Past Articles in defensive strategy

  1. Tuesday Tips: 5 Steps To Baiting A Block

    Between the high-risk, high-reward of poaching and the low-risk, low-reward of shut-down man defense, baiting a D allows you to make the most of a defensive matchup you can win.

  2. Tuesday Tips: Limiting Your Opponent’s Superstar

    To defend against a superstar, you need to play smarter, not harder.

  3. Tuesday Tips: The Fundamentals of Handler Defense

    If your teammates are doing the hard work to deny downfield options, they will be understandably frustrated if you allow the handlers to continually reset the stall count cheaply.

  4. Tuesday Tips: 9 Factors That Influence Downfield Positioning

    It's time to move beyond the simplistic mantra "Never get burned deep."

  5. The Future of Defense in Ultimate: Why Lou’s Help Defense Series Matters

    Lou Burruss' series on help defense hasn't had enough attention. Here's why it matters.

  6. Extra Width and Extra Marks: Double Teams in Semi-Pro Ultimate

    The more AUDL and MLU games you watch, and the more you witness just about everyone repeatedly getting open on the country’s best defenders.

  7. Zone Defenses At College Nationals: A Reference Guide to Playing (And Beating) Junks

    As the top college teams prepare to descend on Cincinnati for the College Championships, Ultiworld sat down with the season’s footage to identify some of…

  8. How Ohio State Earned The #1 Seed: Video Breakdown Of Their Oregon Upset

    Ohio State’s victory over Oregon at the Northwest Challenge in March was a milestone for a number of reasons.

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