Ultimate Frisbee - Catching

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Along with throwing, catching is one of the two most important skills in Ultimate Frisbee.  What would you consider to be important when catching a Frisbee?  Do you know of the types of catches utilised in the game?  Add your thoughts and findings to your PE OneNote.
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From the link can you determine the following and answer in your PE OneNote:

- What are the main types of catching?
- What is the most 'sure' way of catching the Frisbee?
- What catch is considered aggressive?
- What catch is considered the riskiest? 
- What 2 important aspects does a player need to do when 'clap' catching?
- What type of catch should be used catching the Frisbee above the shoulders or below your waist? 
- When performing a 'layout' what catch is best to utilised?

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Brodie Smith, pro Ultimate player, 3-time American National Champion and a Guinness World Record holder shows various ways to catch a Frisbee.  Use the video link below to help with your practice.  
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Click the link below for extra guidance on how to catch a Frisbee.   You can write down what you learn and found useful in your PE OneNote.  

Practice your catching with a friend or family member.  A player or team that can eliminate drops from their game will prosper.  
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Student Participation, Class Questioning and Teacher Observation 
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The link below is the 2013 season compilation of Major League Ultimate players laying out for unbelievable stops and catches.   Using your PE OneNote can you identify each type of catch utlised for each play?  What physical characteristics do players need in order to play at such a high level of competition?  
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Playing highlights from the 2014 Major League Ultimate season.  Note down in your PE OneNote the types of catches made per countdown.  Above all else, what do players need to be good at in order to position themselves well enough to catch the Frisbee?   
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Part 1 - Warm Up
'Beat Your Partner Catching' 
Pair up with someone.  Frisbee is thrown into space and both people in the pair run out at the same time to see who can catch the Frisbee.
Modifications:
- Stagger when certain people can run out
- One person must be the interceptor
- Must catch the Frisbee a specific way, (pancake, one handed rim catch)
- Have 3 or 4 people run out at the same time 

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Part 2 - Skill Progression/Development
'Frisbee Bomber' 
2 teams.  
Each team has a zone or an area in which to stay in and look after.  
They are not allowed out of the area.   Teams throw the Frisbee and try to have it land in the oppositions zone.  Point is scored if Frisbee lands on the ground in oppositions zone.  
Modifications:  
- Make zone bigger/smaller
- Have less/more people in teams.  
- Decrease/increase distance between zones.  
- Can only catch the Frisbee a certain way

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Part 3 - Skill Application 
'Netball Disc'
- Aim of the game is to progress the frisbee up the court and catch it in the Netball shooting 'D' or endzone.  
- Once a catch is made, that player can take three steps in any direction before passing the frisbee to a teammate.   NB:  You must ‘catch’ the Frisbee in order to take 3 steps.
- If the frisbee hits the ground or goes out of bounds, the last team to touch it loses possession.
- Each team has a designated goal scorer in their attacking endzone, and a designated goal defender in their defensive endzone. These players may only move within their endzone. No other players may enter the endzones.  
- Defender must be 3 feet away from player in possession.  
- Frisbee must not be thrown 'over a third'