# Training plan 2018 (April - July)

## Coaches review 31st May

### Discussion points
- [x] Post FS Invite and MN review
- [ ] Training plan from now till Ohio

### Performance
<table class="unchanged rich-diff-level-one">
  <thead>
    <tr>
        <th>Against</th>
        <th>Poss%</th>
        <th>D%</th>
        <th>WLF*</th>
        <th>Score</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th colspan=5>Friendlies</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>FS Green</td>
      <td>0.48</td>
      <td>0.77</td>
      <td>1.25</td>
      <td><b>19</b>-9</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Chuckies</td>
      <td>0.48</td>
      <td>0.70</td>
      <td>1.18</td>
      <td><b>15</b>-9</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th colspan=5>FS Invite</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mixed Nuts</td>
      <td>0.33</td>
      <td>0.46</td>
      <td  style='color:red'>0.79</td>
      <td><b style='color:red'>9</b>-15</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Chuckies</td>
      <td>0.33</td>
      <td>0.48</td>
      <td style='color:red'>0.81</td>
      <td><b style='color:red'>11</b>-15</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>FS Green</td>
      <td>0.35</td>
      <td>0.66</td>
      <td>1.01</td>
      <td><b>12</b>-11</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ZD</td>
      <td>0.57</td>
      <td>0.45</td>
      <td>1.02</td>
      <td><b>12</b>-9</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Friskee</td>
      <td>0.27</td>
      <td>0.52</td>
      <td style='color:red'>0.81</td>
      <td><b style='color:red'>13</b>-15</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th colspan=5>Mixed Nats</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Rascals</td>
      <td>0.35</td>
      <td>0.53</td>
      <td style='color:red'>0.88</td>
      <td><b style='color:red'>7</b>-9</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Chuckies C</td>
      <td>0.32</td>
      <td>0.73</td>
      <td>1.05</td>
      <td><b>7</b>-6</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>FS Green</td>
      <td>0.47</td>
      <td>0.67</td>
      <td>1.14</td>
      <td><b>9</b>-6</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Rascals</td>
      <td>0.45</td>
      <td>0.45</td>
      <td style='color:red'>0.90</td>
      <td><b style='color:red'>9</b>-11</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

****WLF** (Win-Loss Factor) = Poss% + D%

Win: WLF > 1.0

Lose: WLF < 1.0

### Review
- Zone not effective when we were down.
- Under-used cobra
   - learn how to call it as much as we can, without planning
- Contain zone does not push the disc back.
   - First layer scared to poke the lanes.
   - Need stronger players in first layer
   - Deep deep does not need to be very strong. Just need to communicate well
   - Don't dive too much
- Man D is not applying enough pressure.
   - bad pulls
   - do not run down as hard
   - energy level
   - confidence
   - desire
   - don't understand vision and awareness
   - someone to lead by example on the line
   - aggressiveness on the mark
   - players not receptive to voices
- girls need confidence boost
   - hard to find open spaces
   - too many objectives to achieve
- not used to losing games and not seeing immediate results when we try to make a come back
- roles are not defined
- are we mature enough to play both O and D on command

### Summary
Challenge players to force themselves to endure hardship.

Cannot have false positive environment, but also cannot be negative.

Are we still doing the things we are suppose to do even when we are tired or down.

### Objectives
1. **Create hardship and toughness**
2. Achieve common understanding and reps
3. Test common understanding with tough scrimmages
4. **20** every practice

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## Timeline

- 3 weekends left to FS Invite
- 4 weekends left to Mixed Nats
- 11 weekends left to WUCC

### 28th April
- try zone lines
- try stacked lines
- Starters + 1-6 (learn 2h)
- Contain zone (learn 2h)
- Trap zone (revise 2h)
- magic number

### 1st May
- try zone lines
- try stacked lines
- Starters + 1-6 (learn 2h)
- Zone (learn 2h)
- magic number

### 5th May
- try zone lines
- try stacked lines
- Starters + 1-6 (learn 2h)
- Zone (revise 2h)
- Groot + Hori (revise 2h)
- magic number

