Past Articles in Strategy

  1. Breaking Down the No Dump Vertical Stack, Powered by Agility from Five Ultimate

    Continuing our club video breakdown series, powered by Agility from Five Ultimate, we look at the no dump verticial stack. Standard vertical stacks often employ two handlers and five cutters downfield. But some teams run six person stacks with completely empty backfields, a formation decision that has implications for both the resets and overall offensive flow.

  2. The New Fundamental: Revolver’s Isolation Cutting, Powered by Agility from Five Ultimate

    Revolver has built an offensive system of isolating downfield cutters and keeping everyone else out of the way. Although it may seem they're cutting against the grain, they have actually just created a new fundamental.

  3. The Brummie Offensive Treatise: Developing Skills and Strategy to Suit Your Team

    In my time coaching, I've developed several offensive strategies -- and plenty of defensive ones -- as a way of experimenting with different ways of playing the game. One roadmap for improvement that I like: 1. Expand your toolkit; 2. Find something suitable for your team; 3. Know what to expect.

  4. Breaking Down Michigan: Three Video Lessons for Any Team To Learn

    Michigan’s run through the bracket of this past year’s Easterns was impressive.

  5. Stop Thinking. Just Play.

    Let’s do a quick review of the mental toughness concepts that I have presented in the last few months.

  6. How Can Non-US Teams Close the International Gap?

    I wrote an article after I returned from the 2012 World Championships about how the UK could go about learning from other nations.

  7. Coaching Chemistry: Ditch Some System, Add More Development

    Recently I got an email from Mike Zargham of the MLU’s Philadelphia Spinners about team chemistry. I’ll let him say it.

  8. Understanding Resets: How Pittsburgh Keeps Break Lanes Open

    Big skies, layout Ds, and full-field hucks get all the attention, but resets win games. Ultiworld's Reset Series starts by analyzing Pittsburgh’s breakside resets, one of the most unique reset systems in the college game.

  9. Avoiding Common Mistakes Against Zone Defense

    It’s Sunday.  It’s windy.

  10. Video Breakdown: The Club-Level Plays UNC Used to Win CCC

    We’re not even really into the true College Season yet – making ranking, analysis, and storylines difficult to predict.  But a few big-name programs brought back tons of club talent and, even in preseason, looked poised to make a Nationals run. UNC is one of those teams and their contender status is certainly bolstered by...

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