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The most important thing about marking is that you have to KNOW YOUR FORCE! This means you have to know which side of your player you need to stand on. With this, you will create a pie-shaped segment of the field and force the thrower to throw to only one side of the field.
To throw a good mark, bend your knees to about 90 degrees to get yourself low to the ground. Then with your arms kept them low, but also move them around to block the disc. While you’re marking, stay on your toes. This bouncing will keep you alert and also intimidate the thrower. While the thrower is throwing the fakes you should move with them, but you should shuffle (not lunge). This will help you with balance as well as help you move quicker.
Now, according to the rules, you have to be at least a disc space away from the person you’re marking. I suggest that you step off a little bit more than that. This will give you a wider reach, as well as more room to shuffle (so you don’t get tripped up in your players).
Recap: Your team is relying on you to remember the force and set a good mark. To do this stay low and always keeps moving. If you would like a visual aid, I suggest checking out this video.
PS: Good luck to Ohio University men’s and women’s Ultimate teams in Sectionals this weekend. Kick some butt!
3 comments:
The way you describe how to make a mark and even play ultimate frisbee sounds intense. One of my roommates plays for the OU men's ultimate team and he always say that frisbee is no big thing but this post makes me think otherwise. I am interested to read more and find out what it takes to be an ultimate player.
This is really interesting, I never knew that there was so much that went into ultimate frisbee. Your links are really helpful in helping me to understand the terms, since I don't know a lot about the game. It sounds like a lot of fun and a good way to get exercise! Looking forward to future posts!
Dan,
Ultimate is a game filled with stratagies. But it is also a fast past game. Due to this, players don't really think much about the small things that they do, which leads them to thinking it's not that big.
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