment!
@@HiveUltimate I think honest means a few things: For me, it means honest on the mark/no easy breaks, it means square your hips and don't give up the easy dump, and it also means try and take away something consistently (i.e., if you are no unders, then stick to no unders). A lot of great teams just find the person slacking in one of these areas. Although easier said than done!
I also think effective switching can stop quick give goes, but only with practice and great communication on defense. Great video!