This page is a basic summary of what to do in the motion offense.  For more details about the offense and how/why it works look at the  Full Description of Motion Offense page or the Balance Attack Statistics page.

 

1) As a receiver, always try to keep your hips "square" to the thrower (no matter if you are behind, beside or in front of the thrower).

2) After you receive the disc, initially (at least momentarily) keep your hips square to player who threw it to you as often as possible.

3) Decelerate into your catches so that you can be balanced as soon as possible without committing a travel.

4) When you catch the disc, be able to change direction and explode (with balance) in any direction opposite to where your momentum was.

5) Rapidly change the direction/momentum of the disc.  If option 1 is unavailable, square your hips in another direction ASAP and continue to 'check off' options until you release the disc.

6) Keep the disc moving.  Holding on to the disc is death to the motion O.  Your average stall count should hover around one second.

7) As a team, maintain spacing and move downfield as a unit; if you change positions, make sure a player is filling the void you just made.

8) Don't focus on up field movement; it will happen on its own.

9) The majority of players will be standing around the majority of the time.  Get used to it.

10) When you are throwing to a player, make sure their hips are square to you first.

11) As a team, maintain equilibrium in attack, balance and momentum

12) Don't Travel.  Its cheating.  It also is poor form and makes the motion O more difficult to execute.