The Triangle Weave
may be one of the most comprehensive practice regimens as far as
integrating many of the elements of the motion offense
into one easy to run, albeit exhausting, drill. In
this one drill we have left and right handed give and go's, power moves, flare cuts, cross field collapse
moves, backhand-sided throws, acceleration/deceleration,
play action plays and balance.
Other weave drills
I've seen over the years to me are illogical and
encourage a pattern of flow that is not only difficult
to execute in a game, but also stress poor fundamentals
and is easy to defend against. The Triangle Weave
drill emphasizes sound fundamentals and works even if
you put defenders on the cutters. I run individual
sub-components of this drill successfully all the time
in games and if you run this pattern it should always
leave you in a square position to be able to support
your team mates.
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Instructions:
1) Player
1 & 2 begin 15 yards apart
with player 3 playing behind player 1 by 3-4 yards.
Player one starts with the disk and throws to player
2 and follows the throw with a power move.
After player two fakes the back hand side* throw to him, player one
proceeds downfield for three steps and then makes a hard
flare cut the will lead him back around where player two
was. Decelerate
almost to stop here.
*back hand
side means that if the cutter is making a power move to
you (as you face him) to your right side, the
appropriate throw would be a right handed backhand and
if the cutter is running past your left side, the
correct throw would be a lefty backhand.
2) Player two receives the disk from
player one and then fakes a backhand side throw to him.
Immediately after checking off that receiver, he
squares his body towards player three, throws the disk to
him and begins making a power move, repeating step one
above.
3) Player three waits for player two to
fake the throw to player one and then begins a cut directly
at player two. When he receives the throw from player two,
he fakes a backhand side throw to him to player two and then repeats
step one above.
4) Object is to cycle through ten
iterations without a turnover and without vomiting.
Things to remember
1) Decelerate into receptions (even the
fakes)
2) Don’t travel, achieve and then
sustain balance directly over pivot foot
3) Legitimize fakes with sustained eye
contact (until power move goes beyond perpendicular)
4) Explode out of throws, the throw
should be a bi-product of your cut instead of the cut coming
as a consequence of your throw.
5) IMPORTANT: Once you've
established a pivot, as quickly as possible while
allowing yourself to be balanced, lift your other foot
off the ground and keep it off the ground until the disc
is released.
