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permanent, not necessarily perfect).
There are many ways to reduce Time Pressure
(reducing your reaction time and movement
How time pressure and indoor ulty will improve
time):
your outdoor ultimate game
• Experience
• Proper preparation
• Learning/Detection of Strategies
BY STEVEN TRAINOR playing defense. When you are chasing after • Improved Fitness
your opponent up field, or trying to prevent a • Unpredictability
AT THE END OF EVERY FALL, the very best break throw on the mark, your ability to help
Ultimate players in every division in Canada your team relies partly on your reaction and On the other side, ways to increase Time
have to decide how they (or their team) will movement times. Pressure on your opponents include but are not
approach the off-season. When it comes to the The simple results of time pressure help limited to:
prospect of playing Ultimate indoors during the determine the outcome of an Ultimate game. • Strategy
off-season, the following considerations must Players who can run faster than their opponent • Fitness
be accounted for: force their opponents to play strategically or fall • Increased Speed
• How much is it going to cost me/us? victim repeatedly. In the same vein, players with • Improving one’s own reaction time and
• What’s the quality of the facilities in my better time pressure skills can better adjust to movement time.
town/city? differences in game speed, field length and size,
• Will the quality of play be satisfactory? opponents talent levels and weather conditions. WHY INDOOR ULTIMATE?
These questions, and the many variations of Now that you understand what time pressure Playing indoor gives players valuable
them, stem from the same need- Convincing is, you realize that causing time pressure for experience improving their reaction times,
oneself of the value of playing indoor Ultimate. your opponents is good, and reducing your time simply by providing more repetitions throwing,
People that avoid playing indoor have a plethora pressure is just as optimal. catching, cutting, and thinking the game.
of reasons. Can we point out a reason to play
indoor Ultimate, regardless of field/gym facility,
cost or level of play?
Yes we can. (Sorry Obama)
You can get the same exercise benefits in
other activities and probably do it for much
less. However, If you want to help your outdoor
game, you can not replicate the value of playing
indoor Ultimate when it comes to improving
your resistance to Time Pressure errors.
WHAT IS TIME-PRESSURE?
Time-Pressure, as it relates to this article, is a
situation in Ultimate where the time needed to

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An example of offensive time pressure is when
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a player is trying to complete a pass to an open
teammate. The time needed to complete this WAYS TO REDUCE/INCREASE TIME PRESSURE If you want to truly improve your game and
throw involves two major factors The field of bio-mechanics has shown that your ability to play it at a higher level against
• Reaction Time (Your brain realizing that we all have individual reaction and movement better players then indoor Ultimate should be
your teammate is open and that you should times, and that all people can improve their a fixture in your off season plans. Whether you
throw it to him/her) ability to process information and adapt to play in a fancy domed stadium in Ottawa or a
• Movement Time (The time it takes you to pressure applied by your opponent. The best cramped gymnasium in Halifax, you can work
execute the throw to an open teammate way to be more efficient and quicker in Ultimate on the very same skills that help your indoor and
Time pressure is also a factor when one is is to practice often and correctly (practice makes outdoor games. »U
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