02/07/06 Playbook
Our second playbook meeting again had perfect attendance. The commitment and dedication shown by the group so far has been great. For example, here is one of the emails a member of the NYU Men's Team sent out to their listserve, regarding a workout at Palladium, one of NYU's gyms (the unimportant parts are edited out):
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Palladium. 8:00 PM. Last three times I've been there, I've been outnumbered by the women's team at least three-to-one...
Beer and skittles,
-Ben
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We handed out a syllabus and went over continuation cuts, man defense, and basic zone defense. We will be forcing almost exclusively straight up this year, focusing on marking and fronting. This defensive philosophy was again lifted straight from Rutgers/Pike, and we'll see how much women's handlers are bothered by it.
posted by Ken @ 4:24 PM
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Straight up should be a great man-d for y'all. BE sure to teach movement on the mark. One of the reasons Rutgers was successful with this is because Geoff would spend hours on a weekly basis torturing his team into expending lots of energy on the mark. Guys were vomiting regularly with these drills. I'm not saying you want to reach that point, but you NEED to do a ton of marking drills for this to work. And the other key to this defense is getting out to stop the strong huckers (if there are any) on the other teams. If there is a good handler, the marks has to get out to stop both the flick huck and the backhand huck. THis can be tough, but it is necessary. OR, at very least, get out to a point where the thrower has to release it ouide of her comfort zone. Turnovers will result.
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