### 10th May
- Full game (green vs wucc)
  - use any offense and any defense
  - use staked lines and zone lines

### 12th May
- try zone lines
- try stacked lines
- Starters + 1-6 (refine 2h)
   - 10O 10D Green vs Ohio
- Zone (refine 2h)
   - 10O 10D Green vs Ohio
- chuckies scrimmage (2h)
- magic number

### 17th May
- Full game (green vs wucc)
  - focus on starters
  - endzone %
  - consistency throughout 2 hours
- Magic number

### 19th/20th May (FS Invite)
- well drilled
- use all 3 zones
- execute starters
- confident with horizontal and 1-6

### 24th May
- Full game (green vs wucc)
  - focus on starters
  - endzone %
  - consistency throughout 2 hours
- Magic number

### 26th/27th May (MN)
- well drilled
- use all 3 zones
- execute starters
- confident with horizontal and 1-6
- win

### 7 weeks left to WUCC
- Hot vs Cold
- On-demand aggression
- Refine weaker schemes based on performance in FS Invite & MN

## Syllabus

### To Learn
Move to To Refine by FS Invitations

|Item|Offense/Defense|Practices needed|Owner|Done|
|--|--|--|--|-|
|[Starters](#starters)|Offense|4 x 0.5|Andy/Jo/Shan|no|
|[Contain zone](#contain-zone)|Defense|4 x 0.5|Shan|yes|

### To Revise
|Item|Offense/Defense|Practices needed|Owners|Done|
|--|--|--|--|-|
|[1-6](#1-6)|Offense|2 x 0.5|Andy|yes|
|[Trap zone](#trap-zone)|Defense|3 x 0.5|Shan|yes|
|[Groot](#groot)|Defense|3 x 0.5|Ben|yes|

### To Refine
|Item|Offense/Defense|Practices needed|Done|
|--|--|--|-|
|[Horizontal](#horizontal)|Offense|2 x 0.5|no|
|[1-6](#1-6)|Offense|2 x 0.5|no|
|[Trap zone](#trap-zone)|Defense|3 x 0.5|no|
|[Groot](#groot)|Defense|3 x 0.5|no|
|[Contain zone](#contain-zone)|Defense|4 x 0.5|no|

## TODO

### By 27th April
- [x] Write up on Contain Zone (Shan)
- [ ] Come up with starters (Andy + Shan)

### By 1st May
- [x] Prepare Groot (Ben)
- [ ] Draft zone lines (line captains)
- [x] Draft stacked lines (line captains)

### Always
- [ ] remind about man D every training (coaches)
- [ ] remind about objective of practice and timeline (coaches)
- [ ] poll about extra throw/gym after each training
- [ ] poll buddy activity

## KIV
- Gender-based lines (single gender handling/cutting)
- Try it out with stacked lines first

## Andy's Takeaway from Grizzly
1. Increase mobility not immediately involved in a play, especially right after throwing (change of habit)
2. Improve moving the disc from side to side, learn to do it at will ([Big 5 point box](#big-5-point-box))
3. Increase number of hybrid players so that offence can run smoothly ([Big 5 point box](#big-5-point-box))
4. Develop good habits to improve throwing reset throws ([Key reset steps](#key-reset-steps), 1 full day)
5. Improve consistency, release point and switching sides (3 man drill in wind)

### Big 5 point box
- Distance similar to 1-6 stack
- Start with 4 players
- Eventually increase to 7 players

### Key reset steps
- Keeping defender behind us
- Stepping out
- Leading the throw
- Throwing the throw

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## Horizontal
1. Shallow stack
2. Create space by slashing
3. Isolated cuts
4. if poached - be aware of changes in space, still perform the cuts to create space; **moment disc is passed to a cutter, there wont be poaches**

### Variants
#### Blue
- handler weave
- Stack shifts back to give space
- Once handler moves close enough, cutters provide option

