OFFenSe TIPS
Pivoting
and Faking
Master these and
you’re making more
completions
BY tiina BootH & miCHael BaCCarini
As in basketball, a player in
possession of the object of play must
always keep one foot in the same
place when he wants to make a
pass. In Ultimate, the pivot foot is the
one opposite the throwing hand. (If
you are right-handed, your pivot foot
is your left and vice versa.) You can
rotate on that foot, but if you move
it, or even lift it, you will commit a
travel, which is a violation and stops
play.
Assume that you are right-handed and
are being marked straight up. Also known
as a flat mark, your defender is squatting
directly in front of you, on her toes, and is
going to try to block either your backhand
or your forehand. (Chapter 6 will discuss
the straight-up mark and other forcing
in detail.) The defender wants to make it
difficult for you to throw to either passing
lane. To get off either throw, you will have
to “move” her out of the way without
touching her.
Pivoting wildly will only make you dizzy,
and you will not fool your defender. You
want to develop a deliberate, quick pivot
that is believable. You also may want to
pivot just before you are ready to throw
to prevent the defense from having time
to reset. You probably will pivot only once
or twice in a possession, and sometimes
you may not pivot at all. As you begin
Figure 4.2
Faking and pivoting in order to release
an unobstructed backhand.
8 Ultimate Canada Magazine — www.canadianultimate.com
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