Love the subtlety here. Working on dump/reset chemistry with my team and was leaning to the wait to activate then stare down tactic (because dumps were getting looked off) But it was taking too long and the D seeing it. The chemistry and anticipation are key here to make no stare down work, and trust that the dump cut seen in the glance is not a fake. The double/triple moves that people are doing to get open is what’s so tricky.
Love your posts. I think what your example highlights best is chemistry between experienced players, specifically their shared sense of pace/timing in that offensive situation. I do think that squaring up to the reset is a useful heuristic for players without the same level of game-sense/chemistry to connect with their reset. It also has mechanical benefits--centering around backhands are easier if the thrower is already facing in-field rather than having to pivot 270 degrees from facing downfield.
Squaring up is also pretty much a necessity in the case of a "wheel" reset where the reset sets up 45 degrees behind on the open-side. Not squaring up with the reset in this situation makes it impossible for the thrower to track the reset as they make their cut.
OK, so I don't disagree with you necessarily. I think this post and others on my blog are attempting to make explicit some of the things elite players are doing that usually aren't taught to newer players. The "intended audience" here is a player who wants to become elite but risks getting "stuck" because there's nowhere for them to learn what the best players are doing.
But as to whether newer players should try this or learn a "square up and activate" approach, I don't have such strong feelings either way. Maybe it is best to learn that first. But I do think we often underestimate what newer players are capable of if we give them good instruction and a chance to learn...
I also think players should "face the space" in general. I know others have written about this already (Hive, Travis Norsen, & in The Huddle I believe). If I were in Kami's shoes I'd probably not be facing so completely downfield, but rather more facing towards the downfield break side, so I can still easily throw to the flick side if I need to but also can see more of the breakside/dump space
Love the subtlety here. Working on dump/reset chemistry with my team and was leaning to the wait to activate then stare down tactic (because dumps were getting looked off) But it was taking too long and the D seeing it. The chemistry and anticipation are key here to make no stare down work, and trust that the dump cut seen in the glance is not a fake. The double/triple moves that people are doing to get open is what’s so tricky.
Love your posts. I think what your example highlights best is chemistry between experienced players, specifically their shared sense of pace/timing in that offensive situation. I do think that squaring up to the reset is a useful heuristic for players without the same level of game-sense/chemistry to connect with their reset. It also has mechanical benefits--centering around backhands are easier if the thrower is already facing in-field rather than having to pivot 270 degrees from facing downfield.
Squaring up is also pretty much a necessity in the case of a "wheel" reset where the reset sets up 45 degrees behind on the open-side. Not squaring up with the reset in this situation makes it impossible for the thrower to track the reset as they make their cut.
OK, so I don't disagree with you necessarily. I think this post and others on my blog are attempting to make explicit some of the things elite players are doing that usually aren't taught to newer players. The "intended audience" here is a player who wants to become elite but risks getting "stuck" because there's nowhere for them to learn what the best players are doing.
But as to whether newer players should try this or learn a "square up and activate" approach, I don't have such strong feelings either way. Maybe it is best to learn that first. But I do think we often underestimate what newer players are capable of if we give them good instruction and a chance to learn...
I also think players should "face the space" in general. I know others have written about this already (Hive, Travis Norsen, & in The Huddle I believe). If I were in Kami's shoes I'd probably not be facing so completely downfield, but rather more facing towards the downfield break side, so I can still easily throw to the flick side if I need to but also can see more of the breakside/dump space