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## 1-6
1. Shift up/down or left right - sprint to sidelines - **Don't shift diagonally**
2. Cut from last in stack
3. Shoulder cut and drive cuts
4. Aggressive handler movement
5. On open side, clear into stack for inside pass **NO TWO HANDS**
6. On break side, cut deep to clear for 2 hands option
7. Handlers dont be afraid to lose yards
8. Change angle of attack by swinging disc

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## Starters
- kick start offense flow
- each line to come up with 2 starters
- share with each other and execute

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## Man-D

- Marking handlers, be aware - check back to look for cuts
- Don't commit hips too early
- Stay low
- Mental aspect - **stay focused**

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## Contain zone
- Force middle
- No gambling to make bids
- As many passes as possible
- Intent is to contain.
- Middle handler mark is the AG (annoying guy), most aggressive mark on the line.
- Reset handlers mark to do a slight dive.
- When disc is at the side line, swing is ok, **NO up the line or forward inside throw** to the near reset handler.
- Far end handler mark can afford to dive higher - **Sweep**
- Active short deep pushes forward more.
- Wings to stay back slightly.

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## Cobra
- **TCO** - TRAP, CHAOS, OPPORTUNITIES

### Trap
- Force sidelines by diving
- Disc is in middle, 2 options:
  1. Full dive into the lane, give the swing & challenge the downfield shots as much as possible
  2. slight dive into the lanes + downfield defenders guard narrow with front-back config
- Disc at sidelines: Trap, no easy resets.
- Defender on reset handler on the far end *(when disc is at sidelines)*, **SWEEP**
- SWEEP can eat into the middle lane to cover the insides

### Create Chaos
- Transition between zone and man

### Opportunities
- Downfield defence
- **I am Groot**: Linger in the open space and briefly stop any up the line or open side throws
- Scenarios to remember
  - Groot after you are successful in denying a hard in-cut to the sideline
  - Groot after you are successful in denying a strike cut along the sideline
  - Don’t Groot if you are suppose to be marking the thrower on the sideline. If not, we are not trapping.
  - Don’t Groot if there is no Trap (don’t Groot in the middle of the field)
  - Don’t Groot if there is already a Groot
  - Don’t Groot if there isn’t someone of the same gender to cover last back for you

- Last back : ALWAYS cover the deep - gender specific
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## Trap zone
- **Pinch point is sidelines**, be selective when pinch is used to note tire out the rabbit wall
- Try funnelling to weaker handler to apply pinch (use with discretion)
- No gambling outside pinch point
- **Aggressive rabbit/wall**
- Rabbit wall cannot be too reactive
- Wall, find a receiver to take off if no one is in ur space.
- Wall constantly check around for the crash
- Line 2 experimented with 3 man cup instead of rabbit wall - short deep will plug the holes that the walls create when covering down the line options
- **Squeeze** called is to activate the trap. Full on aggressive rabbit and high pressure wall.
- *Key to defence is to always communicate with your teammates, especially in a zone defence*

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## Zone Offense - Line 1
- 1 ready for the swing, 1 right behind, this means downfield must rotate in for the swing to the sidelines.

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## Zone Offense - Line 2
- X popper in the middle gets the continuations from handlers
- Two other receivers downfield triangulate with X to pull defenders/ get disc
- 2 main handlers will hinge
- 2 side handlers will provide swings

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## 5 point box drill
- Step into defender for forehand inside to open up swing to the break
- Defenders need to have lateral vision on downfield cutter to stop the next possible throw instead of purely marking handlers

## 7 points for handlers:
- Agressive and decisive cuts
- Identify attacking cones
- Open up spaces for thrower

## 7 points for cutters:
- cut to break side shoulder
- inside, around then 2 hands options.
- Stack remember to shift back in the mean time to provide any continuation but don't bite into the attacking space.
- Preserve the space while cutting deep so that the angle for the in cut will still be valid after the deep cut.