mix as well! Although
Mr.Friz could have charged storage fees for his services, he never did. He just sat there patiently waiting, month after month, for spring to arrive.
“Why spring?” you might ask. Well it
meant Uncle Marty’s corn roast and bonfire! It was Mr. Friz’s annual coming out party and he thrived on having everyone’s hands all over him. I’m not sure if it was Mr. Friz’s loose morals or the fact that he’d been cooped up all winter long but he loved being the center of attention and enjoyed getting everyone up and moving. He was always the life of the party! And talk about multi- tasking! I watched in amazement as
Mr.Friz transformed himself into a fire fan to help keep the bonfire going one moment, then suddenly morph into a snack tray the next minute, complete with chips and dip. But still Mr. Friz’s forte was aeronautical precision and, oh, did he shine. At the height of corn roast party, Mr.
Friz’s aerial showmanship came to an abrupt end when a four-legged friend named Moxy came running over from the neighbour’s and made a perfectly timed jump snatching
Mr.Friz in mid- flight. This impressive leap had the party goers stunned. Mr. Friz’s fate was surely sealed in that instant and his soaring career about to take a sudden turn. I held my breath as I ran over and wrestled
Mr.Friz from Moxy’s powerful canine grip. The damage was significant, all because of a retrieval specialist named Moxy. Had I just witnessed Mr. Friz’s death by Labradoodle? Although
Mr.Friz did fly another day, sadly his Ultimate Game disc status was denied and his Practice disc and Road warrior status was confirmed. These are just a few stories of my fallen friend
Mr.Friz. Thanks for lending an ear. I hope he is not forgotten and maybe, just maybe, one day he is recycled into a spaceship component bound for infinity and beyond. Rest in Pieces –
Mr.Friz. Long may you soar!
BY MATT MACKEY
The One-Step Cut as a setup
for the setup At Dartmouth we’ve been advocating
strongly for our cutters to work hard to set up their cuts: “Seven Hard Steps” is an oft-repeated mantra, a reminder of the time and effort needed to really set up your defender and, equally important, to create space to attack when one plants and makes a real cut. But I still see bunches of guys who, when forced under, do what I’ll call the one-step cut–one hard step in one direction (usually right at the defender) and then a turn and commit cut in the other direction. Oldest cut in the book, right? Can work
for cutters like myself with a quick first step and good acceleration, but good defenders can keep up with this move–it’s a quick fake setting up a footrace. The cut may be fundamentally lacking, but at Kaimana (and previously, but only now have I begun thinking about it) I found it actually makes a great decoy. Given that probably 90% of the time when a cutter makes the one-step cut their movement in the other direction is a committed cut, I’ve gotten in the habit of using the one-step cut to sell the notion that my next move is my real cut to my defender–only to plant and run them the other way those critical 5-7 steps later. Good defenders typically anticipate some kind of fake or setup, and the one- step cut can fulfill that condition for a
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defender and lull them into a false sense of confidence at having “read your move”. Of course, the fundamentals of cutting–
footwork, cutting hard enough that the defender has to respect it, finding space– all come in to play too, but it’s a quick and easy move to throw in, not as the basis for your cutting, but as a tool you can whip out and throw in for a change of pace. (The same applies for jukes as well– use them to keep your defender honest). Share your own thought’s by
heading to Matt’s Blog and join in with your own comments:
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