A
reoccurring frustration was nailed by McCoy at Nationals this year. After Illinois was knocked out we were
sitting together and he told me that there was a box. This box represented the space that he could
cut to and his handler would be able to get him the ball. McCoy’s conclusion
was that Illinois’ box was smaller than every team they had lost to.
This
is resonating very loudly for me right now.
If I don’t trust the thrower then it becomes very difficult to cut
anywhere. If I doubt my throwers ability
to complete an upline (occurs way more often than it should) then I have no
motivation to go upline. If I doubt my
throwers ability to throw a 40 yard away then my deep cuts are half-hearted
clears for everyone else.
If
every time you catch the disc you feel a vacuum of your teammates crowding you
screaming for the disc; that is because they think you’re a terrible thrower
and they are desperately trying to get the disc out of your hands. If you ever wonder why your handlers stand
behind you and dance back and forth, that’s because they think you are a
worthless thrower and all they want is for you to stop holding the disc. If you ever wonder why everyone is standing
when you have the disc, it is because no one thinks you can throw anything and
they’re all in panic mode. If you
experience this often, you should probably throw more often.
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