Reading the disc
Ready when: Forehand and rim catches (b2) done.
What you are learning
Judging where a floating disc will come down, and running straight to that spot at full speed instead of waiting for it. Wind makes the disc drift, so players learn to read it.
Words on this card Disc, Call
- Disc
- The flying plastic disc. The edge is the rim.
- Call
- A player saying a foul or a rule break happened, so play stops.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Throw a slow, high disc ahead of the runner.
- Point to where you think it will land, and say which way the wind will push it.
- Run straight to that spot and catch it there.
Your part while they practise
Throw a floating pass ahead of the runner.
Step by step
- Run onto a disc thrown ahead of you.
- Catch it at full speed, taking the most direct path.
- Throws from the side, then from behind.
How much: 8 runs 8 min a session 2 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Wind reader
Before each catch the runner says which way the disc will drift; a point for each right call and catch.
Who plays: runners against their own best; you throw.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- The runner starts 5 m in front of you
- Throw a floating disc ahead of them
- As it leaves your hand, the runner calls "left", "right" or "straight" for the drift
- 8 throws
- Fair play
- A grown-up runner starts level with the thrower.
- Points
- 1 point for the right call; 1 point for the catch.
- Fouls
- No points for that throw
- Waiting for the disc instead of running to it
- Calling after the disc has turned
- A collision with another runner
- Winning
- Beat your best from 8 throws.
- 6 points for 1 star
- 10 points for 2 stars
- 14 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
A shorter throw.
A defender starting level.
What you will see, and what to say
- the catcher waits for the disc
Run to it, do not wait
Get there first. - the catcher misjudges the wind
Which way is it drifting?
Say it before running.
Self-check
5 of 8 floating discs caught.
Stop and get a coach when
Collisions in the air.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains disc reading, catching on the run.
Intermediate is done when the player can read the disc and mark a thrower.
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